SS December 2022

STREET STYLE

Standford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

MELINA SCHAEFER Editor-in-Chief

SOPHIA GAJDJIS Publisher

Creative Director SARAH ORY Marketing Director APOORVA GAUTAM

Design Editor

EMMA PETERSON

Video Editor SAM RAO

Finance Coordinators MAGGIE CLARK MAKENZIE KULCYZKI

Human Resources Coordinator MOLLY KENNEDY

Print Fashion Editors ABBY RAPOPORT ANASTASIA HERNANDO

Digital Fashion Editor MADISON PATEL

Events Coordinator SENA KADDURAH

Social Media Coordinators NEHA KOTAGIRI LAUREN ROSENBERG

Operations Director SOPHIA AFENDOULIS

Print Features Editor BROOKLYN BLEVINS

Digital Features Editor JANICE KANG

Managing Photo Editor NOLAN LOPEZ

Public Relations Coordinators IZZY SAUNDERS KALI HIGHTOWER

Digital Content Editor HELENA GROBEL Design Team

Digital Content Team

Print Photo Editors GABRIELLE MACK SAM MCLEOD

Print Beauty Editor YOUMNA KHAN

Digital Photo Editor RILEY KISSER

Street Style Editors SUREET SARAU ROSALIE COMTE

Camille Andrew, Kai Huie, Kimi Lillios, Margaret Laakso, Rino Fujimoto, Sandy Chang, Mary Wurster, Liza Miller, Hannah Salameh, Nick Pippen, Kamryn Almasy

Fashion Team

Ben Michalsky, Dhruv Verma, Gigi Kalabat, Janae Dyas, Kelsea Chen, Olivia Mouradain, Peter Marcus, Sandy Chang, Sarah Dettling, Sophia Mckay, Elissa Li, George VanHaaften, Quincy Bowles, Linsey Wozniak, Sian Tian, Skye Thompson, Mia Lolo, Ava Wadle, Quri Kim, Peyton Benjamin, Minh Phan, Dana Gray, Darnell Perkins, Angela Li

Features Team

Ava Shapiro, Hannah Triester, Nadia Judge, Neha Kotagiri, Melissa Dash, Lucy Perrone, Jayde Emery, Tiara Partsch, Meera Kumar, Amina Cattaui, Natasha Martin, Catherine August, Sailor West, Dana Gray, Lynn Dang, Shelby Jenkins

Photography Team

Pearl Thianthai, Oliver Segal, Ebba Gurney, Hannah Anderson, Paulina Rajski, Taylor Pacis, Selena Sun, Margeaux Fortin, Vera Tikhonova, Tess Crowley, Alexander Kim, Korrin Dering, Lindsey Archibald, Alex Lam, Yueshan Jiang, Sam Rao, SinYu Deng, Jessica Cho, Maggie Kirkman

Videography Team

Coco DelVecchio, Samin Hassan, Eaman Ali, Hannah Hur, Riley Kisser, Sam Rao, Gianna Galette, Olivia Ortiz

Benjamin Decker, Sonali Pai, Jessica Cho, Sarafina Chea, Esther Murray, Sarafina Chea

Finance Team

Elle Donakowski, Suma Moolaveesala, Manvita Battepati, Rendie Zhang, Olivia Jabari

Human Resources Team

Sarah Lindenbach, Lily Watchel, Emma Lewry, Diya Nambiar

Public Relations Team

Harini Shanker, Brandon Cole, Katherine Lambert, Devin Vowels, Ava Ben-David, Ava Ray, Samantha Wright

Events Team

Tara Nayak, Erin Segui, Shruti Patel, Tiara Blonshine, Paris Rodgers, Allie Cain, Lottie Winegarden

Social Media Team

Samedha Gorrai, Olivia Sun, Charlotte Foley, Hannah Ding, Aubrey Borschke, Camila Escobar, Ellie Ngassa, Aarya Padhye, Luiza Santos

Street Style Team

Alexa Rind, Jordyn Hardy, Jenna Frieberg, Xander Bower, Ernest Hawkes, Anika Mino cha, Ellie Ngassa, Nina Walker

With the weather getting colder, the Street Style team has been hard at work capturing some of the most eye-catching winter fashion. Through this issue you’ll get to see some amazing sweater-weather looks that will inspire you to find some new and creative ways to brace the cold this year! We’ll also hone in on the rising fashion trend: Balletcore, and finally, you’ll get some insight into the work of some amazingly creative people on campus through our Student Spotlights! We hope you love everything we’ve been working on these past couple of months!

