Sydni Silverstone

Written By Garb Berkeley
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Class of 2023
Media studies

Favorite brand: Levi's is one of my favorite brands because it is a classic, versatile, and reliable brand that has quality products.

Fashion icon: Zendaya is my biggest fashion inspiration as I feel that she can take any outfit and put her own twist on it. All of her red carpet looks are unique and stunning, but her street wear displays an entirely different, more androgynous style, that I personally love.

Trend worth bringing back: The Clueless-esque printed matching sets from the 90s! They made the outfits look fun and unique, yet so cohesive. They are easy to put together, yet they made any outfit look high effort.

 
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No Form Without Function: A Fashionable Junction

Accessories and their labeling as such may ebb and flow through and between a spectrum of pure utility and bodily decor. Accessories may be a perfect semblance of both, or stray far to one side or the other, but at least ONE of these distinctions must be present. Above all, they must be, in technicality, unnecessary for basic clothing and even stylistic needs.

GYARU!
GYARU!

What is gyaru?

“Gyaru,” derived from the English word “gal,” is a Japanese fashion subculture. Gyaru emerged in the 1970s and gained popularity in the 1990s. Gyaru is a nonconformist subculture, and a core element of gyarus is rebelling against traditional beauty standards. At a time where Japanese women were held to societal standards that required them to appear dainty and modest, gyarus started adopting different forms of expression to oppose these standards.

Viewing Fashion Through a Phone with 16 Hours of Screentime
Viewing Fashion Through a Phone with 16 Hours of Screentime

Dusty screens and sticky desks, pocket protectors, and a mother’s looming watch from above the basement where one would lie. To be chronically online once meant to be a reject, a weirdo, a creep even.

The Tradwife Resurgence—Your Least Favorite Guy’s Favorite Trend for You
The Tradwife Resurgence—Your Least Favorite Guy’s Favorite Trend for You

Everything cycles: trends, styles, reproductive rights—and after the results of the 2024 election, so too do presidents. Amid the uncertainty of the last few months, a time marked by presidential campaigns with women’s reproductive rights at the forefront of debate, emerged a trend cycling all the way back to the 1950s: the tradwife.

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