Category: Lifestyle
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A Review of The 2021 Met Gala
Source: Newsweek By Kaleigh Werner, Assistant Editor-in-Chief For those of you who aren’t aware of the purpose of such a beautiful celebration, the Met Gala serves as not only an ode to classic and extravagant fashion, but also to its designers. The Met Gala is a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New…
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How To Stay Well-Rested Amidst City Sounds
By Alexandra Savage One unexpected downside of living in the city is the constant noise. For many students who are used to living in the suburbs, this is their first time sleeping in a noisy environment. Perhaps you’ve been woken up by a police siren or a rowdy pregame somewhere in your building. Either way,…
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How Inditex is Revolutionizing the Fight for Sustainable Fashion
Source: PaySpace Magazine By Allie Cohen Many could say that climate change is an existential crisis happening up close and in real-time. This is prompting individuals to expand the conversation of climate change to more unconventional sectors and industries; say, fashion. Many know that the most polluting industry is the oil industry, but what follows…
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Trader Joe’s Fall Items: What to Buy and What to Skip
Source: Kimberly Holland By Maya Konings, EIC Lifestyle Friends, the best time of the year is officially here: when Trader Joe’s transforms from an ordinary grocery store into an autumnal paradise. Yes, it is 90 degrees every day this week and there isn’t a colorful leaf in sight. But, it is after Labor Day and…
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The Most Dramatic Season Yet: Everything You Need to Know About Bachelor in Paradise
By Caroline Dehn Summer may be coming to a close, but Bachelor in Paradise continues to bring the heat each week. Though there’s still more to come, I can say this may actually be the most dramatic season of the show yet. As the time spent in paradise progresses, the drama has taken off. The…
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Peet’s Vs Starbucks: The Pumpkin Spice Latte Showdown
By Lauren Ofman, EIC Real talk — it isn’t fall until Starbucks tells us it is (even if it’s August). The Pumpkin Spice Latte, best referred to as the PSL, is a fall staple, a vision in orange and an iconic symbol of changing seasons. According to CNBC, Starbucks sold 424 million PSL’s in 2019,…
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How to Escape the ‘Foggy Bubble’: 5 Places to Explore Outside Foggy Bottom
By Evelynn Schoenthal As a freshman, upperclassmen always advised me to escape the “Foggy Bubble”. And while I could take an educated guess on what they meant by that, it wasn’t until I arrived in D.C. last year that I discovered just how easy it was to get stuck in it. For those who don’t…
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The Fall Trends You Need for Back to School
By Maya Konings, EIC Lifestyle GWU friends: We are officially back and better than ever. For the past 1.5 years, all I’ve wanted is to return to in-person classes, and we are finally back in the classroom just in time for my senior year (not emo about it at all). In case you hadn’t heard:…
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A Summer in Color: the GWL Warm Weather Style Guide
By Maya Konings, AEIC I was thinking long and hard about what I wanted my last article of the semester to be, and I came to the conclusion that it was only fitting that I close this year out with a style guide for spring and summer. It honestly feels like just yesterday that I…
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Bringing Back Y2K Vibes For The Spring and Summer
By Kaleigh Werner, EIC Lifestyle By now I would hope the fashion educated in Gen X would know the iconic look of low rise jeans, lace-lined camisoles, butterfly clips and a nice pair of Steve Madden’s “Slinky30 Black” platform sandals. If you don’t, I can guarantee you will be seeing this outfit this spring and…