The Craze: Electrify Your Look

The Craze is a trend report bringing you the latest (and, duh, the greatest) in beauty and styles.

Want to grab some attention and shine with the sun, FINALLY? Check out the neon runway hit from Jason Wu, Michael Kors, Giambattista Valli, Louis Vuitton, Burberry Prorsum, Christian Dior, Missoni and Versace.

Quite the trend right? Most neon colors are available in tops, skirts and dresses. Match your neon tops with neutrals on the bottom and neutral shoes for dresses so you aren’t TOO electric! If you aren’t comfortable with neon clothing, no worries, plenty of accessories (and nail polish!) are available that offer hints of neon to add the same great look on a smaller scale. Check out these accessories of clothing items below.

Asos.com

Forever 21

Old Navy

-Kate Ahrendtsen

The Craze: Ready for the Rain

The Craze is a trend report bringing you the latest (and, duh, the greatest) in beauty and style.

Yes, the sidewalks are still covered in snow, but at least you’ll be prepared for when the rain falls with those slushy streets, morning drizzles, and muddy sidewalks! Almost every girl on campus trudges through the snow in her Hunter rain boots, which are perfect for the rainy season. So, keep your rain boots out and tuck away your winter gear in exchange for some great spring (and rainy day) looks. Check out this affordable finds below.

-Kate Ahrendtsen

The Orange Carpet: Chic and Sleek Cargos

The Orange Carpet scours SU to roll out the best of campus style (die, hoodies, die!).

The military trend is still strong as we move through fall. The Orange Carpet spotted Marcy Franklin, a Journalism Graduate Student on campus in a pair of fashionable skinny cargo pants. While these pants are military inspired, they are a far cry from the baggy fatigues sported by members of the armed services. Instead, Franklin’s cargos are sleek and provide a sleek silhouette. To keep her look simple, Franklin pairs her cargos with a simple fitted tee and warm cardigan. Franklin’s cargos are very versatile, and can be dressed up or dressed down.

Here, she pairs her cargos with boots, but they would also look great with heels or a pair of flats. Whether rocking her cargos to class, or a night out on the town, Franklin’s military inspired look is very stylish!

It’s no surprise Franklin’s favorite trend of the moment is the military look. She is also ready to explore with some animal print, and plans on adding leopard pieces to her wardrobe soon. She describes her style as a mix of classic and eclectic pieces, but with a comfortable spin.

What do you think? Have you rocked a pair of this season’s sleek cargos yet?

Franklin is wearing:

Cargo Pants: Old Navy

T-shirt: Forever 21

Cardigan: The Limited

Boots: Frye

Copy Franklin’s style with these cargo pant options:

Old Navy: $34.50

Piperlime: $78.00

Joe’s Jeans at Nordstrom: $167.00

- Rachel Laber

The Craze: Fair Isle, A Fairly Good Choice

The Craze is a trend report bringing you the latest (and, duh, the greatest) in beauty and style.

Fair Isle sweaters and accessories are making their way down the runways of Marc Jacobs, Dolce & Gabbana, and Rag & Bone, as well as retail stores. The style was designed 400 years ago in the UK and is named after the type of knitting used. Fair Isle items are available in a number of patterns and colors. Snowflake detailing, warm browns, and cool blues are seen on campus to compliment the arrival of winter. Try bundling up with a Fair Isle sweater or compliment any coat with either a Fair Isle scarf or mittens this winter!

Victoria's Secret

the runway

Old Navy

-Kate Ahrendtsen

The Orange Carpet: Dresses Are No Longer Just for Summer

The Orange Carpet scours SU to roll out the best of campus style (die, hoodies, die!).

Chillier weather and shorter days means it's time to take your favorite sweater dresses out of your closet and start rocking them with different styles. Here Ana Villarreal, a Public Diplomacy Graduate Student, kicks her sweater dress up a notch as she adds a slimming belt and chic boots. Adding the belt and boots gives Villarreal’s outfit a dressier feel, perfect for class presentations or business casual days at an internship. Sweater dresses can also be worn as a casual look. Pair it with jeggings and moccasins or ankle boots! How do you switch up the look of your sweater dresses?

