Dressing to the T
By Antonia Graffeo
Boston is the city where young adults
come to prosper… and freeze.
Thankfully, we have finally put away
winter jackets; but jackets or no jackets,
Bostonians do not let rain, snow, or heat
stop them from looking fabulous.
It is no surprise that Boston’s chic of the
chic took the Green Line to the Museum
of Fine Arts and ditched their jackets at
the coat rack to flaunt their looks at the
MFA First Friday event.
Emily Res, a Northeastern University
student originally from Switzerland, stole
the crowd when she walked in, wearing
neutral-colored thigh-high boots and an
oversized silk shirt. She eagerly struck up
a conversation about New York Fashion
Week and the excitement in working the
show as a Donna Karan intern. Just a
few tables down was Camille Pierrard, a
Boston University student who looked stylish
and refined, welcoming the spring weather
in a white button-up blouse and a tan pencil
skirt paired with a black sweater and tights.
Downstairs, two stylish high-school girls
were admiring the art. They were cute and
casual, both in oversized shirts and leggings,
one wearing flats and the other wearing
what Nine West calls Old Colony American
leather boots.
Another day, another train: Victoria Thut,
a Parisian-gone-Bostonian, embraced the
style Audrey Hepburn made a famous go-to
in her 1957 film Funny Face: Thut paired
her edgy black boots with sleek-looking
leggings and a black peacoat with dark fur
and of course, to top it all off, a new allblack
manicure.
On the other side of the Charles, just off
the Red Line, Lesley University graduate
student Emily Calvin stood out in the
crowd of Harvard students wearing a
purple tutu and oversized coat. Calvin said
she mainly shops in thrift stores because
she “likes the stories that come along with
old clothes. They are more than just an
item someone made in a factory; there is
history.” Calvin’s friend Kelly Gullage, who
wore an oversized sweater (are we noticing
a trend here?) and red tights, said, “Emily
doesn’t wear outfits; she wears costumes.
She celebrates.”
From the Green Line to the Red,
Bostonians all over town are expressing
themselves through fashion. Whether their
creativity reflects their career aspirations or
just represents the impulse of pure art, you
do not have to search hard for style: Just
look down the street.
- Antonia Graffeo |
