Broke Baroque

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Baroque Pearls: irregularly shaped, naturally occurring pearls highly valued for their imperfections and unusual beauty

The Baroque Period: relating to or denoting a style of European architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries characterized by ornate detail; an era defined by grandeur, drama, and opulent dynamism.

For this photoshoot, I envisioned a capsule wardrobe that sought to subvert the Eurocentric excesses of the 17th and 18th-century aristocracy but still embraced the maximalist, detail-obsessed Baroque style through a modern, environmentally-conscious lens.

Flat Hat Magazine partnered with on-campus thrift business T-Swap to bring this vision to fruition. T-Swap provided us with 16 second-hand garments of various sizes and tastes to create 12 different looks for six models. We then challenged three innovative student stylists to mix and match a small capsule of second-hand garments into outfits worth framing in gold.

- Anna Wershbale ‘24

Style Editor

Modelled by:

Sarah Ibrahim ‘25

Roshnica Gurung ‘24

Prasanna Patel ‘24

Isabella Kershner ‘24

Hudson Fortney ‘24

Eve Palmer ‘24

Clothes courtesy of T-Swap

Accessories models’ own