Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
When you’re studying topics like digital futures, interactive media design and animation, a typical back-to-school uniform of a T-shirt and jeans doesn’t cut it (unless of course, it’s ironic Jerry Seinfeld–inspired normcore). On the second day of classes at OCAD’s Queen West campus, students did their best to fit in by standing out—whether it was with Berlin-influenced minimalism or an “urban Amish” look. Here, 16 incredibly artsy outfits:
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Josiah Tang<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 21<br /> <strong>Studying:</strong> Liberal arts <br /> <br /> “I'm trying to master the 'no style' style right now. I was in Berlin this summer and I love how the people there dress—it's so minimalist.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Nick Capretta<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 24<br /> <strong>Studying:</strong> Drawing and painting <br /> <br /> “I'd say my look is urban Amish.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Megan Savage<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 21:<br /> <strong>Studying:</strong> Advertising <br /> <br /> “I kinda wear the same thing every day. I don't put too much thought into it.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Enoch Ncube<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 18<br /> <strong>Studying:</strong> Digital futures <br /> <br /> “I like comfy stuff. And colours.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Janelle Sookhai<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 18<br /> <strong>Studying:</strong> Digital futures <br /> <br /> “I bought this shirt from a thrift store—they said I could fill a whole bag for $20. So I guess you could say my style's cheap.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Sophia Katz<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 21<br /> <strong>Studying:</strong> Integrated media <br /> <br /> “My style? Whatever my friends like.”<br />
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Allison Murray<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 25<br /> <strong>Studying:</strong> Illustration <br /> <br /> “I'm going for a dilapidated urban witch vibe.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Bronwen Deurbrouck<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 22<br /> <strong>Studying:</strong> Animation <br /> <br /> “My back-to-school style is left-over from last year, I suppose.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Ayodele Lawson<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 18<br /> <strong>Studying:</strong> Advertising<br /> <br /> “I like to be casual, but still look good enough to compete with Queen West. I live in North York, where people just wear whatever. Here, if you sport a T-shirt it has to be a really good one.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Ali Skantzos<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 24<br /> <strong>Studying:</strong> Environmental design <br /> <br /> “My style is extremely lazy.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Xiara Visaya<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 19<br /> <strong>Studying:</strong> Illustration <br /> <br /> “I like to dress comfortable, but not too bummy. I had an 8:30 a.m. class where I had to move around a lot, so I didn't want to wear jeans or anything restricting.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Josh Arjoon (left)<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 19<br /> <strong>Studying:</strong> Interactive media design<br /> <br /> “My back-to-school style is chill, laid-back—not nervous at all.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Anjelica Koev<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 20<br /> <strong>Studying:</strong> Advertising <br /> <br /> “I wear what I feel like. Sometimes it'll be totally weird and grungy, other times just casual.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Haley Parker<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 19<br /> <strong>Studying:</strong> Photography <br /> <br /> “I'm wearing all the white I can before I have to go dark for winter.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Dahae Song<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 23<br /> <strong>Studying:</strong> Drawing and painting<br /> <br /> “I wear the same shit every day. I do collect rings from around the world though.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Maxwell Hyett<br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 23<br /> <strong>Studying:</strong> Just graduated with a BFA in drawing and painting<br /> <br /> “I work at Goorin Brothers so I wear a lot of hats.”
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When you're studying topics like digital futures, interactive media design and animation, a typical back-to-school uniform of a T-shirt and jeans doesn't cut it (unless of course, it's ironic Jerry Seinfeld–inspired normcore). On the second day of classes at OCAD's Queen West campus, students did their best to fit in by standing out—whether it was with Berlin-influenced minimalism or an “urban Amish” look. Here, 16 incredibly artsy outfits:
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