The Art of
Crew Necks
WORDS BY
Mickayla Wawrousek
PHOTO BY
Alyse Nelson
T
he Fashion School Store, a piece of the upstanding Kent State Fashion School, can be found nestled into the heart of downtown Kent. This shop offers students numerous opportunities to better understand the fashion industry they are working tirelessly to be a part of. It allows direct involvement by giving students a place to display and sell garments that shaped their education and personal design development alike. Encouraging visiting parents, new students and community members to support local work as well as the Fashion School, this carefully curated space proudly provides one of a kind offerings. Patrons can find laser cut detailed dresses, machine knit outerwear, tops and skirts featuring hand placed and sewn findings and finishes, and the most simple and minimalistic of all; neutral toned, screen printed, crew neck sweatshirts. A noticeable trend the Fashion School Store has had a hand in igniting is just this, the screen printed crewneck styled to a perfectly unique, quirky and even loud degree of fashion. It’s known and recognized that students of the Fashion School do not shy away from working to break a few boundaries when it comes to their personal style, so in response to this burning want and desire the Fashion School Store has provided. Students themselves have taken over the helm of the ship in execution. These crewnecks are seen paired with statement jewelry, colorful bandanas and matching socks, tied around the waists of skirts and dresses and tucked into business casual plaid pants and slacks, effortlessly elevating something of once a quiet demeanor. The variance of these looks are responsible for shifting the identity of an item, typically recognized as one you wear while sipping tea, laying in bed binge watching Netflix or tirelessly tackling essay after essay your professors decided to assign at once (with maybe a little more Netflix thrown on in between). Although these looks may provoke you to surface from the depths of the blankets piled high on your couch, or move from behind your computer screen to take on the world outside of your apartment door, they definitely don’t sacrifice the comfort you were once reveling in moments ago. Truly, how much more comfortable can you get, having the focus of an outfit be a crew neck; a softly lined, perfectly worn in, always and forever sought after, crew neck. And if this still isn’t enough or if you may have missed the memo, they’re available for your styling needs right down the street.
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