On a typical day at the 5Cs one is almost always bound to run into a student wearing an eye-catching outfit. From oversized retro t-shirts to vintage camis or mini dresses, many students have something in common when it comes to their fashion: a commitment to shopping sustainably and reusing second-hand clothing. This past Sunday, the 5C fashion club THREAD5 partnered with Pitzer Campus Life to host the Mounds Bazaar, a cross-campus-wide sale on the Pitzer College Mounds.
Tag: Sustainable fashion
Future Under Fire brings reworked fashion designs and sustainability to the 5Cs
Last year, four Pitzer students were inspired by their closets of unworn clothes and a shared vision of sustainability to start a club focused on reworking garments. After hours of work over the summer, the group was ready to launch their first collection of reworked clothing designs and the label behind it, Future Under Fire, at the start of this school year.
The founders of Future Under Fire say that reworked clothing is just the beginning plan to develop a network of creatives across the Claremont Colleges and beyond.
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.
So You Want to Dress: Y2K
It may be a new year, but when it comes to fashion, we’re back in 2000. Velour, micro-skirts and platform flip-flops make up the quintessential Y2K look, and style columnist Lisa Gorelik CM ’25 has all the tips.
Claremont stays fashion-forward with new sustainable magazine
Natasha Gardiner-Feldman PZ ’23 founded PZ Threads as a community for creative individuals interested in the fashion industry.