Welcome to the second installment of Seven Days of Style, featuring Lizzy Foydel (CC ‘12). Lizzy is a Columbia Daily Spectator News staff writer and beat chief, as well as an A&E staff writer and beat chief. Outside of journalism, she is also involved in the CU Student Global AIDS Campaign, and tutors for Community Impact.
Helen Chen (SEAS '13)
Tuesday 4-13-2010
J.Crew shirt, Silence+Noise skirt, Marc Jacobs flats, vintage necklace
Helen Chen (SEAS '13)
Wednesday 4-14-2010
J.Crew striped tee, J.Crew mini skirt, Cacharel bag, vintage necklace and bracelets
Helen Chen (SEAS '13)
Thursday 4-15-2010
J.Crew skirt, J.Crew flats, J.Crew headband, vintage pearls
Helen Chen (SEAS '13)
Friday 4-16-2010
J.Crew menswear shirt, Benetton coat, Marc by Marc Jacobs bag, Hunter wellies
Helen Chen (SEAS '13)
Saturday 4-17-2010
Ralph Lauren Rugby dress, Seychelles flats, Marc by Marc Jacobs bag
Helen Chen (SEAS '13)
Sunday 4-18-2010
Bdg shirtdress, J.Crew flats
Helen Chen (SEAS '13)
Monday 4-19-2010
J.Crew mini skirt, J.Crew belt, Marc by Marc Jacobs bag, Steve Madden flats, vintage bracelets
How would you describe your style?
Preppy, but not overly put-together. I am a huge Francophile and I think that manifests itself in what I wear.
When did you first become interested in fashion?
When I was maybe six, I would steal copies of Vogue from the grocery store when my mother didn’t want to buy them for me.
Where do you take your style inspiration from? What are you currently inspired by?
Movies, usually old movies. French New Wave girls in Godard, Truffaut and Lelouch films, with cat eyeliner. Anything Audrey – I adore little cocktail sheaths and ballet flats. Ingrid Bergman in a classic trench coat. Love Story’s Jenny Cavalleri is so collegiate, which is fitting at the moment, and more recently, Audrey Tatou in Coco Before Chanel. Also Carla Bruni!
Where are your favorite places to shop?
J.Crew is my go-to, but I also love Ralph Lauren Rugby, Barneys Co-Op, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Rag & Bone. Cacharel, Tara Jarmon, and Repetto in Paris, which are all hard to track down here! Vena Cava and Phillip Lim make the most beautiful silk dresses. At home in Chicago, I like boutiques like Eskell and Ouest. I love to window-shop Chanel and Lanvin. And vintage, especially for jewelry.
Tell us about how you put together an outfit.
I usually pick out one piece I want to wear that day and build around it. I’d like to say I try to figure the weather into that equation, but the truth is that if I wake up in the morning wanting to wear a miniskirt in the middle of January (which is often), I just go out with bare legs.
What are your “wardrobe basics?”
Black tights, black ballet flats, white or sailor-striped tees, oxford shirts, printed dresses, basic mini skirts. Toggle and trench coats for winter, headbands, knotted and layered strands of pearls.
What is your spring must-have item?
I’m looking for a white sundress and a pair of espadrilles.
Helen Chen
Fashion Market Editor
