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Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
(Images: Becca Lemire)

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:

Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Street Style: OCAD students head back to school in effortlessly artsy attire
Jean Grant has been a freelance writer since 2015, covering a range of lifestyle topics like shopping, interiors, wellness and culture for publications like Maclean’s and Toronto Life. She also enjoys working with brands to develop custom content, and shares personal essays through her Substack newsletter, Nobody is Thinking About You.
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