CIA Spring Show
Ryan Yoo, Director of Design
April 26, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Fine Arts, Local Events, Style, Top Stories
On April 23, the Cleveland Institute of Art opened its doors to the public for the Spring Design Show. The showcase featured student work across all 15 majors offered at CIA, from graphic design to metals and jewelry to interior design. The annual spring show has long been a part of the curr...
Places to go clothes shopping near CWRU
Yvonne Pan, A&E Editor
March 29, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Local Events, Style
Clothes shopping is rough when you’re short. While online shopping is convenient, returning packages because you didn’t read that the inseam on a pair of jeans is 30 inches, isn’t. If you’re looking for an excuse to get off campus, embrace your capitalist side and go shopping this weekend. ...
Makeup tips for students on a budget
Hanna Kadlec, Contributing Reporter
October 6, 2017
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Style
Essentially, you can do a lot without breaking the bank. You just need to get creative.The makeup artist (MUA) community has achieved a large following, meaning a lot more people are getting into using makeup themselves. Unfortunately, most beauty buffs use products that the average person can’t affo...
Student fashion designer finds success
Kelsey Holmberg, Staff Reporter
April 8, 2016
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Style, Top Stories
“Do what you love” is a piece of advice young people hear often. We are each faced with the challenge of finding a passion to pursue—something that we enjoy and can make a career out of. But for some, it is no challenge at all. A friend and fellow first-year student, Esther Otasanya, recently sat...
Cleveland’s all-star designer
Kelsey Holmberg, Contributing Reporter
April 1, 2016
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Style
Most designers would be caught completely off guard by a task like making a garment entirely out of cotton swabs, bandages, safety towels and a thermometer wrapper. But for Valerie Mayen, it’s no problem. “I love working with unconventional material,” says Mayen. “If you have the same canvas...
Beating the winter blues
Kelsey Holmberg, Contributing Reporter
February 12, 2016
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Style
We might have been fooled a few times this season, but the weather this week has confirmed that it’s still winter in Cleveland. When it seems like class work and exams are only adding to the gloom outside, it’s easy to get caught up in the winter blues. Sometimes the right outfit is just what...
“Think Beyond Possible” shirts need re-thinking
Allison Duchin, Staff Reporter
April 17, 2015
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Style
Many students fondly remember getting their acceptance letters from Case Western Reserve University around this time, and some of us even remember receiving a shirt in the mail a few weeks later. However, is it about time that this shirt, commonly referred to as the “brain shirt” be rethought. Most...
Celebrating Cleveland’s finest fashions
Allison Duchin, Staff Reporter
March 27, 2015
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Style
Fashion Week Cleveland closed out this past Saturday night, March 21, with its final event, the runway shows. It was a night of beautiful, glitzed-up gowns worn by both the models and the audience, as Cleveland’s fashion-minded pulled out all the stops. With eight talented designers showing collections...
Style spotlight: Heather Hahn
Allison Duchin, Staff Reporter
March 27, 2015
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Style
Before going to Los Angeles and becoming a celebrity stylist and renowned fashion blogger, Heather Hahn was a member of the Cleveland community. Growing up in Westlake, Ohio, Hahn felt her creative outlet was fostered through fashion by being surrounded by a community of people and friends that held...
From fashion week to Cleveland streets
Janet Lanman, Staff Reporter
March 20, 2015
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Style
Fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan and Paris have just wrapped up, leaving the fashion world buzzing about the latest trends amongst designers. While these are previews of what is to come in fall, fashion is refreshed for this spring season, particularly now that students are back from break and...
