ACROSS
1 The Miners of the
Lone Star St.
5 Eurasia’s __
Mountains
9 Fundraising gps.
13 Caesar’s France
14 Marner of fiction
16 Hindustani
language
17 What Dobermans
do for dinner?
19 Innocent
20 Retro wall unit
21 Titanic undoing
23 Not very bright
24 Super-cold
concoction at
Baskin-Robbins?
28 Yale alum
31 Longtime
Yankees
announcer __
Allen
32 First to play
James
33 Tall and lean
35 “Sadly ... ”
38 Box
41 World’s
stealthiest
detective?
44 Got out of bed
45 “So __ say”
46 Crowd-sourced
review site
47 Asian takeout
option
49 Little trickster
51 See 56-Down
52 Cutest Baby
contest
champion?
57 Security briefing
org.
58 Clothing part that
might split
59 Epic tales
63 Singer James
65 Massage
epiphany?
68 Agenda detail
69 Gets mud on
70 Phi __ Kappa
71 Banks of 2000s
TV talk
72 Doing business
73 “The Osbournes”
patriarch
DOWN
1 Brand of
sheepskin boots
2 Biting
3 Italian capital
4 Fallback option
5 __ Today
6 Tease
7 “I was out of
town,” e.g.
8 Approach
midnight
9 Place to hoist a
pint
10 DBA followers
11 Madison Ave. field
12 In-your-face
challenge
15 Feudal laborers
18 Protective barrier
22 El __
25 Authentic
26 Dole out
27 Like birds with
worms, so it’s
said
28 Designer
Schiaparelli
29 Cowardly Lion
portrayer
30 Facing serious
trouble
34 Singer who
formerly stylized
her name with a
dollar sign
36 “__ du lieber!”
37 Yarn purchase
39 Squeal
40 Catch sight of
42 Raises
43 Many a gospel
song
48 Brainstorms
50 Uruguayan
money
52 Nail a test
53 Like Oscar
Wilde
54 Mackerel relative
55 Beatnik’s “With
ya”
56 Repeating movie
role for
51-Across
60 “Sheesh!”
61 Animated bug
film
62 Time at a hotel
64 Org. for docs
66 Pint to drink
67 AOL alternative
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Style
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Instagram stars dressed
by and for the internet age
hypebeast // Instagram
Promoting personal brand in a digital community that
promotes copy-cat culture in order to join ‘The Culture’
In “Orlando” by Virginia
Woolf, she writes: “There is
much to support the view that
it is clothes that wear us, and
not we, them; we may make
them take the mould of arm
or breast, but they mould our
hearts, our brains, our tongues
to their liking.”
That’s a quote that has
stuck with me for a long time.
Where the likes of David
Bowie and Keith Richards
have
defined
what’s
now
known as the rock ‘n’ roll
aesthetic, others wear the garb
in an aspirational sense. When
skaters wore Thrasher to show
their support of subcultural
publications, others donned
the hoodies once they hit the
mainstream. Nowadays, style
is trending towards a sense of
conformity. I think the biggest
culprit for the proliferation of
unoriginality is Instagram.
Instagram is a wonderful
platform for the dissemination
of fashion. Through Instagram
I have connected with people
from all over the world with an
interest in fashion, and some
of these people have become
close friends. I sometimes
find myself spending more
time messaging people from
these fashion groups than my
best friends from high school
— not because we’re better
friends, but because we finally
have a platform where we can
nerd out about fashion. It’s
something that I craved for the
longest time: Finding people
who were equally passionate
about clothing.
When I found platforms like
Instagram and Reddit that let
me connect with both lifelong
friends and strangers, I was
hooked. At the same time, the
thirst for Instagram success
is not a foreign concept; there
are countless articles outlining
the twelve-step program for
gaining followers. For some
it’s a way of making money, but
for most it’s simply driven by
a desire to share content with
similarly-interested
people
and to feast in the likes and
followers.
When I really started to
spend
time
on
Instagram,
exploring different fashion-
related hashtags and accounts,
I had the realization that
people love to dress the same
way. That’s not necessarily
to say that the exact outfit is
replicated by dozens, if not
hundreds, of people, but that
a certain, paint-by-numbers
approach is taken to fashion.
The people you see under
the
tag
#thefeargeneration
dress up in Jerry Lorenzo
cosplay, while a search of the
#supremenewyork
tag
will
yield enough box-logo hoodies
to put a salty taste in your
mouth for coming up empty on
the last drop. The thing is that
there are people who will post
outfits that deviate from the
cookie-cutter
aesthetic,
but
the problem with Instagram is
the fact that these photos don’t
get as many likes, comments
or lead to as many followers
as simpler outfits. It’s difficult
for anyone who is motivated
by internet fame to push
boundaries because it won’t
lead to the same success as
sticking with what works.
