Fashion Fall 2012

From European High Fashion to the Heart of the American South

Insight into the Life of a Current Emory Student/

Vogue Model

What Type of LBD Girl are You?Breaking the Usual Stereotype

and Using Your Wardrobe Wisely

Fall/Winter: Military,

Baroque, LeatherFind Out This

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Min Jung Jamie Kwak

Editor-in-Chief

Emily Rosenberg

Feature Editor

Michael Simon

Art Director

Jennifer Abovich,

Emily Bi, Jasmine Cohen,

Justina HoSara Tasini

Photo Director

Katie Kuo

Web EditorSuemin Jeong

External Affairs Director

Connie Fan

Ali Chetkof

Style Editors

Mary Nguyen

Copy Editor

Jamie Shulman

Internal Affairs Director

Stylists: Emily McCutcheon, Emily Bloom

Makeup artsts: Jamie Shulman, Saneika Thomas

Hair stylist: Domonique Davis

Madison Lampert

Emily Bloom, Michele Florin, Hannah Harmatz

Jiyoung Lim, Shaina Rubenstein, Haemin Shim, Lauren WienerLindsey Cohen, Lea Kah-Lee,

Rana El-Nahas

Amaris Appiah, Joy-Annette Atseghua, Alina Malinauskaite

As with every semester, Fall 2012 is already almost over. It’s hard to believe that it’s nearly time for finals when it seems only a few days ago that this semester began. With people on campus already bustling about studying for their exams, it’s time for the Bubble staff to finish up with the writing and styling process to get ready to print.

To say the very least, this semester has been as dynamic as ever for those of us involved in Bubble. Because it had been the first time for us transitioning into a new academic year, it took us some time to re-adjust to the inner workings in terms of working with newly appointed editors who were unfamiliar with the system. However, as always, the Bubble team was as professional as ever and managed to pull it off superbly.

Continuing on with our efforts as with last semester, the entire team has made an effort to reach out to the Emory community in order to further involve ourselves with those who have similar interests in fashion and the arts. We pulled this off by promoting ourselves during Wonderful Wednesday events and by reaching out to volunteers who might be interested in getting involved. To provide a more intimate setting, our Internal Affairs section also organized a workshop that involved the making of accessories out of scratch. Our team has proven to dedicate itself to reaching out to the Emory community and will continue to do so once more at the end of this semester where we have planned a Bubble Release Party. Please be on the lookout for our posters on campus as well as our official Bubble website for updates and get ready to join us for one last relaxing moment before finals begin!

This semester, while making an effort to reach out to the community, I personally got to realize that our school is full of students with diverse attributes, talent and experience. Because I myself had not known about these people, I thought it was only appropriate and dutiful for our magazine to tell the whole student body about the wonderful experiences and achievements that our fellow Emory students have accomplished. I believe many of you readers will be interested to find amongst our community students who have been involved in a modeling career as well as in a beauty pageant. Additionally, in response to the rapidly changing curriculum at Emory College, our writers have decided to publish some of the personal opinions of scholars from the Visual Arts department who have a background in the fine arts as well as fashion.

Following these new articles, we have also continued on with some of our traditional pieces and our readers’ favorites such as Campus Capture where you will be able to see those in the community who are the most fashionable as well as Study Abroad articles in which students introduce fashion outside of Emory’s campus through their tell-all of exciting personal experiences.

To pursue this semester’s mission of promoting individual talent and diversity at Emory, the Bubble team explored this goal at its fullest during the fashion photo shoots. We welcomed the diversity of outer appearance through different kinds of fashion style as well as ethnicity in models to best capture and simulate the multifarious college life.

Through this issue, I hope all of our readers can appreciate the diversity found in the Emory community. Please enjoy the hard work that the Bubble team has put in to publishing this issue!

Yours,

Min Jung Jamie Kwak

Editor-in-Chief

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Nothing But Jewels

East of Champs-Elysees: Fashion and Street Style in St. Petersburg

The Shifting Frame: How One Department is Changing the Path of an Emory Artist

What Type of LBD Girl are You?

Evolve Boutique: Emory’s Own American Eagle Outfitters

From European High Fashion to the Heart of the American South

Fall/Winter: Military, Baroque, Leather

Miss America Takes Emory!

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Nothing But JewelsNothing But JewelsStyle Editor: Ali ChetkofStylists: Emily Bloom, Emily McCutcheonMakeup: Jamie Shulman Photographers: Michele Florin, Sara Tasini

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On Christina Tejeda: Necklace, Urban Outfitters, $188; earrings, vintage.

