All by Kathryn Hicks
In another round of Feeds to Follow, I’m focusing in on Ashley from her Youtube channel, bestdressed, and Instagram, @best.dressed. Her channel and internet presence has blown up these past couple months, and it’s no surprise with her sassy and utterly genuine personality, stunning videography, and unapologetically original content.
As a “welcome to one more year of college life before you’re flung into the real world” gift to myself, I have recently fallen in love with my newest kitchen gadget - the Instant Pot. Truly a match made in the kitchen, this new techy pressure cooking dream appliance has fulfilled my culinary gadget dreams more than all of my Shark Tank binge watching could prepare me for.
Every year, the MODA Fashion Show wraps up winter quarter with the perfect homage to student talent, hard work and creativity. In anticipation of the show, we have been interviewing some of the designers involved in this year’s show. For this feature we’re focusing on Anita Obasohan, a 4th year Econ major and Visual Arts minor.
In preparation for the upcoming MODA Show (Friday, February 22nd - get hyped!), we’re doing a series of features on the student designers currently putting together looks. This edition features Andrew Chang.
After the end of a grueling month of p-sets, essays, and juggling who knows how many other responsibilities and obligations, MODA Blog brings you a refreshing list of favorites from our bloggers and photographers to fill you with inspiration and energy for the next month.
Brace yourselves for the return of 90’s and 00’s nostalgia, kids! I have fond memories of trying on a pair of far too tight skinny jeans for the $20 off deal at my local New Jersey suburban mall’s dELiA*s, and the release of Dolls Kill’s new dELiA*s collection brings me back to these days filled with skater style floral dresses and cami’s layered under literally everything.
For those of you globe trotting soon, add EDITED The Label to your European shopping binge list. For those of you stuck in Chicago for school like myself, keep on scrolling for some always needed inspiration for a wardrobe refresh.
If you’re like me, you for true attachments to your clothing pieces, regardless whether it is a sentimental thrift store find from travels or a basic t-shirt from Forever21. This truest of fashion love begets the all too familiar horror stories and heartbreaks of your favorites becoming worn out, dingy, or worst of all broken. To help you get the most out of your closet favorites (and save you some cash too #doublewin!), here are some of my go to fixes to revive and refresh your wardrobe staples.
Like notebooks and pens and all the cute little post it flags, I share a similar addiction to the technology dominating fruit (Apple lol). Addicted but also always broke, I finally bit the bullet and bought the new iPad and Apple Pencil (queue internal money-demon shrieking, with shrieks strong enough to dissuade paying double for the Pro version). I’ve switched my entire scheme of organization since this investment and am quite content with how I have gotten my app-bearings down.
Pump up your fourth week lulls with a mix of some older gems and some newly released tunes!
Whether you’re trying to jazz yourself up post-Harper-nap or sprucing up your soon to be frigid walk to class, this new playlist will boost your energy (and hopefully kickstart some productivity too!).
Having referred to myself as a “washed up fourth year” on five, no wait six, separate occasions this past week, I have officially committed myself to three new goals: 1. getting over the flu, 2. making and following through with plans to hang out with people, and 3. taking advantage of my first ever three-course quarter and exploring all the neat things going on on campus. To aid with that anti-UChicago “good in theory, but bad in practice” third goal, I’ve rounded up some on (or near) campus upcoming events that peaked my interest for the quarter.
Be sure to check out the UChicago Arts Calendar of Events to see if anything else catches your own eye!
At current, I am reflecting back to how poorly I followed my own advice, continuing to shop and thrift and reorder Amazon Prime Basics Felt Hangers (these are wonderful and cheap but there is no reason I should have enough clothes to fill 150 of them). Having spent the Spring Quarter and Summer abroad, albeit with severe excess baggage charges, I have taken to collecting a refresh on my essential clothing items. Sending out a quick inspiration shoutout to the two suitcases I spent six months with and a deep closet purge upon my return to Chicago.
I’ve been spending the days away from the computer and driving thousands of kilometers throughout middle Europe (I’m not joking odometer count is up to 15560 km) and have been proliferating Instagram with digital collage doodle things (a more official name is unbeknownst to me). I’ve decided to round up some of my favorite apps and tips and tricks and all that glorious jazz so you too can waste your summer hours fidgeting with shapes and layers, ya know if you’d like.
For fans of DIY fashion like myself, The Nava Rose is a mecca of tutorials for the latest trends. Alexa Jade runs her successful YouTube Channel, Blog, and Instagram, spreading her wisdom and DIY expertise on all aspects of fashion, DIY, and beauty.
After the end of a grueling month of p-sets, essays, and juggling who knows how many other responsibilities and obligations, MODA Blog brings you a refreshing list of favorites from our bloggers and photographers to fill you with inspiration and energy for the next month.
Through part of one of my many (and frequently abandoned) self improvement stints, I discovered The Outline and have stuck with reading their modern take on current events and newstories. Subscribing to their email subscription list (you can do so too - here!) has upped my morning with current events and incredible graphic design (a refreshing alternative to other news outlets!)
If you're anything like me, reading period looks like a major Netflix binge and sleeping brigade; a much needed self-love sesh to prevent severe burn out. However, if you're also anything like me, this relapse into loafing and overt relaxation is addictive and dangerously difficult to eventually snap out of.
As we enter into the grueling week ahead, check out some of these upbeat and energizing tunes that always help me out of the lull of the Reg stacks and motivated to do some work.
On this edition of Brands to Know, MODA brings you a look at new razor subscription service, Billie. Geared towards women and all things shaving, the brand's mission is to make shaving easy, affordable, and accessible to women of all kinds.