Spring Break. It feels as if it happened ages ago. I fantasized about how I was going to spend the break taking adventurous trips around the city with my closest friends, but in the end, work stopped me in my tracks. Luckily I was able to sneak away from work for a day to visit the Treasure Island Flea Market. This flea market is held on the last weekend of every month, and is well known for its fun festivities and food. Continue reading
Originally, I planned on thrifting over the weekend at a store in my neighborhood, but a multitude of work and tests prevented that from happening. Instead, I stopped by the Goodwill on Clement after school with my friend, to make up for my lack of thrifting over the weekend. My previous visits to this Goodwill, were okay, but it wasn’t one of my favorites. This time around, however, I was surprised by how well organized the store has become. All the dresses and tops were organized by color and the bottoms were organized by size. I got there with my friend just 45 minutes before they were closing and we were both able to find things we loved. Continue reading
I remember my first visit to a thrift store. The air was musky with the scents of various fabrics and household items. There were clothes strewn all over the racks, organized only by their color. I was enticed by the unorganized mess that was a thrift store. I explored the racks, piling clothes into my welcoming arms. After that, I kept going back. I loved the hunt. It always took several trips to find something that spoke to me, but I found the search for that one endearing item in the mess of dozens exciting. Continue reading
For another fun-filled bonding experience, Campbell led the Wavers in a group activity that challenged them to both get to known their fellow bloggers and do some reflecting on their personal aesthetics. To start, the gang was sectioned off into pairs to individually answer the following questions regarding themselves and their partner: Continue reading
Let me preface this post by saying I fully understand the sheer absurdity of this subculture. While I don’t expect anyone to seek out these trends in their entirety, I believe that exposure to and understanding of even the weirdest of trends outweighs any negative reactions that may come along with them. So without further ado, allow me to present Ganguro!
If you were born sometime between 1990 and 1998, you probably remember what it was like to grow up as a teenybopper or wee child in simpler times of the early 2000s. It was the era of Lizzie Mcguire, Bratz Dolls, Neopets, crimped hair, Nokia cell phones, temporary tattoos, Gameboys, and more. And while I’ll try to refrain from getting all “Only true 90s kids will remember this!!!!” –– I could go on and on in a reminiscent trance. Continue reading
In the late 80s and 90s, Club Kids were a conservative midwestern family’s worst nightmare. While most accepted American norms consisted of conformity and stability, a whole new group of underground fashion revolutionaries were ready to tear these conventions apart in what seemed like the most grotesque, over-the-top way possible. Continue reading
A new cycle of SMW is upon us, hence my triumphant return to the ever-changing blog that is FSftSS. And yes, I’m resorting to abbreviations this time around, because lets be real –– who has the time to type out my endearing mouthful of a column name? (Hint: not me)
With another cycle comes another miniseries within FSftSS. While summer was filled with artist profiles and “Hood Life,” fall is ladened with new beginnings in the form of “So Subcultured” –– where you’ll get the lowdown on fashion’s most underground, yet alluring, trends. Feel free to join me in my new blogging adventure, as I explore everything from the weirdly fabulous to the glamorously eccentric. So without further ado… Continue reading
Last week, the Sunset Media Wave team got cutty and creative for Campbell’s student lead activity –– making collages out of magazine clippings and images plucked from the internet that represented their personal styles. In part two of the task, members were asked to get introspective and answer the following questions in five words or less:
1. My style is…
2. Fashion means to me…
Through these D-I-Y works of art, the Wavers were able to highlight their unique, quirky, fierce and fabulous fashion senses while also expressing the importance of clothing in their lives. Continue reading
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