Fashionably Late to Class

Good Afternoon!

As summer is on the edge of ending, that means no more lazy days laying out under the sun and seeing your friends or waking up at the crack of dawn for that annoying summer job wishing you could be laying out. Now it is time to getting ready to go back to college for most young adults, myself included. Leaving summer behind, I am ready for fall weather and going back to my second home, Missouri State University (go bears!).With the weather beginning to change soon, and with new faces arriving for either their freshmen year or transferring, there will be many new personalities, looks, and styles around campus. So I decided to challenge myself, for the next two weeks beginning on the first day of the fall semester classes, August 22nd, I will create a journal and document a list of campus styles. What's trending on Missouri State's campus, whether it is a certain night out outfit or piece of clothing style, or a certain pair of shoes that everyone is wearing. I will be recording the most common pieces that I see. So for the next few weeks you can call me Missouri State's Trend Journalist!

Here are the rules/directions:

I will be recording a few items and/or outfits everyday in order to make the best conclusion on what is trending.

1. Record at least 8-10 pieces of clothing/accessory each week for two weeks.
2. Both girls and guys.
3. Explain where I have seen the clothing/accessory worn at (going out/working out/class).
4. Record how many times you have seen the clothing/accessory worn.
5. Include information on where to purchase each item.
6. Provide photos.

Since I am a college student, most of my readers are around the same age as me and currently attend college, so creating this trend journal will give an insight on current styles that are going around campus!

DISCLAIMER: Now I am not the type of person who loves to follow trends, I like what I like. I do not follow a trend or look just because others are, so by creating this journal I am not telling you, wear this because students are, it is just a way of showing everyone common and popular looks that college students are wearing, and hey maybe you do not wear any of the stuff I will be posting, or maybe now you might want too because you like it.

I will make sure to keep everyone updated to when I will be posting the trend journal so stay tuned! I can't wait to share what I find!



"Fashion says "me too", styles says "only me""-Geraldine Stutz


XOXO

Flower Crowns Who?

    Ciao everyone! If you know me well, you know that this will be my favorite topic I have blogged about. Why you might ask? because I am completely and utterly obsessed with the choker trend, it's embarrassing. I have been fond of them for awhile now but just this year I started to actually step out of my comfort zone and hit the streets wearing them. Everyday I wake up and thank the fashion gods for the '90's or else chokers would have never creeped their way back. Over the past two years I have seen the choker trend evolve exponentially and it is at the top of its game today. It was around 2014 when I began to notice more people bringing back the infamous 1990's tattoo chokers, which were an instant hit, and then in a hot second, fashion designers were straying away from the past gothic and punk styles and creating chokers that would influence today's looks and its fast fashion. The more I would come across photos on Instagram of celebrities wearing chokers and seeing more chokers hit the shelves in popular clothing stores, I knew chokers were at the top of the accessory chain.
 

     To this day I cannot seem to not buy a choker every time I am at a store that sells them, the more I grow an obsession towards them the smaller my jewelry organizer gets as well as my bank account, sorry mom. It feels like it was just yesterday when I wore my first one....
 
     It started around the time of New Year's Eve circa 2015, and as you all know when it comes to New Year's Eve outfits you have to make sure you look and feel your best while ringing in the new year. Now I am the type of person who has to find the perfect outfit or else I will have an overdramatic and unnecessary meltdown, so being a fashion student it has helped give me more of an open mind when it comes to clothes. I then did my research for types of outfits I was looking to find for inspiration. Soon after I came across a photo of  Gigi Hadid, famous model and daughter to RHOBH (Real Housewives of Beverly Hills) Yolanda Hadid, and she was wearing a two piece black ensemble, which she was just so happened to be wearing a black choker. That's when I knew I had to wanted to wear a choker. The choker just completed the outfit in a way no other accessory could. So I looked and looked for an outfit like hers, although I had no luck, I went to my second option, which was finding a jumpsuit, another trend I was obsessed with, and I found one from Forever 21. Forever 21 being the greatest and best priced store for broke college girls like myself, I was lucky enough to find a choker that went perfectly with it as well. That outfit made my New Year's, as well as all the complements I had received didn't hurt either.
 

New Year's Eve
outfit: Forever 21

Gigi Hadid en route to AMA's after party.
outfit: House of CB 'Kiyoko' Black Bandage Two Piece

 
    Even today I scroll through my social media and see so many chokers, mainly from celebrities or models. I always encourage my friends to join in on the trend and give them a chance! One of the most annoying phrases I hear is "I feel like I couldn't pull it off", which is completely false. Anyone can pull off anything, it is just a matter of them telling themselves they can and feeling confident in what they are wearing. You can wear chokers with almost any kind of outfit, pairing a choker with jean shorts and a plain tee to even a sleek little black dress. That's what is great about chokers and just  like any accessory, you can find millions of different styles of them to fit your own style, or you can even create your own! For example, one of my old shoes had thick leather laces on them, so I took the laces off and use them as just a simple black choker that I tie around my neck! So spread the trend and keep it alive ladies, you will be surprised just like how I was on how good they'll look on you.



 
The best places to find affordable and wide variety of chokers include Forever 21, Charlotte Russe, Nasty Gal, ASOS, ALDO, Etsy, 8Season.
 
I swear chokers will change your life just like how contouring can.

 


"And there's everybody at my funeral wearing halter tops or chokers or some shit like that."-Reality Bites (1994)


XOXO