What is “gorpcore” and why is it a controversial trend? Style columnist Lisa Gorelik CM’25 explains gorpcore’s roots and reports her journey from hating to loving the style.
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Fashion Bible: Coats & Ties or Pajamas & Crocs
Dress code for college classes — a ridiculous idea or a useful policy? Style columnist Lisa Gorelik CM ’25 investigates the opinions of CMC students on both sides of the argument.
Fashion Bible: Freedom in fashion — CMC goes international
Style columnist Lisa Gorelik CM’25 investigates the experiences of 5 Claremont McKenna students who studied abroad with fashion oversees, versus at CMC.
Fashion Bible: Dressing for comfort? More like dressing for failure
No more pajamas in the classroom! Style columnist Lisa Gorelik CM’25 shares her frustrations with the degradation of the unspoken college dress code.
Fashion Bible: Confessions of a Shopaholic
Calling all shopaholics! Style columnist Lisa Gorelik CM’25 shares her take on how to declutter your closet and prevent future shopping urges.
Fashion Bible: Jeans and a going out top… RIP
Tired of the “jeans and a going-out top” pairing in women’s party fashion? Style columnist Lisa Gorelik CM’25 explores the sentiments behind this trend while offering alternatives to the basic outfit.
Fashion Bible: So you want to thrift in Claremont
“Hey Claremont, wanna go thrifting?”asks style columnist Lisa Gorelik CM’25. Gorelik gives her review of the aesthetics, clothes and prices at three local Claremont thrift stores.
CMC men: It’s time for a fashion consultant
Fashion columnist Lisa Gorelik tackles dangerous and unknown territory in her first column of the semester: CMC menswear.
So You Want to Dress: Streetwear
Were you also a victim of the 2016 hypebeast era? Did you watch endless YouTube videos on how to beat the buyer’s bots on the Supreme website? If so, you may be entitled to emotional compensation. Style columnist Lisa Gorelik CM ‘25 debunks the rise, fall and comeback of streetwear fashion.
So You Want to Dress: Bimbo
What do you think of when you think of the word “bimbo”? Style columnist Lisa Gorelik CM ‘25 explains how people all across the world are rebelling against and redefining the offensive “bimbo” stereotype through fashion.