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On Rachel Jones: Necklace, Urban Outfitters, $310; earrings, Melanie Auld Designs, $280.

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On Laura Kahn: Necklace, Aldo, $25; earrings, vintage; bracelet, LF, $32.

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East of Champs-Elysees:Fashion and Street Style in St. Petersburg, Russia

East of Champs-Elysees:Fashion and Street Style in St. Petersburg, Russia I always considered how much my sense of style would change from a trip to Europe, a change impossible to avoid in a city full of unfamiliar and interesting people, places, and inspiration. I wasn’t disappointed. The idea of fashion in St. Petersburg is much different than it is in Atlanta. Every day on my way to class, women would wear sophisticated pants and blouses, or even a dress and heel combination, on their walks to work. The only jeans I saw were extremely dark-washed and skinny, far from any distressed or boyfriend style that True Religion could sell for two hundred dollars – or six thousand Russian rubles – in America.

The only fashion movement I can credit myself for in Russia would be my uncreative tendency to wear sweatpants out on those occasional fifty-degree summer days. I was “slumming it,” a somewhat viable option for any American in Europe who doesn’t mind openly believing the idea that “black leggings were the new black skinny pants.” On the sunnier, less class-driven days, however, I started playing with the idea that I could try to dress up more than usual for a trip down Nevsky Prospect, the city’s longest and busiest street. I saw so many unusual ways that people stood out from a crowd full of those

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faithful to the standard black-on-black ensemble. There were older babushkas matching their blouses and skirts to the print on their umbrellas. I caught a few glances at the spiked vests and long, jet-black hair on a few more rebellious dressers. I started looking at the stores on Nevsky as well, wondering where such different people – both from Americans and from each other – bought their peacock blouses and spiked leather motorcycle jackets. I was surprised that the only store on Nevsky that I knew from America was Zara… a beautiful Zara that turned out to have an imitation of a fresco on the ceiling, but still nothing completely new to me. The real surprise was the crop of fast fashion stores like New Yorker and Terra Nova, which I soon found out were the Forever 21s of Russia. I bought a few little things, but they weren’t nearly enough to kick me out of my slumming habit and into the chic Russian trick of dressing. But, even with everything I already knew and was learning about fashion, I still couldn’t put myself into those flawless outfits that Russian women put together on the rainy, cold days of summer.

My trip, although it was short and exhausting, taped up my very broken conversational Russian and finally let me see European street style in person. The first groups of people I saw

on Nevsky let me know that I still had a lot to learn, or at least observe, from the different ways that Russians choose to dress. There were some very fashionable moments, like one of the best-tailored white eyelet sundresses I’d ever seen complement a girl’s French braids, and some much worse ones, like the unexplainable

return of mullets on both men and women. After living in St. Petersburg for about two months, and walking around the streets of Moscow as well for two days, I came to the stunning realization that I was in fact still “slumming it.” Any day I wanted to wear sweatpants again to class or on a run to the Universam supermarket, every other woman I saw was wearing a skirt and hosiery, a tomboyish pant and blazer look, and dresses over very high heels. Even though I think I can get away with an occasional pair of yoga pants and T-shirt day in the States, these women’s outfits make me want to rethink some days that I just don’t have the extra energy to find a matching accompaniment for my blue suede skirt or paisley tank. I’ll think of that woman under the impossible-to-match peacock umbrella, or the guy matching black braids with a terrifically hipster Russian rock band shirt, and try to match that person’s European but not quite Parisian style… as long as the guy’s not sporting a mullet.

■ Emily Rosenberg

“I saw so many unusual ways that people stood out from a crowd full of those faithful to the standard black-on-black ensemble.”

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Tiary DeGrate, a senior at Emory, has been taking visual arts classes since she was a freshman. She’s enrolled in mostly photography classes but she spends her spare time to do something just as creative but much different. In the face of her department leaving the Emory community, however, this photographer has made an online identity for herself as a graphic designer. Her move from the camera lens to the computer screen is just one way that this designer is creating artwork in a way that began within, but is now breaking out of, the Emory bubble. Tiary has been working on a side hobby of independent graphic design since she was in high school. Everything began when she struck up a correspondence with Ashley Qualls, teenage billionaire and creator of the MySpace layout website Whateverlife.com. “I really felt like I connected with Ashley

