In the eyes of Generation X, the Millennial Generation is one of excessive privilege and little gratitude. Born in the years between 1982 and 2000, we were born into an age of rapid technological advancement with the worldwide web expanding at our fingertips.
Jeremy Scott’s 2016 Spring New York Fashion Week show inspired this Sixties look. With styling and beauty reminiscent of chic Go Go Girls, Scott’s line speaks: the bigger the hair, the bigger the flare.
Seeing people like Eleanor Barnes, Visual and Media Arts ‘18, confidently walk down Boylston Street in in a black bucket hat with the word “bitch” in a Barbie-esque font ironically printed on it and head-to-toe monochrome is no longer shocking.
Over the summer during my stay in Lebanon, I decided to collaborate with an artist, Serene Ghandrour, where we created several collages combining photography and art.
There are certain collaborations that make sense: Beyonce and Jay-Z, braces and being thirteen, and now, Berklee College of Music and Emerson College. Maya Rafie, Marketing ’16, is making the last one happen with a group called the Panamaniacs.
As I walked from the Kenmore T station and rounded the corner onto Landsdowne Street, I was met by a mass of people. Yes, there was a Red Sox game going on, but the entire left sidewalk was packed with people of a different kind.
Amidst a sea of head-banging concert-goers, there I stood - wearing all black, sunglasses on and slightly un-phased by my surroundings. ILOVEMAKONNEN played just feet in front of us, and as I looked around I couldn't help but see a sea of sameness.
There are plenty of reasons I would rather not love the Canada Goose Arctic Program jackets. First, the price doesn’t scrape below $500. Second, they’re everywhere.
Polaroid photography allows us to capture a present moment and instantaneously have a physical representation of the passed now. Although film is quickly aging, something about a polaroid photo never ceases to enthrall us.
There’s something to be said for growing up, the way we fracture ourselves and mangle our lives into tiny pieces and spread them between home and Boston.
