Fashion

The sun is starting to set earlier and Minnesotans are finally ready to give birth to their state fair food babies. It is an exciting time of new syllabi and new electronics purchased on school accounts.

It can be tough to dress well for summer, especially with the oppressive heat we’ve been experiencing in the Twin Cities. When it’s so warm out, the need for comfort often trumps style.

Music festivals often compound the problem. Being outside for hours makes a hot day seem hotter, and if you know you’re going to get sweaty and dirty there can be little incentive to dress up.

Luckily, your friendly neighborhood Fashionisto is here to help your strike the right balance between practicality and style.

Travel light

It can be tough to dress well for summer, especially with the oppressive heat we’ve been experiencing in the Twin Cities. When it’s so warm out, the need for comfort often trumps style.

Music festivals often compound the problem. Being outside for hours makes a hot day seem hotter, and if you know you’re going to get sweaty and dirty, there can be little incentive to dress up.

Luckily, your friendly neighborhood Fashionisto is here to help your strike the right balance between practicality and style.

Travel light

Summer is here, and less class means no more excuses for dressing poorly, fellas. Those athletic shorts with a polo shirt might fly when you have 8 a.m. class plus a job and marching band rehearsal, but summer time is the perfect opportunity to step up your game.

Picture me sitting on a backwards chair and saying, “let’s ‘rap.’” Independence Day is as good of a time as any to kick it up a notch. Just follow these few basic tips to spend the Fourth — and the rest of the summer — in style.

During these recent windows of warmth, we’ve been able to leave our fur-lined boots at home a few weeks early.

If you’ve been embarrassed by how plain your feet look, you may have been avoiding breaking out the Keds. 

Here are some ways you can customize your kicks easily:

GATHER INSPIRATION

The good folks at Nike don’t want anyone to be productive: