Sydney Threet

If you wake up every morning, look at your same pieces that you wear every week and think, “I need new clothes,” STOP RIGHT THERE! Maybe a few new pieces would spice up your wardrobe, but it’s very likely that you have some buried treasures hiding in your closet somewhere.  “Wait? What?” is what you may be thinking, but with a little creativity and an open mind, you’ll find that those same basic pieces can be reworked or paired with new items to create outfits that look brand new. With a little help from Pinterest and collegiettes across the country, we’ve come up with five ways to make new outfits out of the items you already own.

1. The “Free” T-Shirt

We’ve all got a million t-shirts from various giveaways on campus, but pairing them with Nike shorts every day can get old quickly. Instead of wearing that “Roar Lions” shirt with your typical jeans and sweatshirt, try pairing it with skinny jeans and a blazer or cardigan for a casual but put-together vibe. If there’s a ridiculous graphic or picture on the shirt that you wouldn’t be caught dead wearing, but the shirt is in a great color, try up-cycling it! One great option for up-cycling a t-shirt is cutting strips horizontally, stretching them out and tying several (about 5 usually works) to create an adorable scarf! If your plain white tee seems to be what you always want to wear, check out this HC article on 20 ways to wear a white t-shirt for ideas and inspiration.

Your senior year of high school is one you have been looking forward to since, oh, about kindergarten. This is a year of last dances, games and parties as well as your usual classes. It’s your time to live it up with your friends and cruise on through because you’ve already done everything you can to boost your college resume, right?
 
Wrong. Just because your SAT scores are in and your college list is ready doesn’t mean you should give up making yourself look better on paper. Senior year can be a time to focus on your future, and what you do now can have a major impact on your college career. Here are six ways to improve your resume your senior year, because it’s never too late!

From their trips to jail to their (multiple) trips down the aisle, we’ve seen celebrity kids crash and burn before our eyes. Though kids of celebs often get a bad rap, there are also tons of them who are genuinely cool people. Some celeb kids choose to follow in Mom and Dad’s footsteps by finding their own place in the limelight, and some are just content to go to college and survive in the real world. No matter what the case, there are legit celeb kids out there, and HC has compiled a list of the ones we’d most like to hang with (or admire from afar, whatever works!)
 
Jack Quaid
Jack Quaid, 19, may be new on the movie scene (look for him as Marvel in next month’s The Hunger Games) but he’s no stranger to acting. As the son of rom-com sweetheart Meg Ryan and hot teacher from The Rookie Dennis Quaid, Jack has seen his fair share of Hollywood. Blessed with his mom’s adorable curls and his dad’s charming smile, Quaid’s future in Hollywood looks bright.
 
Maude Apatow
As the older daughter of actress Leslie Mann and producer Judd Apatow, Maude Apatow, 13, is destined for stardom. Between her mom’s gorgeous looks and her dad’s eye for great humor, Maude is sure to have to whole package. She has played in a couple of her dad’s films, including Knocked Up and Funny People, and she shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.
 
Suri Cruise

Fall semester is in full swing, and in addition to the papers and assignments that seem to keep piling up, your other activities are requiring more of your time as well. So how can a busy collegiette™ like you find time for everything? By managing it, of course! Time management is a skill that everyone needs, but it is also a skill that takes planning and discipline. If you’re ready to learn how to manage your time well so that you have time for everything you love, read on!
 
Plan for Every Day
“Treat each day like an 8-5 job,” said Melissa Medlin, the director of Career Planning and Development at the University of North Alabama. She says to make a schedule of your class time and work time, and use the breaks in between each for everything else. Taking advantage of breaks can really cut down on the time you spend at night studying and preparing for class. If you schedule that two-hour break between biology and English to go to the library and do research for an upcoming paper, you’ll have two hours of research done! Sure, it’s fine to occasionally take a break from school and hang out with friends mid-day, but remember that the time you spend during the day relaxing will be the time you spend studying that night.
 
Use Your Free Time
“Don’t just leave time empty. Plan free time, too,” Medlin said. She says planning naps, hanging out with friends and other fun activities is important, too because you can see when you have to do work and when you can leave some time free for something fun. If you know there is going to be a great party Saturday night that you don’t want to miss, make sure you study throughout the week for that huge test on Monday.