The dos and don’ts of spring break
The suitcases are out, bathing suits tossed in, and enough magazines to satisfy every gossip craving you could have.
Spring break is only a few days away, and before we start pounding our livers with cheap tequila and rum, there are still some regulations on the dos and don’ts of the spring attire.
Because the entire student population is traveling together to Mexico (there’s a new abroad program there now, right? SMU-In-Puerto Vallerta?), and the incestuous relationships we all have will only be magnified, there is even more reason to look and feel your best over spring break. For goodness sake, it’s spring break!
It’s the only time (besides those five days before school actually starts in the fall) where you can drink yourself into oblivion every night just to wake up in the morning and do it all again.
Lying on the beach or by the pool all day, soaking in the sun and drinking Coronas with lime one right after the other sound pretty good right about now. Wait, don’t get up, you still have a few more days; class isn’t over just yet.
So before you aimlessly throw shorts, some Polo button-ups and your Rainbows in a suitcase and head for the airport, take note of these tips for spring.
Follow closely and you’ll be as popular as Jose Cuervez in Mexico.
DON’T think that guys walking around the beach with their “wife beater” or old cut-up shirts they work out in look good on the beach. Because they don’t.
Those cheap Target tanks are only suitable for one thing if you’re a guy: to be worn under another shirt. Never should you ever think you look like a stud walking down the beach with that thing on.
For girls, wife beaters are always a DO. You can wear them with anything and over anything and you’ll be Paris Hilton “hot.” In fact, with this season’s bohemian look (another DO), the full skirts with movement look perfect with simple white tanks. An array of colors is examples this spring, from Crayola reds, yellows, and oranges, safari-inspired browns, and minty blues and greens, you’ll be ready to rock and roll Bob Segar-style.
It’s definitely a DON’T to wear your heavy jeans out at night during break, for both sexes.
Think of totting lighter fabrics, like khaki and linen. The less form the better.
Speaking of less, give your bling-bling a break and leave the jewels at home. There’s no reason to tote around the beach with your huge David Yurman necklace on and arms full of bracelets.
A less structured look is key this spring, with wooden and extra-large beads around your neck. And it’s all about the bangles this spring- stack ‘em up, in silvers, rainbow brights, and au-natural. You’ll be bang-banging your way to the dance floor in no time.
One DON’T now (or ever) is the puca (or puck-a) shell necklaces. Those scream Abercrombie & Fitch circa mid-90s and should certainly be hidden deep in your top drawer. This meat-heady fratty look is so tired, so please put those darn shells away.
DON’T bring your sky-high stilettos to the beach this break; you don’t have to forfeit your height, just slip on some wedge sandals.
It’s all about the metallic and raffia (no, not the singer from when we were little, that’s Rafi) for spring and summer.
Oh, and DON’T even think about bringing your Tevas to the beach. Enough said.
This spring break, it’s all about donning a relaxed look. Leave the structure at school and bring on the comfort. Leave your straightener at home and put some mousse in that wave (not moose, the pump-you-up kind of mousse). Take a much-needed break from school and just work it on the beach.
