SMU Style

I had the pleasure of attending the Dallas Art Fair this weekend and snapped some pics of my favorite artwork. I’m not an art expert by any means, but can appreciate beauty and creativity.
The Andy Warhol had a piece at the fair in the PanAmerican Gallery. You could purchase “Perrier Bottles” for a cool $250,000 (aka 6 years at SMU).
This image “Empire” shot by Matthew Porter in 2010 caught by eye in Dallas’ Marty Walker Gallery. The photographer teaches at the American Center for Photography in NYC and that image was shot in Brooklyn.

William Campbell Contemporary Art out of Fort Worth had this fascinating piece by John Holt Smith called “Sequence #3.” The artist retrieved this image first by taking a picture of a field of poppies. Then he stretched and zoomed the image time after time until he was enraptured with this particular color sequence, which he then replicated with acrylic enamel on an aluminum canvas.
This acrylic on canvas painting from Dallas gallery Dunn & Brown Contemporary was a mesmerizing optical illusion with a 3-D effect on the eyes. “Spectrum #12″ by Susie Rosmarin.
Former Texan, now New Yorker Rachel Hovnanian captured the stereotypes and conceptions of beauty with a sense of humor and seriousness. Her exhibit “The Power and Burden of Beauty” made the trip down to Texas to be viewed by her toughest critics.
This foam pink thing as I referred to it all weekend is a sculpture by Tony Feher from the D’Amelio Terras Gallery. Its proper name is “Blossom” and it is made out of extruded polyestyrene you can find at a hardware store like Home Depot for building materials. Its simple, unexpected and just makes you smile. Can you imagine having it just chilling in your living room?

SMU senior Sarah Pottharst reports on a trend spotted on campus that might not exactly be runway worthy. “Waltzing across SMU’s campus everyday are a number of women with caked-on makeup, shiny jewelry and a designer purse to boot. When completing their outfits, some of these women decide to sport gym shorts and a baggy t-shirt, leaving the rest of the campus to wonder: Did they get dressed in the dark?”

But, hey it is what it is… and as I’m quoted in the article: “When you go to class in college, you want to be comfortable.” READ MORE

P.S. Thanks for the SMUstyle.com plug at the end! You didn’t have to do that!

Dallas blogger turned virtual celebrity was featured in February’s Teen Vogue. Click here to read the article.
I looked into the growing trend of fashion blogs in my story “Fashion magazines seem doomed as blogs boom” in last week’s Daily Campus.

So happy to announce you can now link to SMU Style on the SMU Daily Campus homepage. All you have to do is click STYLE on the Daily Campus front page and you will be magically transported to the online on-campus style source. Bored in class? Browse our blog for exclusive invites, shopping steals, dining dish, fabulous fashion and more. FAN us on Facebook and FOLLOW us on Twitter!
Have an eye for style? Become a contributing blogger. Email smustyle@gmail.com

Shout-out to SMU alumna now assistant editor of PaperCity Magazine Dallas, Christina Geyer. SMU Style is OBSESSED with PC’s new website and major props to the SMU student interns updating the site with such great content – Lisa Collins, Lauren Michaels and Taylor Lucas. Take a glance at the new website, with cool features like email notifications when your captured by a PC photog and extended coverage on Texas topics like Fashion, Food, Art, and Travel. PaperCityMag.com

Junior Chelsea Ward steps into action with some killer Christian Louboutin patent spiked and studded mary-jane pumps!

Sipping champagne, chatting with the Fashionistas and checking out Burberry’s latest (from left to right): SMU sophomore Emily Bates, and juniors Sarah Bray, Sean Frazier and Elizabeth White.