University of Denver students and professors must navigate changing weather and dress appropriately for classroom settings while allowing for self-expression. Students dress for warm and cold weather, balancing comfort and appropriateness, while professors' outfits convey professionalism and set expectations for discussion. Most DU students dress professionally without a formal code by respecting professors and peers.

1. University
of
Denver
students
dress
for
success
to
exercise
self
expression
University
of
Denver
students
are
dressing
for
the
occasion
as
a
typical
winter
of
bipolar
Colorado
weather
endures.

2. Students
expose
some
skin
to
soak
up
the
sun
and
take
advantage
of
unusually
warm
temperatures
on
a
mild
winter
day.

3. From
a
low
of
five
degrees
Fahrenheit
to
a
high
the
next
week
of
64
degrees
Fahrenheit,
students
must
prepare
themselves
for
every
possible
scenario.
“When
it’s
below
freezing
outside
no
one
wants
to
put
on
a
nice
ouGit
just
to
cover
it
up
with
layers
of
coats
and
scarves,”
explains
Deanna
Metropoulos,
a
University
of
Denver
junior.

4. While
these
clothes
may
make
sense
under
these
ever
changing
weather
condiKons,
they
may
not
always
be
enKrely
appropriate
for
the
classroom
environment.

5. Professors
must
also
be
clothing
conscious.
What
they
choose
to
wear
in
their
own
classroom
sends
a
message
not
just
about
their
outer
appearance,
but
also
who
they
are
on
the
inside
and
perhaps
what
their
teaching
personality
will
be
like.
“I
think
it
helps
them
realize
I
mean
business
in
the
classroom
and
they
should
be
prepared
for
an
engaging
and
someKmes
heated
atmosphere.
It
lets
them
know
what
we
are
doing
in
the
classroom
is
serious,”
says
DU
professor
Derigan
Silver
about
dressing
professionally
to
work
.

6. Students
must
find
a
balance
between
looking
like
they’ve
just
come
from
a
party
and
looking
like
they’ve
just
rolled
out
of
bed..

7. Silver
states,
when
students
show
up
sloppily
or
inappropriately
dressed,
“I
wonder
if
they
just
woke
up
and
if
they
are
really
ready
for
class
and
a
no
holds
barred
discussion
of
important
issues.”

8. College
serves
many
as
a
transiKonal
period
between
their
juvenile
years
and
the
introducKon
into
the
adult
working
world.
“The
University
of
Denver
creates
an
open
environment
where
I
can
show
every
side
of
myself
without
judgment
or
restricKons,”
says
University
of
Denver
junior,
Rhianna
Dow.

9. “College
is
a
Kme
for
exploraKon
and
discovery.
It
is
one
of
the
last
opportuniKes
I
will
have
to
really
express
myself
through
clothing
before
I
enter
the
work-­‐force,
so
I
always
try
to
make
the
most
of
it,”
argues
Dow.

10. Students
and
professors
have
to
be
mindful
that
their
appearance
reflects
upon
not
only
their
own
reputaKon,
but
also
that
of
the
university
as
a
whole.

11. The
majority
of
DU
students
do
not
dress
inappropriately
for
classes.
They
dress
professionally
and
don’t
wear
clothes
that
are
inappropriately
Kght,
revealing
or
sloppy.
They
seem
to
follow
an
unspoken
code
of
dress,
and
are
at
an
age
mature
enough
to
show
respect
to
their
professors
and
peers
within
the
classroom.

12. At
this
Kme,
a
formal
dress
code
does
not
seem
to
be
a
necessity.