Official Blog of the Fashion Merchandising and Design Society at Virginia Tech
For years, the status quo has been that tattoos, piercings and fashion color hair dye are not appropriate in the workplace. However, this logic has been increasingly challenged with time. The debate as to whether or not these characteristics are professional is heating up now more than ever. In arguing against tattoos, piercings and unnatural [...]
If your Instagram hasn’t been flooded with Coachella pictures for the past two weekends, you must live under a rock. Models, singers, influencers, and everyone in between spend months planning out their epic festival looks. Although it is a music festival, people really go to show off their best hippie-edgy-boho festival outfits. The company REVOLVE [...]
Festival season is coming up ladies and gents! Though I have only been to one music festival, I am so excited to experience two more this upcoming summer! I learned so much from my first festival experience at Bonnaroo, like what to bring, wear, and do! Here is just a little insight on my trip [...]
College is hard, it’s stressful, there are so many responsibilities required of you, and the last thing someone wants to hear on top of all of this is, “you gotta get an internship if you want to be successful.” The first I had heard of this internship nonsense was the first day of junior year, [...]
PAQ Deemed the “Top Gear of Fashion”, @paq.official is an online T.V show focused all about fashion, art, and creativity. The U.K group is made up of Elias Riadi, Danny Lomas, Dexter “Dex” Black, and Shaquille “Shaq” Keith who all are passionate about broadening the fashion and design culture. With weekly episodes, the group have [...]
As a frequent Nordstrom-er, I thought my department store tool belt was well stocked. Snobby sales women? Got it. Hiding my shock at the price tag on that stunning Burberry coat? Listed at the tip-top of my resumé. But an infinite number of trips to the promise land (aka, any American department store) couldn’t prepare [...]
As Spring Break approaches our excitement builds! For many of us, it is a time to escape from our busy schedules and pick out new adventures to break us from routine. However, although spring break may be a time for exciting new plans, I want to emphasize the break in 'spring break'. It is important [...]
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For all us single ladies out here, our favorite day is upon us; ah, yes, Valentine's Day! A lot of us can agree that this is such an obnoxious day, especially when you are boyfriend/girlfriend-less. Snapchat and Instagram are filled with everything you don't want to see: couple posts, giant teddy bears, flowers, and cute [...]
My brain goes off like fireworks when I walk into a thrift store; everywhere you look is inspiration. Almost instantly, I begin thinking of ways to turn old hand-me-downs into one-of-a-kind statement pieces. The thrill of looking through piles of clothes and finally finding that one gem that sticks out to you is like no [...]
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