because we were the same age,” Tiary says. “I remember that my middle school years were the time that Whateverlife.com was the most popular. “I also knew that I could learn so much about graphic design from her.” Tiary went on to explain how Ashley worked not only with a website, but “with help from her family, the people who downloaded her layouts, and other designers.” Because of all these, “Ashley was able to create a successful online business.” Thanks to her work with Ashley, Tiary learned much more about creating her own graphic layouts for MySpace and other personal pages. Even after more than four years of being in touch online, Tiary and Ashley still haven’t met each other in person. I asked her how two designers could have such a productive friendship without even needing to hear each other’s voices. Tiary told me that graphic designers create and publish

their work in an exclusively digital community. When I asked her if she thinks a career in fashion or textile design could work in such an exclusively online community, Tiary again gave me a firm “yes” as an answer. “One thing that anyone can understand, whether you’re studying fashion design in school or creating independent designs online like me, is that fashion is a very international part of culture. From my understanding, any part of fashion, whether it is the artistic side of

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designing new collections so many times a year or the business side of making those collections known, depends on more than one place in the world. There will always be enough room for fashion design to grow and more opportunities for designers to find new inspirations for each collection of ensembles. In my opinion, if you know how to publicize your work online, you’re on your way to making yourself known as a designer or artist much more quickly.” As a graphic designer, Tiary is right that the online platform for her work is massive and has allowed her to meet one of the best younger graphic designers in the field of online layouts. However, I realized that the freedom for clothing designers, publicists, and magazine editors to share their work online may not be as

successful, since these people create actual products or, in the case of publicity, rely on the very non-digital tactic of “seeing and being seen.” I mentioned this to Tiary, who told me about her interest to foray her talents into publicity or writing for a fashion magazine. “Judging from the variety of websites out there” such as LinkedIn for people with a business edge and Cargo Collective for clothing design, jewelry design, and photography, “there are still tons of opportunities for people to show their work to and network with others in the same field.” Tiary is right about the seemingly endless space on the Internet for designers, photographers, editors, and businesspeople to make their mark on, and potentially find success in, the fashion industry.

After taking photography classes at Emory, Tiary found out how she could mix the techniques from those classes with those about graphic design that she found on her own time. As a senior majoring in Art History, Tiary is going to take a year off from school and try to obtain an internship or small position at a fashion magazine. When I asked her if her graphic design talents would carry on into her possible career at a fashion magazine, Tiary said she hoped that they would, but that she was also open to any opportunity to work in fashion. Although graphic design is certainly a talent when it comes to magazine layouts, she hopes that it will not limit her as a member of the fashion industry. “I want to continue learning about the opportunities out there for

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people working in fashion. I’d like to take a break from design and try journalism if I can, or even see if I’m talented in working behind the scenes at a magazine or show, practicing public relations, or planning the events that make a magazine or fashion designer well-known.” I was curious about whether or not graphic design would remain a part of Tiary’s life if she started working as a writer or event planner. “I’m open to the opportunities that magazines, agencies, and design companies will present to me. Emory hasn’t given me the opportunity to look beyond my artistic talents in design and photography. I haven’t seen the way that events and shows work for a fashion designer, or how a major magazine pulls itself together over just a month of work.” Tiary is clearly not one to bind herself to one part of the fashion industry. Art was what drew her into fashion. She still e-mails her designs and feedback to Qualls quite often, and she still actively updates her own graphic design blog, thechroniclesofabrokenheart.com, with her personal designs. However, Tiary recognizes that her talents may change and take her farther than the graphic design blog she’s kept strong throughout high school and college. After Tiary heard rumors about the Visual Arts Department disappearing from Emory’s campus, she and many of the other students she knew in the department started to consider transitioning their majors to

Art History. The change went well with Tiary’s desire to learn about new styles and mediums of art in several different classes, rather than focusing on only one genre. “Just like what I hope to do in fashion, the classes I decide to take in art history change and introduce me to new artists every semester. I’m not restricted to something like medieval art. As a major, I can learn about the influences for works of that time period to the completely different influences for modern art. I want to have the same freedom to explore all

the different areas of the fashion industry, something I hope to start doing during my internship after graduation.” Even though her talents may move her from one online area to another and take her from one city to another, Tiary remains open-minded and sure that graphic design is the best, if not the only, way she can make her own mark on the fashion industry.■ Emily Rosenberg

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WHAT KIND OF LBD GIRL ARE YOU?

Style Editor: Connie FanStylists: Emily Bloom, Emily McCutcheon

Makeup: Saneika Thomas Hair Stylist: Domonique Davis

Photographer: Sara Tasini

On Nneoma: Blazer, Betsy Moss, $168; dress: Rene Arnez, $150; belt, Forever 21, $9; shoes, “Natalie” H by Halston, $70; On Celia: Dress, American Apparel, $60;

bralette, American Apparel, $18; shoes, Elizabeth and James, $295; On Erin: Dress, Lila Boutique, $48; shoes,

Bakers, $50; On Yuna: Dress, Romeo Gigli, $125; shoes, model’s own, $75; necklace, Pac Sun, $10.50.

