Style is Culture: Vietnamese
Sophia Pracilio, Feature Editor
May 10, 2018
Filed under Feature, Humans of El Modena (HOEM), Showcase, Style
Junior Nicole Do, a Vietnamese student at El Modena, embraces her culture with her sense of style. She loves wearing traditional garments such as the Ao Dai during Tet-- Lunar New Year-- and other family functions. “I like to embody the season of the culture, but I don’t wear it to school, ” Do ...
El Modena’s MUAs
Sophia Pracilio, Feature Editor
February 18, 2018
Filed under Feature, Humans of El Modena (HOEM), Showcase, Style
Cosmo Makeup Academy is an outlet for students to come learn how to do makeup. Two El Modena Vanguards have recently taken advantage of their vast curriculum, which includes color theory, highlight and contour, smokey eyes, and bridal looks. Junior Jillian Patterson participated in their year lon...
New York Fashion Week
Sophia Pracilio, Feature Editor
February 18, 2018
Once again, the time has come for designers, fashion gurus, makeup artists, and models to come together for New York Fashion Week. Audiences are stunned with the fall 2018 styles being showcased. This year, it ran February 8-12, featuring 80 different designers including Tadas...
Back and Better Than Ever
Abby Capra, Staff Writer
January 24, 2018
Filed under Style
In 2017, many clothing trends have been inspired by past decades. Styles from the 1980s, the 1990s, and the 2000s have come back and have taken over the world of fashion. Fishnets were originally made popular in the 80s by fashion icon and singer, Madonna. Now fishnets are coming back, with people...
California’s version of styling with layers
Colby Hurdle, Staff Writer
January 23, 2018
Filed under Style
With almost 300 sunny days in California, us Californians must adapt when we are presented with the chance to layer our clothes. Unlike those living in less sunny states, who would love our constant sunshine, many people here seize the chance to fashion multiple clothing layers. Even on sunny C...
Naughty or Nice
Ely Bustos, Staff Writer
October 9, 2017
Filed under Media&Arts, Style
Halloween can be seen as a child-friendly worldly holiday, or a horror horrific satanic ritual. Movies, cartoons, commercialism and the media have taken the idea of Halloween and given it both sides, in which one can draw their own conclusions and celebrate in their own manner. For kids, ...
Ghoulish Getups
Abby Capra, Staff Writer
October 9, 2017
Filed under Style
This Halloween, there will be many new costumes, in addition to basic ones, such as the overused costumes of a black cat and a football player. These popular costumes are commonly inspired by movies and pop culture icons. With the influx of Marvel and DC movies, many costumes possibly will be inspired...
Replacing the Hallways with Runways
Ashley Ramynke, Copy/Music Editor
October 5, 2017
In early March of 2017, fashion prodigies and industry elites crowded into runway shows and scoured social media to witness the visual masterpieces that would shape wardrobes for the upcoming season of fall and winter. The runways revived the clothing of the 70s, initially made popular by S...
Cruz on Korean Pop Culture
Ilaise Tamotuu, Staff Writer
September 19, 2017
Filed under Humans of El Modena (HOEM), Music, Style
Cruz on Korean Pop Culture Ilaise Tamotuu Staff Writer Korean Pop Culture, also known as K-Pop, garters about thirty-five million fans worldwide, a small number of the fandom belonging to El Modena High School. Luz Cruz, a member of the Korean Pop Culture club, experiences K-Pop through da...
Adventures in Acrylics
Scarlet Edwards, Copy/Style Editor
May 16, 2017
Filed under Style
With prom mere days away, preparations for such a big day are already underway (that is, at least for me) -- hair and makeup appointments are being planned, nails polish and acrylics are being applied. It’s quite the process, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that one should sacrifice all of their...
Thrift Stores Ceasing to be a Bargain
Scarlet Edwards, Copy/Style Editor
May 9, 2017
Filed under Columns, Showcase, Style
Just a few hours ago, I was at my local Goodwill Boutique (yes, a Goodwill “boutique” exists, despite the obvious irony), and when I went to check out, they asked me if I would be willing to donate an extra $1 to support their cause. Note that this is after already having spent over $30… On ju...
Politics are in the Threads of Fashion
Adeline Sims, Music Editor
March 29, 2017
Recently, people have been questioning why politics should be brought into events like award shows and fashion shows. They argue that these venues are no place for politics; But they’re wrong. Fashion is influenced by all sorts of people, from every background, and they are people with opinions who a...
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