Is it ok to wear apparel from a College you didn't Attend?

[Free Arabian Nation]

Better Question:

Why is this a question?

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I wear Mizzou Tigers apparel (University of Missouri) often in fall and winter, this despite not having attended uni there. When in MI, I wore MSU Spartans jackets. I don't really see an issue with it. They were/are comfy and warm jackets. I've never gotten any hate from it.

[San Lumen]

I wear Mizzou Tigers apparel (University of Missouri) often in fall and winter, this despite not having attended uni there. When in MI, I wore MSU Spartans jackets. I don't really see an issue with it. They were/are comfy and warm jackets. I've never gotten any hate from it.

When I was walking around Boston no one asked me about the Harvard hat nor did anyone on the train ride home

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I wear Mizzou Tigers apparel (University of Missouri) often in fall and winter, this despite not having attended uni there. When in MI, I wore MSU Spartans jackets. I don't really see an issue with it. They were/are comfy and warm jackets. I've never gotten any hate from it.

When I was walking around Boston no one asked me about the Harvard hat nor did anyone on the train ride home

I don't think many people care, although I concede that probably some do. I just never had any issues. Even while visiting Lawrence KS, with a university with quite the rivalry with Mizzou, no one batted an eyelash at me wearing the Mizzou hoodie. In fact, I was welcomed quite nicely and even made some friends.

[The Isle of Beithe]

I proudly wear my "University of American Samoa" hat every day, and that's my God-given right as an American.

Go Land Crabs!


Serious response: Who cares? I have better things to worry about.

[Digital Planets]

I still have my old bomber jacket from Dickhead University.

Class of '95, muthafuckas.

[The Isle of Beithe]

I still have my old bomber jacket from Dickhead University.

Class of '95, muthafuckas.

Dude, I remember when your college beat the Asshats Academy in the Thanksgiving ‘93 game. Epic.

[Mystic Warriors]

Of course it is. Just like it's ok to wear apparel for a team you didn't play for.

[Mystic Warriors]

I still have my old bomber jacket from Dickhead University.

Class of '95, muthafuckas.

Dude, I remember when your college beat the Asshats Academy in the Thanksgiving ‘93 game. Epic.

Both comments made my day. Thank you.

[Ifreann]

Is it okay to wear revealing apparel from a college you didn't attend in warm weather?

[The Two Jerseys]

Is it okay to wear revealing apparel from a college you didn't attend in warm weather?

No. Since it's doubly illegal, you will be hanged from the neck until dead, then your dead body will face a firing squad.

[The Isle of Beithe]

Is it okay to wear revealing apparel from a college you didn't attend in warm weather?

Depends. How revealing are we talking?

[Esternial]

If somebody accepts your harvard cap as valid credentials then that says more about them than it does about you.

[Marginal Territory]

Yeah, people do this all the time.

[Unconquered Frontier]

Yeah it's a souvenir of a trip and it's a famous landmark in that area so it's no different to wearing an Eiffel tower t-shirt and not having worked at the Eiffel tower.
If you were to buy it online and not go to Boston or have any connection to Boston then I'd find that weird. But still a personal choice issue.
Especially when it comes to the sort of Ivy League/Oxbridge type unis that hardly anyone gets into and everyone's heard of.

[San Lumen]

If somebody accepts your harvard cap as valid credentials then that says more about them than it does about you.

I agree

[Risottia]

I have heard the argument made its inappropriate to wear appeal from a school you didn't go to as it somehow is a insult to those who actually attended

No, it's not. If it were so, the school wouldn't sell that apparel to the public.

[The Sherpa Empire]

I wear Mizzou Tigers apparel (University of Missouri) often in fall and winter, this despite not having attended uni there. When in MI, I wore MSU Spartans jackets. I don't really see an issue with it. They were/are comfy and warm jackets. I've never gotten any hate from it.

When I was walking around Boston no one asked me about the Harvard hat nor did anyone on the train ride home

People in Boston are used to seeing Harvard stuff because it is all over the city. So yeah, nobody cares when they see it.

[Melon feud]

I still have my old bomber jacket from Dickhead University.

Class of '95, muthafuckas.

Yer' a mere piker! for I've still retained my hall monitor handcuffs& billy club from my graduate studies for my masters degree in COCKOLOGY,,, from the university of HARD KNOCKS "79"

[Bombadil]

I recently went to Boston and bought a Harvard baseball cap very similar to what a student attending Harvard would wear. I thought it would be a great souvenir to bring back from my trip.

I have heard the argument made its inappropriate to wear appeal from a school you didn't go to as it somehow is a insult to those who actually attended and is pretentious. I have also heard its duping people into thinking you are attending or did attend.

I don't see the issue with it though it might depend on the school. Harvard or Stanford is a world renowned institution held in high esteem the world over. It shows you support the university as an institution. I don't think its duping anyone.

What is your opinion NSG?

I don't know about America, they can be a little more boastful, or prideful if that's a better word, but in the UK if you went to Cambridge or Oxford, once you left you'd probably never wear apparel outside again - so anyone wearing an Oxford or Cambridge t-shirt probably never went to those places.

[Saiwania]

I would say its acceptable, but not so for anything that'd identify someone as an alumnus if there is such a thing, such as those exclusive pins that're limited to those in an honors club that has actual prestige or influence. Civilians can wear military clothing just fine, but can't or shouldn't wear any actual medals or rank/unit insignia unless that is their real history.

What matters is that no confusion arises between mere admirers and those who actually went if they're gathering for a meeting or event.

[New Visayan Islands]

I have locked this thread as a reminder to let sleeping dogs lie. Please do not gravedig.

Thanks!
NVI