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On Yuna: Dress, Lila Boutique, $62; headscarf, American Apparel, $14; shoes, Michael Kors, $188.95; earrings, Forever 21, $6.80; On Erin: Dress, Elizabeth and James, $350; shoes, River Island, $75; earrings, Forever 21, $4.80.

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Evolve boutique is in the heart of Emory Village. This 2007-created boutique is not just your average retailer. This store is personalized by local Atlanta designers for the local community. It features environmentally friendly products and a selection of Southern casual style clothing.

Owner, Joyce Justicz, chose the location because she enjoys promoting eco-friendliness with her in-store collections, not to mention the store is walking distance from her house. Justicz’s life has been ingrained in the area; she is an Emory alumna, has children that attended Paideia School, and has a daughter at Emory Medical School. Mrs. Justicz runs the store with two to three other part-time employees, all varying in age.

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EVOLVE BOUTIQUE:EMORY’S OWN AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS

The majority of the store’s traffic is locals in the greater Emory community. This includes those from the hospital and faculty, with a small percentage of students. The customer pool varies from young adults to mature women. Recently Justicz trademarked the Evolve Butterfly logo—it embodies the theme of the store: “Tolerance, Awareness, Sustainability, and Compassion.”

The butterfly is made of the E-V-O-L-V-E letters and they recently started the EVOLVE jewelry line. The goal is to use the symbol for human rights activism. While not entirely a traditionalist, Justicz aims to incorporate as many eco-friendly labels as possible when buying for the seasons. Unfortunately, the supply of affordable, stylish, and environmentally friendly collections is small, but Indigenous and Threads for Thought are two popular eco brands that remain in the store and are popular among shoppers. The shelves are also stocked with American brands including AG and Ella Moss. Some of the most popular brands in the store are Citizens and Joe’s jeans, Velvet, and Lila P. Currently on the window display is a Nation

speckled grey, loose, open-front cardigan that has been selling out. A majority of the organic or repurposed items carried in the store are jewelry and accessories. The counters are lined with stylish earrings and as such are made out of vintage jewelry by local designers. The eco accessories also include recycled tin earrings, candy wrapper wristlets, and Ecoist purses. The local community inspires Justicz’s in-store stock. She carries almost all casual items due to economic challenges, leading customers to purchase more seasonal tops and fewer jeans. Nevertheless, there are always sale items and you don’t want to miss the January end-of-season sale!

By next year, Justicz anticipates closing the boutique to dedicate her time to other things, but she plans on continuing the EVOLVE

butterfly in other ways. The retailer “Where style and sustainability coexists in an unpretentious and friendly environment” is a great place to evolve one’s wardrobe for the next season! ■ Amaris Appiah

Evolve Boutique1581 N. Decatur Rd.404-474-3244

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from European high fashionto the heart of the American South

In Vogue

Anja Matthes, a junior exchange student from London has made more than just headway into the modeling industry. While still fresh in the industry, this 20-year-old Goizueta Business School student’s resume already lists an editorial spread from the July issue of British Vogue! Only a few years ago, German-born Matthes brought her haute fashion sense to school in London. In London, Anja had internships in human resources and business administration. After being admitted to Cass Business School, she realized she needed a better way to pay for her high fees. One day, she was scouted on

the streets. She decided to hold off her internships for three months and take the modeling opportunity. She had been approached by two agencies: Storm Agency and Profile Agency. Soon she realized that Storm models, which include Kate Moss, were viewed as numbers rather than individuals. Because schooling was her main focus, Anja decided to sign with Profile Agency. After she had acquired enough money to begin school, the agency was a little disappointed that she was pursuing her studies and would no longer be a full-time model. She divulged, “The only reason I did it was to earn enough money to pay my fees off!” Nevertheless, she was able to stay in tune with Profile because they considered her school obligations, which she felt would not have been the case at Storm. What is amazing is that Anja is a natural at modeling. She has not received any formal training. While in Germany, she did Latin dance for five years so she became very accustomed to wearing heels. Test shoots were really the only preparation she had before she began castings. As for her runway strut, she would just practice different arm

