Remember 3 things

Molly has that quirky mix of spunk and punk. How does she do it? Well, she's not really sure. But she did share the three things she keeps in mind. Want to know what they are? Watch the video below.

Ahoy from no-pants land!

The other day, I walked in to my apartment to find my roommate in the living room playing with her dog and not wearing any pants.
I stopped and gave her a quizzical glance. "I know," she said. "But I'm so comfortable!" Turns out she returned home after a full day, wearing tights under her jeans, sweater tunic and snow-boot outfit, and just ripped her jeans off in a hurry for for the fastest comfortable possible. And then put her boots back on?
"Well, my feet were cold." And, she explains in her typical scholarly tone: "Well, I was also really trying to understand what makes people dress this way."
Well, I must say, she has a point: While it doesn't make much sense that the colder it gets outside, the more I see girls walking around with no pants on in the sweater-dress and leggings getup, it does make sense that it's one of the most snuggly outfits fashion has seen lately. And Columbia Fashion Watch is about watching fashion, and the truth is there are a whole lot more no-pantsers to watch than there used to be.
And I'm not making fun! Seriously, the getup is really comfortable. And once I'm no longer working in the newsroom, where I must dress "business casual, not campus casual," I'll probably employ the look myself.
And, I'll probably be really cold.


*This chick in the photo is not my roommate, but she nicely exemplifies the no-pants look, and the happily comfortable cheer that often accessorizes it.

Winter sparkle- and nope, we're not talking about snow

In contrast to the spring-y Kaitlyn, Kelsi definitely looks like she's set for winter wear. But I just loved how the whole outfit gave a little glam to what can be a drab cold weather routine (Sweater.Boots.Scarf.Repeat). A shiny necklace coordinated nicely with knit boots, since the whole outfit is in the same kind of color palette-- something I'd classify as jewel-tone neutral, maybe? What else could you call the winning combination of gray, metallic accents, jeans, and plum? Whatever the classification, she certainly impressed. Below, she shares with us how she managed to stick out so subtly.

Parlez-vou Franglais? Frenglish fashion tips

An ensemble of light blue pants, a cream cardigan, a lilac shirt, black nylons, red shoes and a teal scarf kind of sounds like the perfect recipe for fashion faux pas. But if you take a look at the smiling Kaitlyn here, you'll see that the combination gives a cool, artsy feel even in December. It's probably because the rather cool Kaitlyn minored in art during her undergraduate studies. So while she looks like she just breezed in from Paris, the rest of us look like we were blown in by a blizzard. Is it that certain je ne sais quoi that the rest of us mere mortals lack? Thankfully, Kaitlyn was kind enough to explain her style in plain English.