Fashion Q&A

Jaime Duran, sophomore, business administration

“You’re not going to be looking at yourself most of the time, so if somebody tells you something looks good, most likely it does.”
Always on the lookout for the latest trends, Duran said his style is dictated more by outside opinion than his personal tastes. Inspired by rapper Drake’s gangster-prep mash-up style, Duran said he strives for a similar balance because a totally gangster outfit can be read as ghetto, but a wholly preppie outfit is a little too hip. This fall, he said his preferred darker wardrobe is married with a new love he’s seen more and more: interesting patterns and touches of more vivid color, like the detailed panels on his shoes punctuated by merlot laces.

Favorite fashion trend: “I’m into darker colors, especially the shoes. They’re having a whole new style, like mixing colors.”
Least favorite fashion trend: “Stuff that’s out of place, just overdoing it; Too many different, bright colors together.”

Advice to a fashion defunct friend: “I ask opinions from my friends a lot. Then a lot of it is what works for me, just not overdoing it.”

Alexa Glick, junior, psychology

“I think when I want to dress up and put my own flair into something, I can, but for the most part I don’t really focus on the money aspect or designer labels. So my philosophy is ‘just wear what you want and work it.’ ”

Maintaining a balance between lazy and cute, Glick said the trendiness of an outfit is not as important as how it looks on a person. Liberated from the fashion world’s concept of what’s hot and what’s not, Glick said she likes to ferret out funkier finds at her parents’ antique store. Nix ill-fitting clothes, she said, and know that with enough confidence, anyone can pull of a look or piece that deviates from the fashion prescriptions of the season.
Favorite fashion trend: “I just like that it’s fall, and you can wear scarves and layers and all that stuff again. I’m from the Midwest, and I’m used to that, so I have to wait forever for the cold weather so I can rock it again.”

Least favorite fashion trend: “Sequins should have stayed out, and I don’t know why they’re still getting brought into fashion. I still think they can be tastefully done, but that’s one thing I’ll never understand.”

Advice to fashion defunct friend: “Half the time I walk around in pajamas, so I’m not really one to judge, but I would tell people just to find their own style … I would hit up antique stores, just any place that’s kind of funky. You don’t have to find stuff at the mall, and you can re-wear stuff you used to wear when you were younger. Just go for something that’s comfortable and that’s you.”