Style on Campus: Spring Lookbook
If winter has left your fashion sense numb, don't fret. Style On Campus has created a look-book just for you. It’s time to shed the layers and don brighter colours, shades, and rain boots. SOC celebrates stylish students who take risks and combine classics with the unexpected, to create a put-together look and a distinct expression of self. This spring at Carleton, it’s not just about what's on the runways, but what’s in the hallways.
On the Campus Style Profile
Gillian Turnbull, first-year political science student, has perfected her individual, nonchalant style, which we applaud her for.
Velvet Cropped Jacket: “It was my mom’s.”
Necklace: Castings of nineteenth-century wax seals from Silver Lotus in Winnipeg.
Jeans: Always skinny, from the Gap.
Boots: “They’re from Zara and they’re my favourite.”
Favourite place to shop:
Secondhand Stores
Shops Review
Warm temperatures and cloudless skies have Carleton’s fashion-savvy students flaunting bright shorts and floral tops.
For those scouring the city on a student budget to find unique new spring pieces, you might find something at Aunt Olive’s.
Part boutique, part café, Aunt Olive’s, located at Gilmour and Elgin Streets, is all about wearable vintage.
“I concentrate on recycling older clothes that are not too over the top,” said Jamie Garner, owner of the boutique.
Cut above the rest
As the cold months of winter finally give way to the sunshine and warmth of spring, bulky winter coats, heavy boots and toques are replaced with the light and funky clothing defining the Spring/Summer 2010 season. Spring is all about renewal and starting fresh.
Living like there’s no tomorrow
Imagine you’re in your final moments and your life flashes before your eyes. What do you see?
Do you see an image of yourself conquering life, and achieving your hopes, dreams and aspirations? Or is it a vision of regret? Are you disheartened with the realization that you didn’t quite live your life to its fullest? That somewhere along the road, you lost your drive, put your dreams on hold and now it’s too late to turn back time, too late for a second chance?