placements. To get more jobs, Anja daringly cut her long blond hair into a stunningly edgy bowl cut. Pictures of her new cut were submitted to different companies. Last fall, she did campaigns for Toni & Guy and Reggie’s hair companies. Anja’s Toni & Guy contract landed her spots in the London, Paris, and Milan campaign shows. For the Spring/Summer 2010 and Autumn 2011 London Fashion Week, Anja walked for up and coming designers such as Matthew Williamson, Graduate Fashion Show, and Vauxhall Fashion Scout. “Castings are usually done two to three weeks before the show and they were a mess! There are so many girls auditioning and the wait could be up to two hours before she even got her chance to walk!” The time consumption turned Anja off from doing other fashion weeks. It was also a hassle to get her papers correct because she is not a British citizen. Surprisingly, Fashion Week is also less pay! Payment is from seventy-five to two hundred pounds. Anja did not do any big names for Fashion Week, but some of her model friends did and received no pay at all because adding the big name to your portfolio was considered enough

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compensation. During runway shows, Anja has had her share of chaotic backstage experiences. This summer she did a show and her name card was nowhere to be found! Five minutes before the show the production staff found her card. She tried everything on quickly and the shoes were too tiny. Although, half-jokingly, she says she prefers smaller rather than larger shoes because at least you know its on your foot. The general perception of a fashion show is correct; the world backstage is crowded and stressful with interns trying to get the models ready. Anja learned it is important to be helpful to ensure you get made up. If she did not, her clothes would be given to another model and she would lose the opportunity to work for that brand again. Overall, the German native prefers doing shoots rather than walking the runway because the pay is much higher, plus the food at shoots is much better! The Matthew Williamson London Fashion Week show was the only one where she got a decent price because it was promoting Sky Broadband. Normally when doing shows, she would get paid one hundred and fifty pounds. However, doing a half-day shoot pays three hundred pounds! If she is fortunate to get a buyout then she gets a higher pay. For this reason, Anja also did campaigns for Harrods and Label M in the last few months. On a surprisingly sunny London day this past spring, Anja shot a Vogue alter ego themed editorial. She is featured along with another model in the shoot promoting L’Oreal hair colors. Anja was the darker ego and she rocked a darker blond shade with her short cut and she was styled in Prada pieces. The goal of the shoot was to bring to

life the shades with the darker persona of Anja versus the lighter persona of the other model. The main picture in the July issue editorial was the two egos together along with individual pictures of the personas. From the outside it seems that work in the fashion industry is all-out glamorous, but Anja shares some of the reality, “you’re just a mannequin to them.” She says that some of the other models she knows are stifled by the reality. She describes some as being a little self-absorbed. While others were like her and doing it as a

job, other girls saw it as a lifestyle. What is remarkable is Anja’s perspective on the fashion industry and her modeling. Being featured in the Fashion Bible gives you ultimate fashion credit, yet Anja is incredibly humble and often does not tell people about it. She knows the negative stigmas of models as being uneducated, or self-centered, or even slaves to the industry. Anja puts her schooling first and wants to disassociate herself from such negative connotations. She has come to see the reality of work as a model. For these reasons, she waited three months before she told her

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mom about her modeling career. Her mother told her that later she would be proud of it because it enabled her to pay her school fees. “I wouldn’t want to do it my whole life. It’s not stable and the time spent could be used for course work or review sessions,” Anja says. Hours and hours are spent at a casting and a contract is not guaranteed. At shoots, Anja said, photographers and stylists often argue because they want two different things. What she really dislikes is when a job goes past hours. If it’s a show, she would not get paid overtime but at a shoot she could. The Goizueta Business School student is not looking to become

engrossed in the fashion world, which is easy to do. The reality is it’s a competitive field with long hours, little pay, and only so much space at the top. She has found monotony in the experience that makes it superficial. “It’s always the same more or less…you always have the stylists, you always have hair, the makeup artists, the photographers and then take nice photos. With shows you just walk up and down and that’s it,” she described. Anja enjoys meeting new people, interacting, and being intellectual. Agencies can be incredibly demanding. “Sign your signature and you belong to them,” is how she describes a lot of the major agencies like Next and Storm. Profile Agency is middle-sized and Anja is content with it because they look after her, which is rare. What caused this budding model to come to the American South? Cass Business School in London only offered a US exchange to Emory or to schools in Singapore or Hong Kong. She

