February 9, 2009
- 2:00 pm
By Jess T. - Columbia University

So this week, rather than choosing a specific celebrity whose style I admire, I decided to give an ode to awards season by picking out some of the best red carpet looks of the season and explaining why these starlets succeeded in looking amazing.
You may not have any red carpet events coming up (What? You weren’t invited to the Oscars?), but that doesn’t mean you can’t learn a thing or two from these fashion experts. Read More »
Tags: anne hathaway, avant garde, awards season, Azzaro, basic black, beading, carrie underwood, celebrity, Christina Applegate, Christina Hendricks, curvaceous, curves, fashion, glitter, glitz, Grammys, Grecian inspired, jennifer hudson, kate winslet, Kaufman Franco, mad men, Narciso Rodriguez, old Hollywood, origami pleated, penelope cruz, red carpet, red carpet fashion, red carpet style, Reem Acra, sag awards, starlets, Style, style idol, Taylor swift, Todashi Shoji, Zuhair Murad
June 22, 2008
- 3:00 pm
By CC Staff
Jezebel exposed me to some creepy oddities known hair hats. They’re hats…made to look like hair…made to look like animals. It’s the accessory equivalent of a Turducken.
I think we can agree Nagi Noda, the Japanese artist behind the hats, is an amazing designer, sculptor and…hairstylist?
But would you be caught dead with one of these affixed to your scalp? As an average college student or recent grad you may not have an appropriate venue to don an animal face on your head. But I can’t even see the avant-garde, fashion plates of the world rocking these things…unless they were starring in Lion King on Broadway.
Maybe I’m not thinking broadly enough.
So what are your thoughts people? Weird, gross and confusing or glamorous, innovative and stunning? Maybe a little from column A and a little from column B?
Check out a menagerie of hair hats right here.
Photo: Nagi Noda
Tags: accessories, avant garde, creepy, Hair, hair hats, hats, japan, japanese artist, jezebel, nagi noda, recent grad, Style, turducken
January 18, 2008
- 9:30 am
By Jill - University of Wisconsin

There is nothing I look forward to on TV more than Project Runway. Perhaps that’s because there is literally nothing else to look forward to thanks to the Writers Guild of America. But last nights Project Runway may have been one of my most favorite episodes yet. Why? Because my FAVORITE two flaming fashionistas, Chris and Christian (or as they named themselves: Team Fierce) were paired up for the challenge.
The contestants were split at random into groups of two. The challenge: To create both an Avant Garde and ready to wear look.
There is nothing that I love more than Christian’s monstrous ego and Chris’ teddy bear looks (and adorable laugh). Their outfits were absolutely amazing (even prim and prissy Nina Garcia agreed!)
Victorya and Jillian may just be the two most boring, monotone people I have ever seen on TV in my life. So imagine the bore-fest it was watching them try and fight over who was going to be project manager. I write in my journal with more enthusiasm- and that’s on paper. There is no denying their talent, especially Jillian’s, but really ladies. You’re on TV. You’re trying to become the next big designer- you think you would turn the personality up a notch? A giggle every now and again? Ending your sentence with an exclamation point?
Just a thought. Read More »