Archives - Kelsey Burritt

Murk-y encounters: re-evaluating fashion and AIDS

A revision of views on fashion design for AIDS fundraising. Read More

Consumer activism: A fashion fraud?

I’m a big fan of the tribal look. My personal utopia would involve a lot less Vera Bradley and many more one-of-a-kind ethnic pieces floating around. Keeping this in mind, I was prepared to write this piece to support charities hoping to call attention to organizations that sell products for a good cause. And that […]

Rain boots this Spring: fashion friend or faux-pas?

Look down. Look at your shoes. Look up. Is it sunny and gorgeous? Look down at your shoes. Look back up. Is it now sleeting and miserable? Such is life in the confused city of Rochester, and such weather makes for unhappy feet and rather dicey decisions when it comes to putting shoes on them. […]

Relaxed Chic: How to feel comfortable this spring

After a much-needed trip to the mall over spring break, I noticed something different about my shopping methods this spring. There was a real lack of squeezing into skirts, sucking into restricting tops or ultra-slim pedal-pushers. That is not to say that there aren’t plenty enough skin-tight spring looks to go around, but I did […]

Wardrobe exhaustion: adapting to the seasons

What to do when your wardrobe is exhausted for the winter seasons. Read More

Back from the future: nineties fashion in the millenium

An exploration of why nineties' fashion has appeared on the 2011 runway. Read More

A flock of controversy over the fashion of ‘Black Swan’

An examination of the costume and fashion in the movie "The Black Swan". Read More

Reality Chic: economic adversity versus fashion

A look at the functionality, affordability and feasibility of high fashion on the runway and on the streets. Read More

The statement neck piece: a winter alternative

A student studies winter fashion, particularly focusing on winter wear. Read More

Vogue’s ‘best dressed’ list invokes wealth and mad money

Blake Lively was recently named Vogue’s Best Dressed Woman of the Year. Somewhere an angel lost its wings and face-planted to Earth. Or was that my confidence in American Vogue shattering into a thousand crystalline pieces that not even Riccardo Tisci could work into a couture gown? Read More