was not as interested in the Asian universities because she is diabetic and knew doctors would definitely speak English in the United States. Medical reasons aside, she also loves the Atlanta weather. Her schooling in the UK lasts three years so when she returns after this year, she will have one year left. She says that the school styles are very different. In London, the final exams are worth eighty percent, so most of the work is in April and May for preparation. That curriculum schedule made it convenient for her to do castings because she could study while getting makeup done. Anja is taking five courses here at Emory and has no plans for modeling while in Georgia. “There’s no way I could do anything but study here—it’s too demanding, ” She also feels the industry in Atlanta is too small and she also has a Visa that prohibits work. Over winter vacation, Anja is planning on going to New York where she’s hoping to find an agency. New York is much more editorial and she is more suited for that with her edgy hair and style. Her posing forte is mean, serious facials. This summer she is hoping to return to the Big Apple to model as well. Another reason she wanted to come to America was because her dream is to work at Chanel or Dior corporate offices in New York. However, she believes it will be hard to get to that position because of her diabetes. There could be difficulty in insuring her as an employee. She has worked with students of Central Saint Martins University of the Arts London and knows that the creative side of fashion is quite stressful. She would much rather prefer the business side, but not

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work in finance either. She would want a desk, but also be able to travel around to show new collections. On the other hand, she is not sure her mother would approve because she wants Anja to find something where the money pays off later. She knows there is not always money in fashion because it is a very small industry and only has room for so many. Regardless of her concentration in the business field, Anja would like to travel. She loves the beauty in different cultures and the excitement of meeting new people. This is also what she loves and misses about London; the population is a mix of cultures. About sixty to seventy percent of Cass Business School in London is foreign students like herself. While here in America, most everyone is American so it’s difficult because she doesn’t speak the language at the same level as the majority. After she graduates next year, she is not planning on pursuing modeling. She is hoping to go directly into a master’s program. If not, she would prefer to do an internship for a year. Anja Matthes is definitely a spectacular addition to the Emory community!■ Amaris Appiah

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On Isabel Beitia: Jacket, LF, $165; jeans, Topshop, $65; shoes, Dolce Vita, $80; watch, own.

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military | baroque | leatherStyle Editor: Connie Fan

Stylists: Emily Bloom, Emily McCutcheonMakeup: Saneika Thomas

Photographers: Sara Tasini, Emily Bloom, Hannah Harmatz

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Jacket, John Roberts from Goodwill, $2; shirt, American Apparel, $22; belt, Topshop, $30; pants, Topshop, $65; shoes, Topshop, $30.

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Jacket, Urban Outfitters, $89; shirt, American Apparel, $22; pants, Topshop, $55; shoes, own; watch, own; bracelet, own.

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On Sindhu Subramanian: Dress, Betsey Johnson, $100; top, H&M, $29.95; shoes, Steve Madden, $100; headband, H&M, $4.95; locket, Virginia Highlands bou-tique, $35; necklace, boutique in NYC, $30.

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Jacket, Urban Outfitters, $89; top, Forever 21, $22.80; scarf, Old Navy, $10; leggings, boutique in NYC, $15; shoes, Chinese Laundry, $89.

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Top, Urban Outfitters, $49; skirt, Urban Outfitters, $39; shoes, boutique in China, $15; necklace, boutique in NYC, $30; cuff, RJ Graziano, $25.

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On Christina Chao: Vest, Michael Kors, $100; top, H&M, $35; pants, My Tribe, $150; shoes, Go Jane, $40; watch, own.

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Jacket, Forever 21, $30; top, Forever 21, $20; shorts, Zero F’s Given, $30; necklace, Lila Boutique, $25.

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Scarf, All Saints, $80; dress, Free People, $118; shoes, Deena and Ozzy from Urban Outfit-ters, $75; bracelet, Skull Hand, $10; earrings, Forever 21, $7.80.

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When you think of a former Miss America, what comes to mind? If you were thinking: down-to-earth, approachable, or civic-minded then you must have met Kirsten Haglund on campus. At 24 years old, College senior and former Miss America 2008, Haglund has represented her country, started a foundation, and is on her way to earning a degree in Political Science. She shared some of what she has learned and a bit about herself in an interview with Bubble.

you stand up at a podium in professional attire in front of seven judges that rapid-fire questions at you, on every controversial topic. It’s really intense, but it’s really fun. I did speech and debate forensics in high school, so I really get into that. I like defending my views and standing for what I believe in.I think if people could see the interviews they would have a whole different idea of what the program is about.

Bubble: Why did you want to do Miss America?Kirsten Haglund: To get scholarship money. I really just wanted to get a couple hundred dollars for school.

B: What were your favorite aspects of pageants?KH: I like to perform and I like to be on stage, so that part of it is fun, but the most fun is probably the interview. It’s twelve minutes long,

MISS AMERICA TAKES EMORY!

