Fashion
‘Sustainably Bougie’: Vico Style Ventures Into Harvard Square
Vico Style, a vintage fashion startup that opened last month, aims to help customers “be sustainably bougie on a budget,” according to its founder.
The Prospects and Plights of Instagram-Inspired Streetwear
@liljupiterr juxtaposes Lucky Charms, drugs, and memes with haute couture sneakers — many of which are rare, beautiful, and custom-made.
Figures and Forms
In our fourth annual themed spring supplement, The Crimson's Arts Board examines fashion as an art form. In our coverage, Arts staff writers interviewed local and student designers, reported on Boston-Cambridge retailers, and contributed to ongoing national conversations about the evolving role of fashion today.
Retaking the Ivy League
Page after page of white men wearing rugby shirts, Bermuda shorts, and boat shoes strolling around brick buildings and grassy quads...
What Are You Lifting: Lululemon
Deep thought is a sweat-inducing process, blurring the boundary between mental and physical discipline. Athleisure and sartorial control are attempts to prove intellectual control.
Eleganza: Unapologetically Amazing
With expertly timed choreography, eye-catching fashion, and a diverse cast of confident models, it is no surprise that hundreds of students—seniors and pre-frosh alike—flocked to Eleganza. With unbelievable scale and ambition, Eleganza truly stands as one of the greatest shows Harvard has to offer.
Ridiculously Expensive Sneakers
Alan R. Dai '21 has $350 Common Projects sneakers featuring gold numbers printed near the heel.
Batman and Totoro Walk Into a Bar
On Saturday, Boston’s first Onesie Bar Crawl was held from 2 to 10 p.m., drawing more than 2,500 attendees in what the organizers, Party America and We Love Onesies, termed “the most comfortable outing of the year!”
SoWa Fashion Show Reveals Boston Treasures
The fashion show offered a dazzling glimpse into the variety of styles available throughout SoWa’s Thayer Street shops and boutiques, a haven for thrift-shoppers and designer junkies alike.
Runway at HerCampus College Fashion Week
A model walks the runway for the HerCampus College Fashion Week show at Royale Boston on Saturday evening.
HerCampus College Fashion Week
An audience member snaps a photo of a model walking at the HerCampus College Fashion Week show at Royale Boston on Saturday evening.
Eleganza and Identities Shows Discuss Gender and Race at Town Hall
Popular on-campus fashion shows Eleganza and Identities co-hosted a town hall event on Thursday to discuss ways to make their events more diverse and inclusive.
Inclusivity in Fashion: How Harvard’s Next Top Model is Different from America’s
“Especially with fashion, it’s kind of a complicated issue because it is an industry and an art form where forever there’s only been one vision of beauty,” Tyler J. Frances ’18, Co-Creative Director and Executive Producer of Identities, says. “I think that a mission we’re trying to bring to campus is that beauty comes in endless forms, and I think that in the past maybe [Identities] hasn’t portrayed that as enthusiastically as [it] should have.”
Future Retail
Business School professor Rajiv Lal speaks at Gund Hall in Harvard’s Graduate School of Design Wednesday night. He discussed the future of retail, focusing on the integration of new technologies, like the drone delivery of packages.
One Hundred Years of Suits
Keezer's Classic Clothing has been outfitting Harvard men in affordable suits and tuxes for over a century.
Pre-Show Selfie
Audience members snap selfies before Eleganza begins on Saturday evening in Lavietes Pavilion.
Reaching for the Stars
Members of the audience reach out to touch hands with Eleganza board members.