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Sunday, 17 January 2010

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Here, Here and Here
By Meg & Dia
What If?
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Golden Globes

It's day one of move-in at TU, and it’s raining. Students are unloading the car as quickly as possible and hiding out in their rooms to avoid this depressing North Philadelphia weather, but there’s no need to fear; fashion is still abound via the television screen as the Golden Globes are on tonight!

Stars and fashion icons alike, such as Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Ashton Kutcher, Julia Roberts and Sophia Loren, will be attending and presenting at the Golden Globes this year.

Watching the Red Carpet Special is always my favorite part, but this year, I discovered the Fashion Iconic Award. While I personally critique each dress, tux and accessory (including arm candy) for my own benefit, now others who do the same can join me in putting our opinions to good use!

The Fashion Iconic Award goes to the most stylish Male and Female celebrities walking the Red Carpet, and people watching the show vote for the winners. In order to vote, visit www.facebook.com/rachelzoe and let the award presenter, fashion stylist Rachel Zoe, know who you think should win.

I’m stationed here on the east coast, so the Red Carpet Special doesn’t start until 7 p.m. In the mean time, my film fanatic roommate is running around printing out complete ballots for us to fill out and use during the show. Beverages and particular rules apply, of course.

Trendsetter TU

Saturday, 09 January 2010

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Tik Tok
By Ke$ha
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Ice Breaker

Since no one is actually reading this (yet!), and I’m doing this for writing practice anyway, I feel like I should share some information about myself. You know, like those “ice-breaker” games people insist on playing even though they are well above the age where they are capable of introducing themselves with a smile, “hello” and a handshake.

No, I do not hold a grudge due to the fact that I feel my heart stop beating, I forget how to breath, and I have to remind myself that I’m 20 years old, from Etters, Pennsylvania and I like the color pink.

No, that is not why I dislike icebreakers.

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Anyways, I’m a communications major at Temple with no idea where I want to take my career. Actually, it’s not really that I have no idea, it’s that I have a ton of ideas. I know I want to travel. I know that I love fashion. I know that I like photography, and I know that sometimes, when I try really hard, I can write a thing or two. It’d be cool to work for Allure writing about make-up. I’d be honored to work for a wedding magazine discussing the perfect wedding gown and the sexiest honeymoon spots. And, I’d love nothing more than to just travel and write about where I go.

However, I will probably start in design, designing layouts or graphics. Adobe Creative Suite is my true soul mate. I love it, and it loves me. I can sit in front of a computer for days doing nothing other than moving text and photos, making sure everything is perfect. In fact, that’s exactly what I did in high school. I was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Patriot Pride, and I spent 80 percent of my day in the Art/Journalism/Yearbook room/closet staring at a computer screen. And I loved every minute of it.

Writing and I, on the other hand, are currently going through some serious marriage counseling. I want to make things work. I want to connect with my thoughts and the words that I form out of those thoughts, but really, it’s not working out. I’m taking a magazine writing class this semester and we’ll see how it goes.

One thing that is constant though, is my love for fashion. I’ve wanted to be a designer since I was in the fourth grade, and secretly, I still dream about my designs being worn on a runway – just once. That’s all I need. But I digress.

If my writing skills are going to get any better, I need to start writing! What better way for me to start practicing my writing than to write about fashion! And what’s even better than for me to write about fashion at Temple! It’s perfect! (And even if it’s not – shut the hell up and let me pretend.)

I will warn you that like I said, my writing is not quite up to snuff. It’s unorganized and sometimes I ramble. I try very hard to produce correct grammar, but really if it weren’t for ungrammatical writers like me, there would be a lot of unemployed copy editors, no?

Nonetheless, please bear with me and keep yourself up to date with FST at Temple University!

Trendsetter TU

Thursday, 07 January 2010

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Bad Romance
By Lady Gaga
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First post...finally

So, I wanted to start this blog about fashion at Temple.

Well, I will say that I did an excellent job of setting it all up 5 months ago, but where’s the blogging? Where’s the spelling mistakes and made up words? Where’s the ranting and raving to no one listening?

I don’t know either, but I do know it’s time for me to get crack-a-lackin’.

I’m a student at Temple University, one of the most diverse schools in the nation (yes, I too will shove that down your throat), and I expected nothing less when I arrived my freshman year in September 2008. I was ecstatic to find that the variety in fashion, style and trends among students was just as enthralling.

Everyone seems to have their opinion about everything, from the clothes that they wear, to the clothes that they don’t, from the papers they write to the technology they use to write them. FST (fashion, style and trends – that’s just too long for my soon to be carpel tunnel to handle) is everywhere at Temple. Hello, iPods, flat brown boots, politics, smoking, flannel, MAC vs. PC, rain boots – you name it, Temple students are doing/wearing/thinking/talking about it, and I’m here to report about it.

For now, school doesn’t start back up until the 19^th, and I won’t be back on campus until the 16^th, so I’ll be writing about less specific topics until then! Feel free to comment or ask questions about anything!

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