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B: Can you tell me a little bit about the Kirsten Haglund Foundation? KH: I started the Kirsten Haglund Foundation after I completed my year as Miss America. I did that primarily to find some way to give back to the eating disorder community. I travel and speak a lot about body image issues, women’s health, nutrition, exercise, etc. I wanted to find a way to do something more than just talk. One of the biggest barriers to treatment for people with eating disorders is health care costs. It is very expensive and it’s not always covered by health insurance, so financial assistance for patients whether its inpatient or

outpatient, is needed. We started to fundraise to provide treatment

scholarships, and that’s what we continue to do. We help families connect to the

resources in the area where they live, coordinate Skype therapy sessions for people

who live in like the middle of Wyoming and don’t have a therapist for 300 miles

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“[After I won,] I was forced to tell my story, I couldn’t just hide it. I had to speak up.”

from where they live, and help people to do their own fundraisers as well. B: Is creating a foundation or choosing an issue to campaign for a requirement for being Miss America?KH: You don’t have to choose a platform to compete in the organization, but most people do. It’s funny the way this happened for me, I started to compete when I graduated from high school, to win some scholarship [money]. I didn’t know what to choose, and then I thought I guess I can choose eating disorders. I thought, ‘I don’t have to say that I ever struggled with one. I can just say, I was a ballet dancer and I knew what that world was like and how dangerous they were.’[After I won,] I was forced to tell my story, I couldn’t just hide it. I had to speak up. It was cool and did a lot of really great things for me personally. At first I was really wary of it, but it really changed me.

B: How many times do you think you’ve been interviewed since being crowned Miss America?KH: [Haglund chuckles] Probably over a thousand, multiple times a day, every day during that year alone. Not counting the times as Miss Michigan. And then since then I’ve been doing … at

least four or five appearances a month.

B: What was your favorite part about pageant fashion?KH: There are two different elements. There’s the glamorous aspect of the pageant, then the everyday

business casual stuff. It was really amazing to work with designers like Stephen Yearick. I helped design the gowns that I wore to red carpet events. I was eighteen when I won Miss Michigan, and nineteen when I won Miss America

so I’d never really been a professional. It really stretched me out of my comfort zone fashion-wise. Like how can I wear professional clothes and not look like a mom? It gave me a lot of opportunity to experiment; to make cool combinations and accessorize.

To be professional but still be young, that was a lot of fun for me. I wore a ton of Betsey Johnson, because her stuff is so unique. B: What does the former Miss America do in her free time?KH: I don’t have free time. Being in your twenties is

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“Being in your twenties is tough. You have school, you have work, and you have friends that you try to maintain relationships with.”

tough. You have school, and you have work, and you have friends that you try to maintain relationships with. When I travel for speaking events, I really take advantage of the time, so if I am only there for a day I go see the sights of the city or go to the local areas and try to really squeeze the time out of my travel. I also like to read and run.

B: What would you say is most important to you?KH: Two things. My marriage and my faith, I just got married on July 28th, so that is such a wonderful part of my life right now. Honestly, I have a wonderful partner in my life and companion … he’s my best friend. There are so many girls that are my age that are

like ‘oh you’re twenty-four, you’re so young,” but I feel like I have more opportunities, more support. It’s just so fun to do life with your best friend … The second thing is my faith. God is the most important thing to me, and I would be nowhere [and] would have nothing without him.

B: What would people not be

able to guess about you?KH: I was a classically trained ballet dancer, and was going to do that professionally. I was dancing seven days a week, but now I’m a political science major. B: How did you make the transition from the performing arts to political science?KH: It was really the job of

Miss America. Prior to that I really wanted to work in entertainment, but during that year I had to be on a lot. Smiling and talking with people, and being a representative. Kind of being like a politician championing a bunch of different issues. You have your own voice and you advocate for issues that you care about. That year really gave me a lot of confidence.

Being a young person doesn’t mean you can’t have a lot of influence on people in the world. Going back to entertainment after that – because I did for six months to a year in Los Angeles - you read a script, you have a manager, you have an agent, and so much of your life is controlled.

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“I love that tailored and more feminine structures are coming back into fashion, because women have beautiful figures. Let’s celebrate it!”

My year as Miss America changed my priorities so, I decided to go to school, and get a regular degree. Even though I enjoy the arts (she takes dance classes here at Emory) it’s just not where I see myself professionally.

B: Why did you choose Emory?KH: I had colleagues in Atlanta. I was leaving LA looking for a college on the east coast, and I didn’t want to go to the northeast, so, I said let’s look at the top twenty universities on the east coast, and Emory was one of them, and I said I have tons of people I’ve worked with that live in Atlanta, and I love this city. I came to visit, checked it out, applied, and got in and said alright, I’ll go there.

