Seven years in Beijing was long enough for designer Vega Zaishi Wang, one of the China’s young, but extremely talented fashion designers. Beijing, China was creating a rough state for Ms. Wang as she struggled with depression for several years. The lifestyle was too much to cope with and she thought about moving elsewhere. Last September, she made a decision…
Have you ever felt labeled in society? It seems as though everyone has a “label”. This label could be something you placed on yourself but most of the time it is from someone placing it on to you. That’s the problem with our world, everyone is always stereotyped. You’re labeled something and it sticks with you forever. Think; how many…
How does your fashion change from season to season? Do you stick to tonal warm colors in the winter then break out the into bright colors once the weather gets nicer? Everyone seems to change their clothing based on mood and weather. Lets face it, nicer weather equals a better mood. Bright colors can signify happiness and the feeling of…
What does it mean to be beautiful? Is it a physical feature, a characteristic, a feeling; what exactly is beauty? Beauty often has a distorted meaning, a word many use to describe artificial characteristics. Beauty is something people in society strives for, we are told that if you are beautiful you will be successful. Throughout history, there has always been…
Time goes by so fast. One day we are learning to ride a bike and the next we’re graduating college on our way into the real world. You blink and you are already halfway through life. Sound relatable? Life can go at such a fast past sometimes people never “stop and smell the roses”. We end up just going through…
Harvard College has started a new tradition in the last couple years in bringing forth an annual fashion show that they named “Identities”. This is a student-run fashion show that focuses on diversity with the objective to exhibit fashion as a form of art. Through this show, the students are able to achieve hands-on experience in setting up a professional…
As we shift from decade to decade, it seems as If there is fashion is shifting along with us. With each new decade comes a new era of fashion trends. In the 60’s it was all about the bright colorful miniskirts, the 80’s it was shoulder power, then the 90’s were all about minimalism. Each decade has its own fashion…
Another Fashion festival took place in Reykjavik, Iceland at the end of March this year. It was held in the Harpa Concert and Conference Centre and gave a chance for Icelandic designers to show their clothing collections to a crowd of important people in the hopes of becoming a recognized name in the fashion industry. The festival’s CEO, Kolfinna Von…
Social media can be a pretty powerful outlet. Intoday’ss society no one can seem to get enough of it; scrolling through pictures, tweets, status’s, etc., it seems as though half our day is consumed being on some form of media site. But what is it about social media that draws people in? Maybe it’s because we like to connect with…
