As the leaves turn, so does our taste in clothing.

Winter approaches, and everywhere I see cashmere sweaters and clunky Ugg boots.

It has recently come to my attention that many of the students here are not used to the somewhat unpredictable Texas weather, and thus their outfits are likewise confused.

The purpose of this week’s column is to clarify what is appropriate for each kind of weather condition that one might encounter on his or her way to a white winter.

First, miniskirts are still one of the top bottoms for girls in the south, but there is not one legitimate argument for wearing a miniskirt with Ugg boots.

Please correct me if I am wrong, but miniskirts were designed with spring-summer in mind-not fall-winter. Moreover, Uggs, although they are some of the most comfortable shoes known to man, are not okay to wear at a temperature where a miniskirt is appropriate.

I will admit that I have a pair of Uggs, and I regularly wear them around my semi-glacial room with a pair of basketball shorts, but never in combination with summer attire outside my place of residence. In fact, I have elected to wear slipper socks around… they are much more comfortable and don’t look nearly as ridiculous.

Dressing inappropriately for the weather is not only a crime of the women on this campus though, men do it too.

Khaki cargos or light blue seersucker shorts do not go with a large down-filled coat. Don’t get me wrong, I love both winter and summer apparel, but not in the same outfit. In fact, scarves are my personal favorite accessories on a man, but if the man is not wearing some sort of jacket, the scarf seems somewhat out of place.

The worst mixing of seasonal pieces has got to be socks with sandals. There is a reason why we make our fathers and grandfathers take off either the socks or the sandals, what makes you think that you can pull them off?

With so many choices that are season specific, why is it that people seem completely unable to dress themselves in the morning? Are college students too tired from the night before to make sense of their wardrobe?

This is not to say that all Mustangs have no fashion sense though. Yesterday I saw the most fantastic use of browns, olives and khaki.

The girl was wearing classic Ugg boots, simple well-cut cords, a modest yet trendy chunky sweater, cashmere double-knit scarf and the most chocolate colored crocodile bag I have ever seen.

If you have trouble with the temperature change from morning to afternoon, I suggest that you dress in easy layers (a t-shirt, indoor sweater and jacket or coat). Just remember that every time you step out of your room with shorts and a winter coat on, people don’t think you are cutting edge or practical. People will just think that you have a serious inner ear problem.

The other day as I told a good friend of mine about my idea for this week’s column, I noticed that she seemed to be distracted by something.

I asked her what was so important that she could not look at me while I was talking to her. She told me that there were four girls walking together in tights and sweatshirts alone. I said that I thought that that was one of the most vulgar things I had ever seen.

She responded exactly the way you would think she did: “I know, right?”