The season of new buds and blossoms also signals fashion changes in the college classroom. Shorts, short skirts, tees, muscle tops, underwear exposed by low-rise pants, hospital scrubs, and flip-flops appear. With the advent of warm weather, women's clothing style can be tight and/or revealing. Jewelry and accessories become more visible. Multiple body-piercing jewelry and tattoos are prevalent among the youth.

Body decorations like piercing and tattoos go back to ancient times, and are very common today. It is estimated that 20 million Americans have tattoos (Gillespie, S. [1996]. Needlemania: Tattoo craze. Texas Monthly, 6, 78). The National Education Association reports that 15-20 percent of school-age students are tattooed or pierced, or both, The American Academy of Dermatology reports that 89 percent of men and 48 percent of women who wear tattoos have conspicuous designs on their hands, necks, arms, legs, toes, and feet (Sayre, C. [2007]. Tattoo bans. Time Magazine. November 5, p. 56).