Maddie Bourque
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 Parlez-Vous Fashion 2.0: How to Pronounce Designer Names Like Balmain, Christian Lacroix, & More!4/15/2013 |
With Her Campus’s “Parlez-Vous Fashion?” you tackled (and conquered, we hope!) the pronunciation of major fashion designers, fine jewelry houses, and important brands. Now it’s time for more! Her Campus added to that list of designers you might avoid naming for fear of mispronouncing them, usually to steer clear of a cringe-worthy situation like HC Contributing Writer Anne’s: “I worked at Rag & Bone this summer in New York and, as an English major, I was one of the only non-fashion students interning. One day, the interns were all discussing Paris Fashion Week and I tried to say something insightful about the Givenchy collection—only I pronounced ‘Givenchy’ as I read it: "Give-in-chee." My coworkers looked at me, horrified. ‘It's Gee-von-shee,’ one of them said quickly. Everyone was obviously embarrassed for me. I played it off, but I immediately looked up how to pronounce all of the Paris designers' names when I got home!” -Anne, The College of William & Mary Sound familiar? Fear not, collegiettes. Mastering the pronunciation of the design elite can be easy with this Her Campus guide. Read on, and conquer the fashion world one designer at a time! Balmain nymag.com |
 The Waiting Game: How to Handle the Last Few Weeks Before Hearing Back from Colleges3/25/2013 |
Senior year of high school is, without question, extremely stressful. With early decision deadlines as early as November 1st, the college admissions process forces its way to every crevice of your brain. You make your lists of potential schools, perfect your resume, continuously tweak your essays, and finally hit submit. And then, you wait. Not patiently, but anxiously—you lose sleep, you can’t focus in school, and the enormous questions of which schools will accept you and where you will be next year loom menacingly over your head. This waiting game = STRESSFUL! But fear not pre-collegiettes, there are ways to minimize and manage the stress that comes along with waiting to hear back from colleges. So how do you deal with the stress and become a savvy senior, soon to be collegiette? Her Campus talked to Katie Malachuk, author of You’re Accepted: Lose the Stress. Discover Yourself. Get Into the College That’s Right For You and Colin Riley, Executive Director of Media Relations at Boston University to help pre-collegiettes power through the dreaded waiting game. Read on to see what you can do! Stay Active |
 5 Yoga Poses to Cure Hangovers, Class Stress & More2/10/2013 |
Every collegiette has a massive “TO-DO” list (or a few) taped to the fridge or tucked in a planner. TO DO: Finish homework (Actually…Start the homework…) Call parents back! PAY BILLS! (Last month’s too) Revisit New Year’s Resolutions… CLEAN!Collegiette™ life can be, in a word, exhausting. And on the weekend, rest escapes us as we have piles of books to read and miles to run at the gym. After catching up on last week’s Grey’s Anatomy on a Sunday morning, we begin to realize the unproductive nature of our day and a panicky and sickly feeling slowly begins to surface that causes our palms to sweat, our faces to break out, and our fingers to fidget. This can only mean one thing: stress. It’s an unavoidable side effect of collegiette™ life but rest assured, there are ways to help suppress this dizzying, nauseating, hair-raising experience. By using a few yoga moves, it is possible to give yourself at least a few minutes of you time every day, which is essential to keeping a level head. Practicing simple yoga poses and breathing techniques can assure that you’ll have at least a few minutes to sort through the depths of your frizzed out mind while you’re on the move. 1. Scenario: Hungover on a Sunday morning. Pose: Chair Twist. |
 HC's Ultimate Study Guide: The Best Tips to Rock Your Finals5/7/2012 |
Every collegiette knows (and dreads) the stress, exhaustion, and anxiety that comes along with finals week. Long nights and test-taking jitters are somewhat unavoidable aspects of college, but Her Campus is here to assure you that you can take your tests with confidence! We talked to Adam Shepard, author of The Best Four Years: How to Survive and Thrive in College (and Life), Bethany Stafford, author of College Studying Styles, as well as seasoned test-taking collegiettes and their friends to get the tips and tricks you need to ace your final exams, from now until test day! Two weeks before your exam: Start studying now Taylor, a junior at Boston University, says, “Waiting to start my studying was my biggest mistake as a freshman. My first semester, I waited until three days before my Religion final to crack down and it wasn’t until then I realized how much I really needed to memorize. Needless to say, I was disappointed with myself for putting it off. This semester I made my notecards throughout the semester and I’ve already put together some of my study guide. I’m in much better shape now.” Take quizzes at the end of chapters: |
 HC's College App Vocab Guide: Decoding the Trickiest Lingo5/26/2011 |
