I wanted to puke when I read the “rants and raves” section in the latest edition of The WALK, Penn’s only (thank God) fashion magazine. I didn’t think “cool” could be used so many times in one piece of writing. Please, buy a thesaurus!
“Rainbow flip-flops: you all own them and you may think they’re cool now, but flip-flops … are not real footwear — no one wears them after college so please be the one step ahead, and just stop now”
“The typical Penn student has a going out look that can improve as well. When you see girls in the same outfit, it is boring and quite frankly unattractive.”
Pure gems of wisdom.
I’m sorry, but trotting around campus in heels and a dress is not practical for most — we’re not all Communications majors who only have classes in Annenberg.
“The blazer is a great transition piece for fall.” Groundbreaking. Similarly, “the wide-leg pant came back this season.” Both Stacey and Clinton would tell you the wide-leg pant is about as classic as you can get. It never goes out of style.
The fashion gurus suggest “colored jeans on guys” and “suspenders…if you are brave enough.” If you really want to achieve “the look” (of Steve Urkel), you could add the “coolest shirt” they’re trying to get their hands on: “PENN SECURITY.”
So girls, please, go to the fashion section of the NYTimes website and begin taking notes. You obviously have no clue what you’re talking about. Also, do us all a favor and please re-take your freshman writing seminar, or at least hire a decent copy editor. Telling us “you got to love the nostalgic shirts you own from high school” does not make us believe you attend an Ivy League institution.
I could go on. I would have linked to their website so you all could read the entirety of the monstrosity for yourselves but alas, none such exists. Big surprise. See if you can dig a copy out of the trash instead. It’s worth more than a few giggles.
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October 26th, 2007 at 10:15 am
Awesome entry. Apparently, not subscribing to the faux-hipster trend makes me unfashionable. Judging by the quality of the models of The Walk and their outfits, I’d say that=good thing.
October 26th, 2007 at 10:45 am
the definition of irony…
October 26th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
i graduated last year. i still wear flip-flops. i wear them more now. they don’t have good traction but i am tenacious.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Why so vicious? Get over it.
October 28th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Not all of us have the ability to Judge so Harshly over Nothing, Really.
November 3rd, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Wow. What a poorly written article. Not the one in The Walk, but the one Miss Hennessy wrote.
As a writer for a periodical, you should know that if you are going to criticize another publication, you should do so in a way that doesn’t make you look like a conceited, pompous, self-loving, b****.
November 6th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
The Walk was created as a positive, informative publication to 1) make people feel good about themselves and 2) allow the writers freedom to express their fashion taste. We do not trash any other organization in our magazine, and we use real Penn students for models. I would say that The Walk has a lot more integrity than those people and groups who chose to openly insult other organizations.
December 8th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
As one of the retail contributors in The Walk I would like to say that it’s “COOL” that these students are taking the initiative to put together a fashion magazine! And everyone still wears flip-flops! I mean unless your one of those weirdos who wears their sneakers to the beach! They are fab!
May 8th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I absolutely agree with Ms. Hennessy. The WALK might very well be intended as “a positive, informative publication to 1) make people feel good about themselve” (as thanks says above me) but they are still very far from it. For the moment it’s a lot of condescending nonsense, okay photos, and “interestingly” dressed people. It seems much more like a group of people (I didn’t know they were all COMM majors) who write about their dressing styles in an attempt to vindicate themselves, rather unsuccessfully. Throwing fashion shows and holding Fashion weeks, only to show up at Huntsman or Van Pelt the very next Sunday morning wearing the same sweatpants, leggings, and flip-flops you spend 30-pages ranting about is not very elegant. But whatever, it’s a free world (or so I was told).
Goodluck with all.