Sureet Sarau & Rosalie Comte Street Style Editors

Andrea Gonzalvo

Justine Barnard

Lola Ciruli @lolaciruli

Mariana Martinez & Maya Bittner

Lauren Louwers @lauren.louwers

Sammi Monroe @sammi_monroe_

Guadalupe Aguilar @guad.aguilar

XANDER BOWER

ELLIE NGASSA GRAPHIC DESIGNER KAI HUIE

NIGHT LIFE:

Mac Vanrenterghem, Rishi Kalyan, Ben Linden @macvanr, @rishi.kalyan25, @bennlinden

Marcus Byers Jr @marcccussssss

“I was calling this look “kool kat”, this look was actually pretty last minute… but I bought this really weird leopard onesie a couple of weeks ago and I never had any use for it! my day to day style is the same as my Halloween style I always love feeling hot on Halloween, you can usually spot me in something very fitting, chic, skin out of course. “

“I am dressed as Tony the frosted flakes tiger which I chose because frosted flakes are my favorite cereal and I wanted a unique costume.

I get halloween costume inspo from tik tok and pinterest, but I came up with this costume by myself.

I usually put together my halloween costumes by picking individual pieces that I like and that match my style. While certain aspects of my costume I likely will not wear again (cat ears), I try to buy pieces I could see myself wearing again. “

Pavani Pennathur

@pavanipennathur

“I picked my costume because growing up, I was used to watching shows & films with characters who didn’t look like me. Seeing Disney create a princess who not only looked like me, but possessed admirable traits of the type of person I hoped to grow into was empowering. I’m grateful to see representation for women of color in media because it sends an important message to people who resemble these characters. It almost acts as a reminder that even though we live in a world where we feel from time to time that society neglects us, we are loved and beautiful! Honestly just used Pinterest for inspo! & I really wanted to make my costume more of a casual look or smth I would wear normally & have always wanted to try a corset top! When it comes to Halloween I love doing costumes using items i or my friends already have! I think it’s fun that we’ve transitioned from wearing the packaged costumes to taking thrifted items/stuff from our closets to tie our style into the costumes we wear it makes it more personalized. “

Rishi Kalyan @rishi.kalyan25

Makayla Kelley and Martin DeVaux @itzmakaykay

Lehrbaum @sophialehrbaum

Sophia

Abby Jones @aby.lyn_

Nolan López

Jenna benbraham, Veronica Cortes

@Jenna.benbraham, @veronicacortess

Jacob Vainberg (green) , Sam Morse (yellow), Bruce Thompson (red), Colby Peplinski (purple) @jacobvain, @sammorse_24

Shreya Vuriti @shreyavuriti

Ava Meester @avameester

KENNETH Student Spotlight:

KENNETH BAUMAN

While talking to cheerleader Kenneth Bauman, I discovered the true meaning of diligence. Kenneth, who is a second-year psychology major, exemplifies how he learned from his past experiences in order to make a difference on campus for minority groups. Since coming out when he was 11, Kenneth has slowly become grounded in what it means to be a part of the LGBTQ+ community in athletic spaces. Due to troubling homophobic experiences on his former baseball team, Kenneth landed in cheerleading after discovering his passion for tumbling. A few years later, he was accepted into UofM as a first-generation college student and made the coed cheerleading team.

Kenneth has been tasked to overcome a variety of obstacles. Most recently, a concussion in September of this year. This concussion is the fourth he has suffered in his cheerleading career. While speaking about his injuries, he is grateful that he is close to a full recovery despite managing to heal while taking 16 credits this past semester. During our interview, Kenneth also talked about the mentality change when coming back from an injury. He exclaimed, “Coming back from any injury is difficult because you are not the same athlete that you once were.” Due to this change and the rigors of attending UofM, he wishes the university did more top provide access to more resources during his recovery period.

In addition to this, Kenneth, like many other queer athletes, feels the absence of a safe space. While he did mention that the cheer team is very inclusive and welcoming, he still yearns for the university to do more for minority groups on campus. Due to this, Kenneth has become passionate about creating a place of refuge. Most recently, he has been working to start a chapter of Athlete Ally here on the UofM campus. This club works to establish a safe space for both queer athletes and allies to speak about issues related to LGBTQ+ underrepresentation, safety, and inclusivity. In the near future, Kenneth is hoping to become the chairman or even the President of this group. Kenneth, who is a light to everyone around him, works to spread positivity and advocate for those around him. He works confidently toward his goals and truly does his part to make a difference on campus. When talking about his passion, he mentioned this quote: “No one of us can be free until everyone is free” by Maya Angelou. Like many others, Kenneth wants to make a difference in all minority communities on campus. This is what makes him truly kind and diligent.

WRITER JORDYN HARDY PHOTOGRAPHER JORDYN HARDY GRAPHIC DESIGNER KIMI LILLIOS

WRITER ANIKA MINOCHA

PHOTOGRAPHER ANIKA MINOCHA GRAPHIC DESIGNER RINO FUJIMOTO

Being queer is never easy. But for Desi people, it’s a cultural taboo that many struggle to overcome. Growing up queer and Desi means feeling alienated for a lot of your life, surrounded by people who don’t quite understand all aspects of your identity. For many queer Desis, college is a place to explore this intersection of identities. And at the queer Desi fashion event thrown by the United Asian American Organization at Michigan, it was more than explored—it was celebrated.

