My family disagreed with my newfound look, of course, but my friends loved it. I always thought I was so original by trying so start my own trends. One week I started wearing black lipstick, soon to be followed by my friends. However, that trend did not last too long. I was stuck in a stage where I was confused and was allowing the entertainment idols to mold me . Meanwhile, thinking I was doing my own thing and rebelling from my culture's norm. In reality, I had just become more conscience of the worldly trends and fashion in our society.
My style evolved into a more mature and conservative style of dressing as I approached middle school. This was mainly affected by a sudden change of environment and social group. In the eighth grade, I switched schools from Hendrix Jr. High to Rhodes Jr. High. My family wanted me to go to Rhodes because it was known as a better school. The people were all together more preppy. All of my friends attended Hendrix, so I had to make new friends. I joined Student Council and made the cheer squad. Because of these activities, the social group I became involved with were "preps". Before I knew it, all I would wear was Abercrombie and Fitch and Dr. Marten shoes. I had become a full fledge "prep". This was ironic because a couple years earlier my friends and I used to make fun of preps and swear that we would never become one. This goes to prove how impressionable some one is by the group of people they hang around with. Not only did my new friends affect the way I started to dress, but society as well. The casual preppy style was becoming more popular everywhere. Abercrombie and Fitch was becoming one of the most popular brands of clothing. So not only was I concerned with looking preppy, but also wearing the right brands. I was all of a sudden aware of what kind of brands of clothing I was wearing. I was no longer satisfied with doing my back to school shopping at Mervyns's.