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
The 5Sandals: Birkenstocks at the 5Cs
Birkenstocks are ubiquitous at the 5Cs – but why do students here like them so much? Gus Gingrich PO ‘24 investigates the appeal behind the German sandals in his latest article.
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.
Claremont Core: Not your typical jeans — Fashion and trompe l’œil
Ever seen a piece of clothing that isn’t exactly what it seems? Columnist Gus Gingrich PO ‘24 investigates the history of the trompe l’oeil (trick the eye) technique in fashion, its modern applications, and potential accessibility issues related to cost of production.
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.
Claremont Core: In Defense of the ‘uniform’
Are you an outfit repeater? Do you feel ashamed when you repeat an outfit? Columnist Gus Gingrich PO ’24, against his better judgement, became extremely attached to a pair of jeans.
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.
Claremont Core: Fashion TikTok at the 5Cs
For fashion columnist Gus Gingrich, TikTok has become an unavoidable fixture of fashion. Gingrich reflects on 5C fashion, and whether TikTok has had a major impact on students’ style.
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.