Are you a Lily girl or an Urban girl?  Do you wear pastels, floral, and prints galore, or do you wear black, leather, and beanies?  Do you wear neither and represent your own style, or do you rock both?             

In college you realize how much fashion has to do with who you are and how you present yourself to the people around you.  Fashion is not just fabric on your body: it’s a representation of who you are and how you want others to perceive you. 

Your sense of style tells people a lot about yourself.  Some people are preppy while others are edgy.  Some people identify with a mixture of both preppy and edgy, and others just wear whatever the heck they want.  Lily Pulitzer is one extreme, and Urban Outfitter is the other extreme.  So what does it mean to be a Lily Pulitzer girl or an Urban Outfitters girl?              

Girls who wear Lily Pulitzer are seen a certain way, whether they like it or not. The assumption is that they are preppy, peppy, and love floral everything. Resort wear is their middle name. They probably also own staple pieces like Jack Roger shoes and a monogram necklace.  

In fact, if you’re a preppy individual you probably have a monogram on everything you own, from your towels to your bags and virtually all things in between.  Pearls are an everyday accessory and you have your share of colorful headbands and a plethora of bows.  You are classy, you have money, and you wear your cardigans wrapped around your neck.              

On the other end of the spectrum are the urban outfitters girls.  They are urban, hipster rebels dwelling in cities who wear quite the opposite of the Lily girls.  They are the opposite of peppy and are characterized as chill, edgy, people who steer away from colorful, girly outfits and turn to black, leather, flannels, and comfy clothing.  

Beanies, dark eye makeup, and black combat boots are essentials, as well as Doc Martens, Vans, and converse.  Also included in the Urban Outfitters attire are the hippies. They wear Birkenstocks, circle sunglasses, and bell-bottom pants.  Urban Outfitters represents a wider range of styles than Lily Pulitzer does, yet they are still polar opposites.             

What you wear and how you choose to present yourself shows a lot about your style, but both your personality and preferences too.  Assumptions may be wrong in many cases, but the general view of a person is how you initially come off to someone.  

When you meet a girl wearing Lily Pulitzer you may also assume that they listen to Taylor Swift and country music, whereas you came across a girl wearing Urban Outfitters attire you may assume they are into Drake, rock, or electronic music. Once you get to know that given person, you learn their true personality and preferences, which may be completely different from what you assumed based off of their style.             

At the end of the day, you are either the Lily Pulitzer, country club-esque girl or the Urban Outfitters, street styled city-dweller.  Choose wisely.