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Preppy in Pastels

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at CMU chapter.

Brighten up your rainy day trench coat with a fun pastel polo. Since the coat will cover most of your shirt, don’t be afraid to try an eye-catching color such as lemon or seafoam. Light colors help soften the sharp angles of the layered collars, while giving your outfit a feminine feel. If you’re feeling daring, try a polo in candy stripes or argyle. Complete the preppy look by braiding a one-inch section of your hair near your bangs. You can pull back your bangs with a jeweled bobby pin or headband for a cleaner look.

Connie is a professional and creative writing major at Carnegie Mellon University. She is currently obsessed with pole fitness, pumpkin bread, and '80s fashion.
Laura Stiles is a Creative Writing, Professional Writing double major at Carnegie Mellon University who will be graduating in May 2014. In addition to being Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Carnegie Mellon chapter of HerCampus.com, she is Co-Prose Editor of The Oakland Review, Carnegie Mellon’s literary-arts journal, a manuscript reader for Carnegie Mellon University Press, and has copy-edited for Carnegie Mellon’s newspaper, The Tartan. She was also Communications and Arts Management Intern at The Hillman Center for Performing Arts in summer 2012, and is ecstatic to be studying abroad in Sheffield, England in spring 2013. In her free time, she enjoys singing along to music on long car rides, spontaneously kicking off her shoes to explore lakes and creeks, and curling up with a soft blanket and a captivating book. She was also recently pleasantly surprised to discover that she has a taste for sushi.