Villarreal is wearing:

Sweater- Tahari

Leggings- Target

Boots- Purchased from a shop in Italy

Villarreal’s sweater dress is perfect for a fall day in Syracuse!

Here are some other adorable sweater dress options to keep you looking fabulous this fall!

Forever 21 ($27.80)

Old Navy ($34.50)

J. Crew ($128.00)

-Rachel Laber

Cuse Closet: Standing out from the snow

Cuse Closet peeks inside the staff's wardrobes to find out where we're going and how good we look getting there.

Today's closet: Allison Mariotti

 Photo: Kaytie Wilson

As I looked out my window Thursday morning, I was greeted by a blanket of snow. I knew a great look to contrast the white of the snow would be a vibrantly colored cardigan. Unfortunately, my closet is pretty monochromatic and filled with neutrals. So, I borrowed my roommate’s bright yellow argyle cardigan. I matched the grey in the cardigan with my grey lace tank.

Because of the massive amount of snow, I knew that I had to wear my fur-lined snow boots. They aren’t the most fashionable choice, but they do ensure that I don’t slip on the ice while walking down the Mount steps!

I was running late so I didn’t have time to add accessories, but the vibrant color of the cardigan was showy enough that I really didn’t need any.

Cardigan: Old Navy (borrowed)

Tank: Nordstrom

Jeans: American Eagle

Boots: Columbia

- by Allison Mariotti 

The Orange Carpet: Back to basic layers

The Orange Carpet scours SU to roll out the best of campus style (die, hoodies, die!).

There’s a certain pressure to look put together during the week. But on a Sunday afternoon, all bets are off! However, that is never an excuse to look sloppy.

 

Sophomore Anabel Simental's layered look

Sophomore Anabel Simental brings the term “casually cool” to life through her clothing.  She keeps things simple by pairing basic items with minimal accessories. The striped vest/tunic adds visual texture to the plain palette even though it’s in neutral colors. Our favorite piece is her gold elephant necklace. Too bad she doesn’t know where it’s from. Guess we’ll have to keep scouring…

 

The mysterious elephant necklace...

Outfit Details

Black tank & Turquoise shirt: Old Navy

Striped Vest: Forever 21

Jeans: American Eagle

Shoes: Converse

- by Lauren Dulay

Fierce+Foreign: Ahoy, sailors!

Fierce+Foreign draws on the fashion experiences of SU students studying abroad.

When Coco Chanel went on vacation to the choppy coast of Brittany (Bretagne in French) with her lover Arthur "Boy" Capel, she was struck by the seafarers' navy and white nautical stripes. 

As depicted in the film Coco Before Chanel (2009), Coco starts wearing the stripes too and the Breton shirt is now famously French worldwide. It's the default garment when conjuring up an image of a stereotypically French person, and it has joined the ranks of other French stereotypes like the beret, croissant and baguette.

Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel in the famous sailor's stripes.

Coco shrugged off any snarky comments of her looking like a boy. She, in fact, looked quite spiffy in a mens' shirt, and it's thanks to her that women today can wear T-shirts and pants as casually men.

Coco famously said: "Fashion changes, but style remains the same." 

Learn that by heart, because French style is not defined by buying the latest brand-name knockoff from Forever 21, but by several classic pieces that you can renew with different clothes and accessories. 

Yours truly visited Brittany this October and investigated the fabric of actual Breton shirts used for sailors, and the material is quite coarse and rough. For those of us who don't work on the seas, here's a rendition of this classic item:

French actress Virginie Ledoyen with a boyfriend blazer and a statement necklace

A good bargain I found online is a B&W Breton shirt with snazzy gold buttons at the shoulder from Topshop for $36. But the best bargain I've found by far is at Old Navy for $19.99 available in all the colors of the rainbow. 

It's a tangent from the classic navy and white, don't feel like you must wear the nautical colors. Learn from Coco, but don't follow blindly: take your style and run with it!

- by Jenny Cheng