Archive for the ‘Style and Fashion’ Category

June 1, 2010 | Megan

Shoes that are All Party and No Pain

Looking like an injured animal while you dance is not going to draw the kind of attention you want. Wearing shoes that match your outfit is key, but wearing sky-scraper heels is just crazy. You may feel okay on the walk there, but getting home will be more torturous than climbing Mount Everest.
Wearing heels feels [...]

May 18, 2010 | Lauren Van Mullem

Think Pink: The Power of Pink Streaks

“Hair grows back” has been my philosophy since I donated over a foot of my hair to Locks of Love after high school. In the years since that first big cut, I’ve grown more and more daring, trying out a short blond cut in community college, medium brown locks at UCLA, and a short brown [...]

May 17, 2010 | Guest Contributor

Looking like a 10 for Prom 2010

This year’s prom season brought new life to a dance traditionally filled with floor length satin dresses and hair sprayed spiral curls. Girls no longer need to shop at their town’s lone Jessica McClintock for a dress that someone else in their high school will likely be sporting. Prom goers are checking out online stores, [...]

May 16, 2010 | GlobalShift.org

One Dress, One Girl, One Year

School uniforms may seem boring, but they definitely save on clothing, and sometimes spark the creativity of kids who accessorize to look different every day. Students in the United States might complain about their uniforms, but some kids halfway around the world would wear love to wear them, accessorized or not, because it means they can [...]

May 12, 2010 | Lauren Van Mullem

Duct Tape Prom Dresses Revisited

I’m not a fashion blogger by any means, but I know my search term trends well and “Duct Tape Prom Dress” is topping the charts. I realize that the styles of the mid-90s are back, but how did duct tape fashion return? Maybe it never left?
When I was a senior in high school way back [...]

April 19, 2010 | Lauren Van Mullem

Clothes and the College Girl: Interview with La Petite Fashionista

Lauren Felix is one of the most successful college fashion bloggers in the country. She has hundreds of readers from all over the world, companies send her free stuff to review on her site (some of which she gives away to readers), and she just landed an impressive internship in the buying department of Land’s [...]

April 15, 2010 | Natalie

Duct Tape, Gum Wrappers and Prom Dresses

I often think of prom as the modern day ball – what other chances do girls get to where floor length gowns other than their wedding? Though I’m aware not everyone shares the same enthusiasm in gussing up for a night of high school traditionalism, there are ways to tailor prom to your personality: starting [...]

April 6, 2010 | Megan

Walk this Way! A Few Shoe Alternatives for Class

You don’t have to sacrifice comfort for style when walking to class. Here are a few shoe alternatives that will save you from foot-ache.

April 2, 2010 | Alicia Ostarello

I Hired an Image Consultant…and it Changed My Life

Have you ever watched What Not to Wear and thought, “Holy clothes horse, I wish I could go on this show!” Yeah, me too. So when I heard about Erin Stafford, Image Consultant*, I was intrigued by the notion of asking for professional help with my style. And then I was terrified at the notion [...]

April 1, 2010 | Lauren Van Mullem

5 Essential Web Tools for Art Students

From gathering inspiration, to finding How To articles, to getting a quick primer in obscure art movements before a test, the internet is the best resource out there for art students.  Thanks to a professor at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, I got the latest and greatest websites all art students should [...]

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