Granola chic

My students this quarter have taken to my clothing style. It took one, an older Russian lady, to break the ice. In her thick accent, she said, "I like your shoooz." I asked her if it was too granny, which solicited a chorus of responses from the surrounding students--mostly no, but one yes. The "yes" from the one who had said that he noted my style on all the locals during his visit to Japan, a kind of granola chic.

Since then, a couple times a week, someone says something nice. A's all around!