The event was at North Quad, which the UAAO transformed into a gorgeous backdrop to the event. It featured a fashion show (with a gorgeous variety of outfits) and queer weddings for anyone that wanted to participate—an homage to the historical exclusion of queer people from traditional Desi events. It was a beautiful celebration of culture and love, which I attempted to capture here! Going to this event, I felt a strong sense of community, and found comfort in it— something I hope for everyone!

Priya Varanasi @priyavaranasi

Zoe Hu @zoehu_

Santana Malnaik @santanamalnaik

Saarthak Johri @sjohri

Navya Yagalla @nyagalla

Alifa Chowdhury @alifaac

Kolten Gusman @thekoltengusman

Zainab Hakim @zain_h18

TREND WATCH Ballerina Core

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JBR

JANSSEN BURNETT

In the intimidating heights of New York City, there’s a radical intimacy in ‘finding your place’. The cracks between skyscrapers contain hidden thrills: cafes, clubs, and speakeasies abound. No less thrilling are the people that traverse its streets. They’re ants, ants with personal lives, with embarrassing habits, with great American heartbreaks. Almost all of these pass by undetected.

Janssen Rhea, a junior at the University of Michigan, was one such person. An Upper West Side native, Rhea spent his adolescence among the greats. A regular at the Red Rooster, he’d frequent their open mics, then watch the prodigious talents that shared that stage. What began as education at the Harlem School of the Arts turned into occupation; Rhea was hired as a talent recruiter after graduation. In tandem, he’d run in the city’s jazz-drumming circuit since high school. His vinyl shelves run the gamut from Miles Davis to Mac Miller to Joey Ramone. Now, under the name JBR, Rhea takes a page from every book.

JBR’s music is tinged with a crackling intimacy. His upcoming EP, slated to release in early December, has the atmosphere of an old photograph: glossy and nostalgic, with the thinnest layer of dust. The tracks are peppered with affectionate phone calls, love translated through static.

Rhea calls his music a form of “people watching”. This is a gross understatement: after all, he’s done more than just watch. His 2020 EP “3”, for example, gathers three different perspectives on love, tales

from meandering down Manhattan. His stories were gathered at the feet of random passersby. Strangers received the prompt: “Tell me about your experience with love”. In a city that’s seen everything under the sun, Rhea faced many a cold shoulder. But those that laid down their cards– those who divulged their most tender emotional wounds– made for fruitful inspiration.

Craft does not develop in a vacuum. To improve one’s writing, so the saying goes, living comes first. Even in strangers’ stories, Rhea’s self-narrative comes through– the sensitivity, the visual attention, the swing of his jazz roots. It can’t be helped. A creative’s idiosyncracies just leak out of their pores.

His musical practice is equally specific. In processing his loves and losses, the album cycle becomes a ritual. The goal is to bottle authenticity–a night to remember. The room’s atmosphere must be just so. He sets candles; he dares not make them flicker. To “catch the vibe” of the night, Rhea records vocals in one session, denying himself sleep until a demo is scratched out. After months of playback and careful tweaking, JBR lets his projects loose– or, more accurately, he sets them free. If he doesn’t ship it out, so he fears, those emotions will face neglect, collecting dust on a hard drive.

Art is a multisensory affair; a creative is a creative, no matter the stripe. To Rhea, fashion and music are common interlopers. Crossovers between artists and designers abound. Look around at today’s cultural

RHEA

landscape: Kanye’s Yeezys. Mid-decade Supreme fever. The ubiquity of the late Virgil Abloh. At the end of the day, be it an album or a clothing line, it’s collections all the way down.

The throughline of JBR’s ‘collection’, as it were, might

DECEMBER

STREET STYLE

@dorian.lofton

KYLIE LIANG

@kylie_liang03

“My favorite the gspot,

AVA WADLE

@kylie_liang03 favorite thrift shop is called in Westchester, PA”

NEIL BERI @neil_beri

KAINLYN LEE, TRIPHENA LI @kxtlee, @trphena

Kaitlyn: “I love to play around with colors when planning outfits!”

Triphena: “I like to be comfortable, so that is the main thing on my mind when I choose what to wear”

CAT LI

@cath3rineli

IBRAHIM HAYDAR

“I got my poncho in Ireland”

CHRISTOPHER MOJARES

“Wear what makes you happy”

ARINDA KWAKERNAAK

@arinda.kwakernaak

PARVATHI NAGAPPALA @_pavathi

VERENA WU @verenawuu

MELINA SCHAEFER

@Melina_Schaefer

JACKIE CHOE , NADIA JUDGE @jckche, @nadiajudge,