Student puts new thrift shop to the test
A gift for thrift
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A gift for thrift
Here are six different ways for men and women to layer their styles.
Within the basement of LaFollette in a small, make-do fashion studio mannequins line the walls wearing the custom pieces created by fashion majors. Senior Arlee Post sits in the studio surrounded by sketches, fabrics and the sewing materials she is using on her current collection.
Almost everyday, I get asked the same question: “How are you always dressed so nicely?”
Two Ball State students opened their closet doors and took to social media to sell their used clothing and knickknacks.
Kourtney Cooper is a junior journalism major and writes the column “Fashion Fix” for the Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Kourtney at krcooper2@bsu.edu.
I miss the good ol’ days of back-to-school shopping.
Rows of fashion enthusiasts filled the Alumni Center as 15 apparel design seniors displayed their work for the last time on Sunday. Models in original pieces trekked across the runway to a thumping soundtrack. The show’s pieces displayed a diverse range of fashion, from basketball-inspired menswear to grim womenswear.
NEW YORK — Rain, snow, ice. There’s a lot of grumbling about the stiletto-adverse weather as New York Fashion Week hit Day 5 on Monday. But there’s a silver lining: cozy coats, especially styles with oversized fur hoods, never looked better.
Shoes are a luxury to many children in South Africa. In a country with a life expectancy of 48 years and an HIV rate of 5.7 million people*, something as seemingly small as a pair of shoes is often not a priority. These shoes, however, are crucial in a child’s life without shoes, many children cannot go to school. They cannot earn money to support their families. They can contract diseases and parasites, such as hookworm. The ground they walk on can reach extreme temperatures in the boiling African sun, leading to burns and blisters. Something so crucial is taken for granted in the United States. Halfway around the world, many students in Muncie don’t even realize how fortunate they are to have shoes. But a speech from one man is about to change all of that.
In 2007, a pair of Christmas boxers led 30-year-old Kelsey Timmerman to Bangladesh. Tuesday night, a book will lead him to the David Letterman Communication and Media Building.Timmerman is the author of "Where Am I Wearing?" — a book that takes a closer look at the lives of the people who make our clothes. "I think a lot of students don't have a good handle on what life is like for these people," Timmerman said. And neither did Timmerman until, intrigued by the tag on his favorite pair of boxers, he set out to find the factory — and if possible, the individual — who made them. A second mortgage later, Timmerman traveled to Cambodia — "To see where my favorite all-American Levi jeans were made," he said — and to China to meet the person responsible for making his flip-flops. "What really struck me is how similar we are. A single mother in Bangladesh making $24 a day — it doesn't seem like we have a lot in common. But when it comes down to what really matters, we are exactly the same." A key part of Timmerman's message is that while many of these people face difficult situations, not every factory is a sweatshop and not every family is destitute and depressed. "These people aren't hanging their head and feeling sorry for themselves," he said. "The people I met were so hospitable. They let me look into their lives, they fed me and they answered all my stupid questions. In some sense, I feel indebted to them to share their stories." Jill Christman, director of creative writing, invited Timmerman to read and host a discussion after he dropped off a copy of his book in the English department. Timmerman moved to Muncie in 2007, a month before his global tour of garment factories. Christman said that was one of the reasons the department asked him to be a part of their Visiting Writer Series. "First of all, he's local and we wanted to support local writers," she said. "The other thing was that the kinds of things he's doing is what I would call personal journalism ... it's a kind of writing that we're very interested in." Timmerman, who has been speaking at universities across the nation, said he also enjoys Ball State's close proximity. "Ball State's great because I can ride my bike there," he said.