Editor,

I have read with great interest two recent columns by Faerl Marie, an apparent style consultant, and have wondered what the history is behind allowing or inviting this particular columnist to contribute to the Lobo’s readership.

I didn’t know style consultants still existed and, more importantly, wouldn’t imagine that at UNM there is an audience for such phenomena. I am also a little baffled by her fashion recommendations. Peter Pan scalloped collars? Hmm. I must be totally off the fashion wagon. The photo looks more like a 1961 yearbook photo.

And it’s interesting that all her columns are geared toward women. I love her recent recommendation: “If you’re petite, be careful not to create too many breaks in your outfit to avoid looking short and stocky, unless you’re aiming for that.”

I guess I’m saying that, as a reader, I would much rather see your occasional feature that highlights students’ own individual styles (both male and female) than have someone who is trying to make a buck (she charges $115 for a “style consultation”) tell me what color of nail polish I need to wear in order to be stylish.

Next thing you know we’ll be reading columns on how to be a better cook and get your whites to their whitest white. Couldn’t the Lobo use that precious space for a column on what students are doing to change themselves, to change their community, to change their world?

Just a thought.

Monica Kowal
UNM student