I think this overlooks a key
point, which is the fact that
many people know that they
want to dress well or dress in
a certain way but don’t know
how to achieve that aesthetic.
It’s very easy to look to a
person whose fashion sense
has been applauded by the
masses
on
Instagram
and
work to emulate it at the start.
Once someone is comfortable
with their new look, they will
begin to post their own fits to
the Internet. From there, it’s
undeniable that many people
like the self-gratification of
knowing that well-established
fashion accounts are dressing
like them, so they are more
likely to follow accounts and
like photos that reaffirm their
fashion choices.
From here the cycle begins
again: Someone looking to
begin to define their style
will look up to more well-
established users for tips and
tricks. Because these users
know that the more avant-
garde outfits aren’t going to
give them sufficient exposure,
they will continue to post
basic outfits to Instagram,
which will once again inspire
someone who is just getting
into
fashion,
which
will
increase the body of people
who are focused on a certain
look. All of this boils down
to the fact that so long as
people are driven by likes and
followers, which isn’t likely to
stop anytime soon, the current
state of Instagram fashion
is going to stagnate for the
foreseeable future.
French women and the
myth of ‘effortlessness’
Vogue // Instagram
This
past
week
as
Paris
shuttered Fashion Month I was
greeted with a barrage of French
girl-related headlines from nearly
every sartorial news outlet. Said
headlines ranged from inane
(“French Girls Do Everything
Better, Even Instagram (And
It’s Because They Don’t Care)”)
to absolutely eye-roll inducing
(“Confirmed: French Girls Love
the Underwear You Hate”). Vogue
even went as far as to publish an
article titled “Are French Girls the
Only Ones We Should Look to for
Style Advice?” on their Snapchat,
which quoted this sage insight
from fashion writer Elizabeth
Hawes: “There is no word in
English for chic. Why should there
be? Everything chic is by legend
French. Perhaps everything chic
is in reality French.”
This is, of course, blatantly
false. The French do not hold
claim on chicness, and they most
definitely are not the only ones
with a word for it. Just because
the word “chic” is French in
origin does not mean it is not also
very much part of the English
lexicon. Analogously, the word
“restaurant” is likewise French,
but no one would ever assert
that we do not have a word for it
in English. Factual inaccuracies
aside, I find this deification of
the French woman and her style
irksome.
French style stereotypically
diverges
from
American’s
primarily in the application of
effort. The French girl mindlessly
tousles her hair, her skin both
unblemished by makeup and
stunningly clear. Her outfit is
marked by its simplicity, perhaps
just a sweater, trousers and heels
— everything tailored impeccably.
Conversely, the American girl
twirls a loose strand of her
blowout, her words framed by
an undaunted shade of lipstick.
Her body is wrapped in layered
garments. These tropes both look
perfect — but only the American
seems to have tried.
I have nothing against French
style. I find their minimalism
elegant,
and,
despite
advice
from friends, I have been on the
hunt for a good beret for some
time. Not to mention, there is
something undeniably alluring
about the idea that you can look
great while “undone.” What I
find bothersome is the vilification
of effort. The recurring motif in
all these articles is that French
women are superior to American
counterparts because they do not
try.
Perhaps my annoyance is a
pervasion of my own personal
insecurities.
I
was
first
introduced to the term “try-hard”
when I was 13-years-old by an
identically-aged boy. He used the
term frequently, each time with
disgust. I was not entirely sure
what a try-hard was, but I knew
it was the absolute worst thing
to be. Thankfully, I was spared
the awareness that the loser who
he was describing was, in fact,
me. I have been the Hermione in
Snape’s inaugural potions class
(me: Hand eagerly erect, teacher:
Anyone? Anyone?) multiple times.
Granted,
the
aforementioned
scene is the apex of my try-hard-
ness — usually I am much more
mellow. Still, my accolades are
almost invariably coupled with
effort.
So, yes, I am bugged by lazy
journalism
that
propagates
the superiority of French style.
French women are gloriously chic,
and there’s nothing wrong with
modeling your style after them,
but they are not the sun upon
which the sartorial solar system
rotates. If you love fashion the
fun is often in the effort. I enjoy
the sometimes 30 minutes it takes
me to get dressed, “outfit testing”
as I dance about to pop music.
And after I’ve finally settled on
an outfit, I want to look perfect; I
want you to take note of my outfit
and know that I tried.
The idea that your outfit would
be improved with less effort is
offensive — your trouble merits
appreciation. It shows you care
and it’s indicative of prowess.
What’s more: Don’t believe for a
second those French women don’t
apply themselves. Of course they
do, they just double their effort
simply to make it seem as if they
didn’t. Don’t fall for the farce.
You’re pretty cool, too; don’t let
anyone tell you any different.
NARESH IYANGAR
Daily Arts Writer
TESS TOBIN
Daily Arts Writer
Nowadays,
style is trending
towards a sense of
conformity
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