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Spring Ball Fashions 2012: Fire and Ice

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

Eckerd’s annual Spring Ball is a night full of fun, friends and my favorite…fashion. The band and DJ EarWorm were great, but the clothes this year were amazing.

 For the guys, there was nothing too outlandish. There was everything from nice shirts and dress pants to full suits (vests included). Some of my favorite styles were the bow ties, which seemed to be more prominent this year–because who doesn’t love a snappy dressed guy in a bow tie? Interestingly enough, few men’s ties matched the dress of their date. Is that so last season?

For the girls, short and tight dresses were in However, there should be a disclaimer there, for future reference: if you’re going to wear a short tight dress, wear it with confidence. Tugging at your dress all night is not attractive.

The common colors were white and red…though that could be attributed to the fact that the theme of the ball was “Fire and Ice”. Something I found surprising about the ladies’ fashion was the amount of flat shoes around. Many did go with traditional heels, but there were definitely lots of girls in sandals, Toms style shoes and even
sneakers.

Some girls have all the fun; Devon Elizabeth Williams happens to be one of them. A carb loving, liberal hailing from Lakeville, Massachusetts, Devon is a senior at Eckerd College in Saint Petersburg, Florida pursuing a  major in Political Science with a double minor in Journalism and International Relations. After spending January 2011 in an intensive Winter Term program at the United Nations in New York, Devon realized that taking over the world will be more difficult than anticipated, but nothing that a vivacious red head in stilettos can’t handle. In her free time Devon is a bartending beauty queen who has a soft spot for blueberry pie, Broadway and the scheming antics of Blair Waldorf. When she’s not paddle boarding at the waterfront or laying out on Eckerd’s private South Beach you can find Devon singing in the alto section of the concert choir. At the end of the day Devon is thankful for Newport, RI, her family, Sadie the black lab, Paul Mitchell, her girlfriends, Cheetah, and rhinestones.