B: What stood out to you about Emory?KH: The first thing that stood out to me was how beautiful the campus was – white marble buildings, trees everywhere, and a walkable campus. The other thing that I liked was that it is a research university. You have a lot of people with political biases at schools all over the country, both left and right. Here, every professor that I’ve talked to and the majority of the classes I’ve taken, with the exception of very few, have been very much about the facts, black

and white. You don’t get that at some other universities. I like that it is very much about knowledge and wisdom and gaining information then learning how to apply it in your world in the best way that you see fit.

B: What are your plans after graduation?KH: I don’t quite know yet, which I am sure is a common answer, but I have a couple different paths. I have opportunities in news here in Atlanta and in New York. I also work here at Emory with the Foundation and Corporate Relations, which is in giving and development, and I really do enjoy it. The other path would be continuing non-profit work which has broadened to include human trafficking and child advocacy. So, I don’t know yet, one of those.

B: With the temperature dropping, what trends are you looking forward to in fall and winter?KH: My favorite thing in fall is boots. I love boots, and I love the combination of skirts, tights, and boots. I absolutely love it! I started busting them out a week ago, even though it was in the 70s, and I love layering and blazers. I have a ton of blazers.

B: Describe your personal style.KH: You know, it’s shifted a lot. It used to be bohemian and artsy-fartsy. I wore lots of loose clothing and leggings – very casual. Now it’s shifted, because I do so much professional work, and I really love more tailored, feminine, classic stuff. When I am on a college campus and I have class and am going to work out, I wear gym clothes. [Haglund points to her all black workout attire] When I do professional work or am going out with Ryan [her husband] I like for my clothes to be feminine. I love that tailored and more feminine structures are coming back into fashion, because women have beautiful figures. Let’s celebrate it! Let’s give women a more defined waistline. I absolutely love the peplum [style], it’s adorable. No matter what size you are, it gives you this beautiful little waist and accentuates your curves. Women have awesome bodies; let’s show it off!

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Prague Not only is the architecture in Prague an eclectic mix of liveliness and classics, but so is the fashion. In such a homogenous population, people truly strive to express themselves through their different styles. The trends are in line with modern European fashion, but the cold climate makes for some distinguishing fashion trends. Let’s start with the outerwear. The Czechs wear coats and jackets for the majority of the year, so they often express their individual style through the color and cut of the jacket. While one may typically see a variety of

black, navy and beige coats in the States, fashion observers will likely find a more eclectic mix of bright orange, mustard yellow or fiery red. The Czechs even go as far as to broaden their dark color schemes to maroon, often with asymmetrical cuts. Some people even pull out their 1990s denim jackets! Scarves are also huge in Prague and worn almost every day—anything from thick wool circle scarves to hand-sewn fabric scarves with intricate designs or flowers that are available in every market. Right now, leather gloves in varying styles are very popular—traditional black with

a lace trim or studs, burgundy, deep blue, tan, or charcoal. The shoe trends are very different from what some may find in the U.S. From a 14-year-old teen to a 55-year-old woman, every female on the street is bound to be wearing some sort of heel. Flats are simply not stylish in Prague. Whether they have to walk 2 kilometers to school, stroll on the not-so heel-friendly cobble stone in city center, or push a baby carriage, women wear heels. Of course not everyone wears super high pumps, but most boots and dress shoes have a two-to-ten

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Prague Stylecentimeter heel. This leads into the next unexpected aspect of Prague style: what students wear to class. If you ever study in Prague or any European city for that matter, you can forget about wearing yoga pants and sneakers to class. By American standards, students “dress up” when they go to school. Guys wear dark and shady jeans with modern European footwear, while girls love their pencil skirts, dresses, and shorts matched with tights and heel boots or platforms. Tights are a huge trend in Prague because

it is so cold, but ladies do not want to put away their dresses and shorts just yet. Nude, black, charcoal, powder, lace, modern designed, and colorful tights are everywhere. After speaking to a few Czech students, the consensus is that the young adults and teenagers shop at massive, ubiquitous European stores like the New Yorker and Mango. There, one can find the latest styles and often some great sales. Flea markets are great for unique accessories like scarves, tights, gloves, and hats. The fun thing about these

markets is that you can bargain and get fantastic deals for buying in bulk or buying multiple items from a single vendor. So whether you are watching people on the tram or observing on a night out in town, you will see these trends and absorb a little more than people-watching from their clothes. Fashion-lovers can see their versatility as the temperature drops, their self-expression with bright, unusual colors, and a burst of tradition in their style.

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