College Fashionista

 Even though the skies are blue, the sun is out and the first musings of summer are upon us, we just can’t deny it anymore. It is officially the most dreaded week of the semester: final exam week. Students have been posting up in the library all week and even though their study skills may be…

Calling all music festival junkies! April kicks off the string of summer concerts with Coachella, and with Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza just around the corner, modern hippies have been popping up more and more all over campus. Inspired by gypsies, ethnic patterns and the 60’s and 70’s hippie scene,…

Last July, the New York Times regarded that, “There is one thing that Britney Spears, circa-1980s Madonna, Gwen Stefani, ‘I Dream of Jeannie,’ the Spice Girls, ‘Clueless,’ and Matt Dillon in ‘Over the Edge’ have in common: a devotion to the crop top.” This season, baring your midriff is no longer…

It is official: spring has finally sprung! Once the weather hit above 65 degrees this week in Hamilton, the campus became crawling in coeds sporting in their beloved seersucker, aviators and flip-flops that have been wasting away in the back of closets for the past few wintry months. The hottest…

It may not be warm enough yet to bring out that itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny, yellow polka dot bikini. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t rock that famously fearless retro print. It is one of the simplest and well-known patterns that has truly stood the test of time in the fashion world for decades.…

I don’t know if it’s the leftover Valentine’s Day jitters or the anticipation of a tropical Spring Break, but red is the new everything this season. The color of passion and power is popping up everywhere from store interior décor to accessories to siren rouge lipstick and especially to the…

Every once in a while when I stop to scan the campus for the latest fashion trends, I sometimes find myself disappointed when I see the same Barbour jacket, lululemon yoga pants and Hunter boots on just about every girl that passes by. So, I can’t help but get excited when I see an unexpected,…

Upstate New York has an abundance of farmland and breathtaking rural countryside. Colgate’s community is a conglomerate of students from cities from all over the world, and we are sometimes too busy with homework, extra-curriculars and of course choosing which outfit to wear to class to notice…