The top 10 most fashionable universities are:
New York University
Howard University
Southern Methodist University
University of Pennsylvania
Wesleyan University
University of Arkansas
Purchase College--The State University of New York <--@_@???
University of Mississippi
Yale University
University of California at Berkley
New York University
In giving New York University the best-dressed award, Women's Wear Daily, which is a very influential fashion newspaper based in New York City, said the Greenwich Village school was "too cool for school," citing it for its fashion stylings of "artists, business types, skaters, punks, hippies, and bookworms." One NYU freshman told WWD, "The sidewalks are like catwalks."
Howard University
Nestled in the heart of Washington, D.C., Howard students were cited for their fashion sense that portrayed an "air of confidence, a sense of where they're going."
Southern Methodist University
At SMU in Dallas, Texas, "Students can recite the names of the city's newest boutiques as easily as any local style editor," the magazine quipped.
This is the first time Women's Wear Daily has dared to do what the Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report have made their names doing: Ranking colleges. But the rag says the rags that are worn by college students are vital to the fashion industry. "Already boasting considerable discretionary dollars, the demographic comprises the premier consumers of the near future," wrote executive editor Bridget Foley. "From its ranks will come a new wave of industry leaders, both creative and business-oriented." And their socks will match, too.
