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Fashion: Fall into Alabama weather, with clothes to match!

Jordan Staggs November 11, 2010

Ah, Alabama in the fall. It’s my favorite time of year. The leaves with their yellows, oranges and reds, blowing through the autumn wind, are really a sight to behold, as long as you’re not being...

Fashion: Winter White

Kelly Johnston November 11, 2010

Who says you can’t wear white after Labor Day? Many Americans have vowed to ban white from their wardrobe because of this old school taboo. I consider retiring the entire color from your closet for...

A head start on fall

Jordan Staggs November 3, 2010

“I assumed the butterfly was going to Bloomingdale’s to buy a hat,” Meg Ryan said, her best-friend-worthy voice delightfully chipper as she narrates her fictitious e-mail to Tom Hanks, “which would...

Fashion event raises funds for charity

Jordan Staggs October 26, 2010

Tornado warnings could not stop high fashion last night as the University’s Fashion, Inc. society put on the fourth annual Rock the Runway show, benefitting Charity: Water. A last-minute location change...

Don’t let cliche costumes limit your Halloween style

Jordan Staggs October 21, 2010

It would appear, my friends, that All Hallows’ Eve is just around the corner. For you who haven’t seen the movie “Hocus Pocus” – first of all, shame on you – second, I mean Halloween. But never...

Find your Halloween style

Jordan Staggs October 20, 2010

It would appear, my friends, that All Hallows’ Eve is just around the corner. For you who haven’t seen the movie “Hocus Pocus,” first of all, shame on you. Second, I mean Halloween. But never mind...

Fashion: Keeping to the classics

Fashion: Keeping to the classics

Kelly Johnston October 19, 2010

While it is important to follow the current trends, it is more important to have classics in your wardrobe. These timeless staples transition smoothly season to season, year after year. I’ve compiled...

Bowden creates his own fashion world in Tuscaloosa

Bowden creates his own fashion world in Tuscaloosa

Ashley Chaffin October 11, 2010

Inside one of the bedrooms in the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity house are business cards on the dresser, jewelry spread out across the bed, and bags of shoes lying on the floor. Randy Bowden looks over the...

Switching the sexes: Man-icures and military

Switching the sexes: Man-icures and military

Jordan Staggs October 6, 2010

The times are always changing, and with them so do clothes. But who expected the idea of gender roles in fashion to change so dramatically that it became okay for women to wear three-piece suits and...

Fashion: Leopard print hits the spot this fall

Fashion: Leopard print hits the spot this fall

Kelly Johnston September 30, 2010

Expect to see spots this fall – leopard is making a comeback. Long gone are the days of tacky leopard tights and tasteless tiny dresses, leopard print has been revamped in the best way possible. The...

Take back fall fashion

Jordan Staggs September 22, 2010

Growing up in the rural South, where tradition is everywhere and conservatives rule most veins of life, we are subject to many rather strict rules that might not have been a problem in other parts of the...

Local woman to compete on 'Top Model'

Local woman to compete on ‘Top Model’

Jordan Staggs September 7, 2010

Northport, Ala., is not exactly the kind of place one expects to see men in Armani suits or women parading the sidewalks in Prada, but its high fashion status might be upped slightly this fall, and not...