The hunt.........

So for my coolhunt I decided to head to Starbucks mainly because I was meeting up with some friends before gospel choir. We have coffee there every Wednesday before practice and yes I feel cool sitting on the second floor by the fireplace. I asked the girls for some help because, honestly, I don't think I am a really "cool" person and according to our reading, if you are not cool, you can't spot cool things. I tried to observe some of the people sitting there, but then I realized the second floor is mostly for studiers and, well, maybe they weren't the coolest people. In regards to clothes, I found that almost everyone was wearing jeans. I think that jeans are a cool clothing item and they are one clothing item that will always be cool. Recently, I think that skinny jeans are becoming "cool". Walking to Starbucks I obviously ran into a coastie or two with the north face jacket, spandex black pants, and the ugg boots. This is where I am a little confused. From our readings it sounds like cool is new, different and rebellious. However, I have been seeing the SAME coastie style for three years. Does that mean its not cool anymore....they are all the same and its definitely not new anymore. I think it was also hard to pick out cool because now that it is winter, everyone is mostly concerned with staying warm and not their style choices.

When does something stop being cool.....after it becomes super popular? If something that is cool is "rebellious", then after everyone starts to do it, then it wouldn't be cool anymore. For example, when a band becomes popular you are bound to get the people who say, "I liked them before they were big" so, therefore, they think they are cool. Then, as soon as everyone else likes them they claim they aren't really into them anymore. I think that the difference between something being cool and something being a fad is that a fad is a certain item or a style that people really like for a short period of time. On the other hand cool is more of a personality trait. Things aren't necessarily cool themselves but when cool people try something different and take a chance, they are what makes something cool. Someone who is a risk taker and doesn't necessarily care what people think or who are very confident in themselves and cool people. In the reading it says that big fashion designers don't invent what is cool, it is the people who wear them that make it cool.