Forget the Flowers, Glamour
This is High Fashion
Oct 26th
Senior Kirby Marzec poses in front of wall art found in Copenhagen. Marzec travelled to Copenhagen during her semester abroad in Prague.
When NYU journalism undergrad Kirby Marzec, 21, went for an interview for a fashion blog internship, she instead, strut across a makeshift runway in a fashion show on the Brooklyn Bridge. While her thin frame, tall stature, and long brown locks may fit the model look criteria, Marzec prefers working behind the scenes, writing about fashion.
Escaping the traditional Friday night beers and hockey game watching, Marzec left the comfort of Buffalo three years ago for New York City to start a career in fashion journalism. She pursues a double major in journalism and communications, and interns at T: The New York Times Style Magazine. She resides in SoHo at the Broome Street NYU residence hall.
Ugly Coffee: While interning at T this summer, I worked part-time as a barista at Cafe Gitane, on Mott and Prince streets, where the people are mean, and the coffee is meaner. Gitane is pretty strict on presentation. A cup of coffee is expected to be served with a foamed milk flower delicately floating on the surface. While I can’t promise that my coffee will look pretty, I am a complete coffee snob when it comes to taste.
Escaping the City: During the fall semester of my junior year, I studied abroad in Prague. I like to refer to that semester as a vacation with a little bit of school involved. Read the rest of this entry »
From the Track Team to the Law School Track
Oct 25th
Kimberly McNally is a junior at NYU studying Journalism and Politics.
Kimberly McNally, 20, is very much a California girl. From her blonde, beach-waved hair to her oceanic blue eyes and tanned skin, this bubbly San Diego native loves eating Mexican food and taking in the southern California weather. Perhaps it’s her warm smile that draws attention of New Yorkers in a small SoHo tart shop. Regardless, there is something about her warm and relaxed demeanor that makes people think “she’s not from around here – and I like it.”
Two years ago, McNally was recruited by the New York University track team. After a lengthy self-debate about college, McNally decided to forgo a collegiate experience surrounded by the California beaches. So she traded in her flip flops for a pair of boots and headed to New York City.
East Coast Decision: I knew I wanted something different. I visited NYU and stayed overnight with someone on the track team. I loved it. I wanted to move across the country and be totally independent.
Leaving the Team: I was excited to run for the NYU team. I got here and I loved my teammates, but my coach was horrible then I injured my knee, so I quit. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Van Cleave Doesn’t Need a Stage
to Show Off His Costumes
Oct 25th
Raised in a strict Christian household in the small town of McMinnville, Ore., Chris Van Cleave kept busy running community blood drives and serving as the president of several choirs and the thespian club before graduating in 2009 as high school valedictorian and moving east to attend NYU. Now when not in class, Van Cleave, 20,enjoys creating homemade outfits to wear out on the town.
His “costumes” –consisting of luxurious fur scarves and a variety of stylish chapeaus–are perhaps a way to continue dreams of theatrical stardom, which he has put on hold to earn a degrees in journalism and religious studies. Instead of waiting around for his big break, Van Cleave just waits for nightfall to show off his latest costumes for audiences at parties near his apartment in Hell’s Kitchen. Then, it’s curtain up.
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