Embracing Individuality through Fashion with Anthony Taylor
Conformity is a prominent theme for fashion in the South. Men especially have little room to express individuality or originality. The southern man’s uniform is traditional, simple, and filled with basics. If you look in the average Southerner’s closet you will find t-shirts, jeans, activewear shorts, and tennis shoes. Some do not choose to step outside of this uniform but the ones so are jutting in their individuality. Anthony Taylor, a Mississippi native and student at the University of Alabama, is no stranger to causing southern discomfort through his style.

What’s in My Cart: November 2021 Zara Picks
The full force of the winter months is something that I never take lightly. The weather has officially turned, and daylight savings has passed, so I am using every possible excuse to fill up my Zara cart while it’s acceptable. To prepare for the colder days ahead, Zara has proven its strength time and time again through its classic coats and funky knits. Keep scrolling to shop our top picks for November.

Halloween Recap: 2021 Best Dressed
Halloween is the only night of the year when celebrities can ditch the glam for face paint, blood, and prosthetics, and no one can say anything about it. In fact, many of us look forward to it. This year, many celebrities made up for lost time and dressed in extravagant costumes. Some elevated their looks with gore, prosthetics, replicas of favorite characters, as well as odes to fellow stars. Keep reading for my round-up of 2021’s best Halloween costumes.

Bringing High Fashion Home
The world of high fashion, runway shows, and designer labels may be an integral part of the fashion world, but for the average person, following these trends can feel overwhelming. Whether you grew up following fashion week or have trouble remembering the names of designer brands, we have a few easy ways to implement today’s high fashion trends into your wardrobe.

Vintage-Inspired Wardrobe Basics Every Man Needs
Men’s fashion, unlike women’s fashion, has remained relatively unchanged throughout the last 100 years. Today, men can look perfectly current and on-trend in a simple, well-fitted suit.
Generally speaking, men tend to dress in a uniform, so why not create a unique uniform with well-crafted pieces that will stand the test of time?

The Brown Clothing Trend
Brown is back and better than ever. From deep chocolates to buttery suedes and just about everything in between, we have been seeing these shades rocking runways, filling up our feeds, and overflowing clothing racks in our favorite stores. This color has been seen as “dull” and “drabby” compared to its neutral peers. However, this year it has taken on a new life. Minimalism has taken over after almost two years of chaos in our world, and we are gravitating towards the familiar, the practical, the comfortable, and the easy. Brown seems to provide that sense of comfort and familiarity with the earthiness it suggests. To stay on-trend without breaking the bank and being wasteful, select these three staples to include in your wardrobe this fall and winter.

The Language of Fashion
For the mother of three children who spends most of her time answering questions sparked by childhood curiosity, the day-to-day outfit looks different than the manager of a real estate empire who hears exclusively about the legal constraints of his actions. The principle of functionality demands to be addressed within this comparison, but what about the value of the words each of these individuals speaks? How can what we wear connect to the words that we use and the jargon that surrounds us? Language allows us to communicate and fill our world with ideas. These ideas influence how we perceive the world and ourselves. To express who we are to the world we use both our appearance and language

Concert Style: What To Wear This October
October is a busy month for live music in town as life in Oxford gets into full swing. It has been a while since many of us have gotten dressed up for a concert, so we are here to inspire your next few outfits.

Square Magazine Staff Picks: Influencers to Follow for Style Inspiration
Inspiration is about embracing others' creativity and developing our own ideas with that. Nowadays, everyone is sharing their style across social media, and many of us get style inspiration from Instagram and the influencers we follow.

Stacking the Deck and Your Wardrobe
War, spoons, and crazy eights are not part of the terminology typically used in the fashion world, but card games have always been a source of inspiration. In each pack of 52 cards, there are characters whose garments and styles are distinct cultural icons. Bringing a humble deck of playing cards to life can serve as a foundation for a captivating wardrobe collection.

Fendi x Versace: Everything to Know About Milan Fashion Week’s Worst Kept Secret
In the days leading up to Milan Fashion Week, unofficial rumors that designers Donatella Versace and Kim Jones were cooking up something big swirled amongst fashion journalists. Last week, the show at the Versace family palazzo came to a close, and lo and behold, the conjecture was confirmed.

21st Century Style Icon: Matilda Djerf
Matilda Djerf: twenty-four-year-old Swedish designer and influencer with 1.8 million followers on Instagram. Known for her dreamy photos on the streets of Stockholm and in the Swedish countryside, she is a master of oversized, comfortable, and elevated basics, proving herself to be a marketing genius with a keen sense of authenticity that keeps her followers coming back for more.

Trends We Are Taking Into Fall
As summer fades away, we are left with the question: what styles are we bringing into fall? This fall, we revisit old favorites and introduce new trends perfect for the upcoming season.

Vogue October 2021
Lorde shines on the front of Vogue's October Issue as this month’s cover star. With a provocative yet graceful photo of Lorde with gold flowers blooming around her body, the cover photoshoot is a reference to her third album, Solar Power.

How to Wear It: The White Button-Down
While the modern era of social media and fast fashion can make it seem like trends come and go in no time at all, some closet staples are timeless. Having versatile pieces in your wardrobe makes it much easier to style “trendy” outfits without breaking the bank. One staple piece that has been particularly prominent in recent years is the white button-down. It may seem plain at first glance, but we have gathered up some of our team member’s favorite ways to style this simple piece to elevate outfits in any season.

Implementing Sustainability Into Your Closet
The trend cycle is gone; what you see today will not be in style tomorrow. Fashion is losing its integrity, and everyone is suffering from it.

The Resurgence of Y2K Fashion: Love It or Leave It?
The TikTok and influencer-fueled nostalgia over Y2K fashion has led to a major resurgence in trends that many of today’s youth were too young to fully experience. This rise, while recent, has already been embraced by the likes of Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, and prominent TikTok influencers like Addison Rae and Charli D’Amelio. As with all era-specific fashion phenomena, we have to wonder: which 2000s staples should we bring back, and which are better left in the past? We’ve done a deep dive into some of the biggest trends of the decade to find out.

Waste Not, Want Not: Why Old Clothing Is The Newest Trend
Emerging from a year as upending as 2020, it’s no wonder that post-pandemic trends involve repurposed textiles, knitwear, clashing patterns, and flipped archival pieces. These trends didn’t materialize out of thin air; they’re by the people, for the people, and a direct reflection of the latest crisis.

New York Fashion Week Recap: Welcome (Back) To New York
After 18 long months of canceled, virtual, and socially distanced shows, the past weeks in New York City have been that much more memorable. The trend forecast for the coming spring of 2022 is nothing short of exhilarating, with pieces leaving us speechless through their striking simplicity to out-of-the-park statements. This year, it only fitted that New York Fashion Week was closed by fashion’s biggest night: the long-awaited Met Gala.

Director’s Pick: The Best Looks from the 2021 Met Gala
From paying homage to old Hollywood celebrities to wearing the flowers of every state, the Met Gala hosted a wide variety of looks. The Square Magazine directors picked their favorite looks of the night and highlighted what these looks meant to them.