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Another year, another awards show where everyone scrutinizes what the stars wear on the red carpet, even when they are all practically wearing the same thing. Well, everyone except for Helena Bonham Carter, who wore different shoes on each foot. Now that is a feat. (Pun so intended.)
In this week’s Fashion or Whatever column, I discuss the constant boredom seen on the awards show red carpet, and when I am talking about boring, I am not lying. Read about it here.
I used to be amazed by awards season fashion, what with all the pretty actresses in their gowns and whatnot.
They come in shapes that range from little princess castles to horses and unicorns.
Diana Kohan literally ditched studying for a final to watch a fashion show.
“I left my stuff in Kerckhoff during finals weeks and walked into Ackerman and I saw this insane runway show … with models and dresses and music and everything and I got really emotional,” Kohan said.
Disinterested in her psychology final, as well as school in general at the time, the UCLA alumna saw this fashion show put on by UCLA’s Fashion and Student Trends club as the catharsis for her decision to pursue fashion as a career.
Having grown up making her own clothes and taking sewing classes, Kohan was always interested in fashion, but didn’t think of it as a possible career path until she discovered the fashion club at UCLA.
I blame Lauren Conrad for the increased interest in working in the fashion industry.
The average romantic film has scarred the American psyche so badly that we expect all movies about love to end with a fantasy of a kiss and a ring, with sequels of children and happiness.
Like most college students, whenever Urban Outfitters has its 50 percent-off clearance items sale, I divert myself from wherever I was originally walking to and walk right into the store.