Are you stumped when it comes to cracking college lingo? Are you unsure of the actual definition of a weighted GPA? A holistic application? And what does rolling admission really mean? If you can confidently and accurately nail these definitions, power to you! But if you, like many other pre-collegiettes™, are overwhelmed by the expanse of college lingo, relax. Her Campus has you covered! We made a glossary of all the confusing terms that appear on tests and applications, and the slang heard during tours and information sessions, so you can become a lingo-savvy pre-collegiette™! Application Vocabulary PSAT The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test is a standardized test that helps high schoolers get ready for the SAT (see below!). The PSAT tests your aptitude in critical reading, math, and writing. It has the same format as the SAT, so it can be extremely helpful to eager pre-collegiettes™ who are looking to get a taste of what to expect on the SAT. You receive feedback on your strengths and weaknesses after the taking the test and you can also see how your performance might compare to others applying to college which can help you make your list of potential schools! (However, your PSAT scores are not considered in the college admissions process.) Online registration for the PSAT/NMSQT is not available, so make sure to ask your guidance counselor about signing up for the 2011 tests which will take place October 12 and October 15. SAT I |
 A Simple Spaghetti Dinner: How it Made Me Feel Beautiful5/2/2011 |
This is a sponsored post as part of the Let your Natural Beauty Shine Through with Zeno & Her Campus program. These last few weeks of the semester have proven to be extremely stressful, but I sometimes forget that I'm not the only one dealing with excessive amounts of works, looming deadlines, and lost sleep. I almost always look to my friends to relieve some of my stress- I expect them to listen to my somewhat dramatic expressions of my exhaustion and frustration as they offer me their sympathy, letting me bask in my self-pity. It was this past weekend when I realized how selfish my expectations were. |
 A Day in the Life of a Fashion Student4/25/2011 |
Are you interested in fashion design, collegiettes™? Have you ever wondered what a day is like for a student studying fashion? Her Campus talked to Chelsea Monroe, a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, to get the down-low on what a day in the life of a fashion student is really like. Read on to get the details! Chelsea's day goes something like this: 7:00 am: Wake up and get ready. Probably running on 3 hours of sleep. 8:00 am: Grab a Venti Caramel Macchiato from Starbucks and stop at Murray's Bagels (the best bagel place in NY in my opinion)! 8:10 am: Catch the subway to SoHo. 8:30 am: I begin my day at my internship. I am interning at Ann Taylor as assistant to the Style Director. Basically I am on set during the photo shoots assisting the Style Director and her assistants in any way. That can include prepping the clothing, dressing the models, paperwork, helping on set, etc. 12:o0 pm: Catch the subway back to Chelsea (where I live). 12:20 pm: Grab Starbucks and walk back to my apartment to grab my sewing supplies. 1:00 pm: Walk the 6 blocks to FIT which is located on 27th street. 1:10 pm: Work on homework before class. |
 Spring Trend: Long Skirts! Will You Wear One?4/11/2011 |
Pictures from nymag.com/fashion Making appearances on the Anna Sui, Bensoni, and Lanvin Spring 2011 RTW Runways (just to name a few), longer skirts are back in style! Check them out above! So how do you wear them? And where can you find them? Maxi to mid-length, we've got you covered! Read on to learn more!
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 Our Favorite Online Stores With Free Shipping!4/4/2011 |
Have you ever decided against an online order because of the hefty shipping and handling fee? You're not alone. Freeshiping.org offered a list of the Top 20 Retailers Offering Free Shipping On All Orders and here are some of our favorites! Shop away, collegiettes™! Shopbop Pelle Moda Heat Suede T Strap Pumps |
 How to Make Your Own Smoothie: An HC Intern Figures It Out4/2/2011 |
After indulging over spring break with ice cream, cookies, and a cocktail nightly, my roommate and I quickly decided we needed a new dessert game plan. Dessert, for the two of us, is somewhat of a necessity and while a chunky chocolate chip cookie with cookie dough ice cream every evening was certainly heaven, it definitely didn’t do us any favors. We decided on smoothies—cheap, nutritious, and quick. We didn’t follow a recipe but we discovered that what we had laying around our kitchen resulted in a delicious smoothie creation. Read on, collegiettes™, and try to make your very own healthy dessert.
What you’ll need: 12 fl oz orange juice 1 banana Handful of strawberries (we used 10!) 1 mango Yogurt (we used two vanilla Dannon Light & Fit- 45 calories each!) 3 ice cubes And a blender, of course! What we did: We started by washing all of our fruits and chopping them up. Here’s how we did it: Strawberries: Cut off the tops, and divide into four sections. |
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