Fashion and Society Assignment #4

When I think of the stake style I think of skateboarders and when I think skateboarders I think of the kids that eat, sleep and breathe skateboards. They carry them around wherever they go and spend most if not all of their free time trying new tricks and improving their speed. I knew that if I wanted to pass as a skater I needed to have a board. Luckily I found an apartment that let me borrow a board and helped me embrace skater style.

My outfit consisted of converse shoes, a band tee shirt over a thermal, a baseball cap with a popular skateboard company on it, skinny jeans, Roxy sweatshirt, a skate backpack complete with an awesome skate board. I wore heavy eyeliner and eye make up, while keeping the rest of my face subdued. The main reactions I got were, “Nice outfit” “ Hey do you skate?” or “Will you teach me how to skate?”. I pretended to be an actual skater and I told them that skating was just something I was picking up but I could try and show them something. People thought I was really cool and thought it was awesome that I skated.

Big Jud's

It was a Saturday night with nothing to do.
Greg decided that we should go to Big Jud's
a famous local restaurant in Ashton.
It was really fun and our friend Hitch thought he
could take on the Triple Challenge. Here are the pics.


Elisa being super excited!


My Amazing Yak Burger!! It was REALLY yummy!!


The Triple Burger Challenge.... Hitch is one brave soul.


Hitch praying for strength from the Hamburger Gods. He'll need it!


Greg looks SO happy it's NOT him!! Hahaha. That burger was HUGE!


Andrew posing with the monstrous burger!!


Sadly Hitch did not finish the challenge... but it was a REALLY fun night!

Fashion and Society Assignment #3

To be honest, at the beginning of the semester I had NO idea what grunge fashion was. But now I understand the style and what it stands for and my inspiration for my grunge outfit was Kurt Cobain. I didn’t wash my hair and purposely made it look dirty, minimal make up, old faded jeans, an old t-shirt that I got from a second hand store, a flannel shirt that I tied around my waist, I wore cheap looking jewelry that didn’t match, the sock I wore because it reminded me of heavy boots that are very popular with that style.

I was very uncomfortable in this outfit and was very nervous about the reactions I would get. I attended four classes in this ensemble; Social Theory, Spanish 201, Humanities 201 and Geology 101. People were taken a back by what I was wearing and I had a couple people ask me what I was wearing. I met up with an old professor today and he gave my outfit a good disapproving glance, I then had to explain why I was dressed that way. But other than that I didn’t have HUGE reactions like I did during the hip-hop experiment. Dressing this way didn’t really change my relations with other people, other than anticipating the looks they would give and their facial expressions.

"R" Mountain

For Geology I had to hike "R" Mountain or the Menan Buttes.
It used to be a volcano like a million years ago...
I took some gorgeous pictures that NEEDED to be posted.





These are for you Mom... your always commenting on how GORGEOUS the clouds are.


These last two are my favorites!! What a gorgeous view of Rexburg!

Fashion and Society Assignment #2

When I think of hip-hop I think of Jayz, Black Eyed Peas and Eminem. I think of urban areas where life is hard and cruel. Hip-hop is a very laid back and representative of a melting pot of different lifestyles. My outfit consisted of; loosely fitting low-rider jeans, a basketball jersey and a underarmour baseball cap.

I attended four classes in this ensemble; Social Theory, Spanish 201, Humanities 201 and Geology 101. I did notice a big difference in the way people interacted with me. A couple of my professors even asked me why I was dressed the way I was and I had a number of people do a double take as I walked by. People even ignored me or spoke over me when I talked, like my opinion didn’t matter or was useless. I felt like a misfit, I didn’t feel important and I felt EXTREMELY uncomfortable. In this style I felt a casual and almost lazy, it seemed like I harder time paying attention in my classes.