On Saturday, Kimmy was dressed up as Princess Jasmine, and I loved it! She was wearing a pair azure-blue chiffon harem pants and a matching ruffle-trimmed cropped top, as well as a jeweled headband.

“When I was younger, I loved Disney movies. Aladdin was my favorite!” said Kimmy, adding that she loved and admired Princess Jasmine’s strong personality.

She also wished she could be Princess Jasmine, until she realized it was impossible. “I thought it would be so amazing to have a flying carpet and tiger,” she explained.

This is not the Day Six outfit I’ve been anticipating for so long– you have to wait for the evening to see it up here! Just for the sake of creating more suspense, I can say that the Saturday outfit might be the polar opposite of what you see in this picture.

As a marine biologist, Kimmy was wearing  a lab coat, vizor, and stuffed animal turtle on Friday. Under the lab coat she had jeans and run down sneakers, along with “Spread Good Vibes” shirt. “I always had it in my head that marine biologists were the most hippy-esque of the scientists,” she said about the shirt.

Kimmy wanted to become a marine biologist when she was little, after she did an overnight in the Camden Aquarium with her girl scout troop and  got to sleep in a room with a huge view into the main tank. ”The beauty of the underwater world really struck me and I dreamed of becoming a marine biologist!” she explained.

Pursuing her dream, she went to a vocational school for marine science. She unfortunately didn’t enjoy the marine biology courses there and thought that being a marine biologist is boring, after having to memorize the scientific names of algae and many other species.

So, today Kimmy has her naval uniform on, which she wore when she was in her highschool’s Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) program.  More specifically, it is the blue summer uniform sporting her final rank of Lieutenant, along with the ribbons she earned during her time in high school.

Enjoying the structure of the program and the chance to excel through hard work, Kimmy dreamed of going to Annapolis, Maryland, throughout her sophomore year in high school. ”It is a bit strange to be wearing this uniform again, since I celebrated no having to wear it anymore after high school,” she reflected.

Kimmy also noted that she couldn’t assemble all the pieces of the uniform, as she had to return her uniform at the end of her high school career. “I feel like I am committing naval blasphemy, since I couldn’t get together all the pieces,” she said. “I also feel like I have taken a time warp, but into a different past where I don’t get written up for having the wrong shoes!”

Today, Kimmy’s walking around the campus as a scuba diver. She is wearing a lightweight wetsuit with matching wetsuit boots. A snorkel and a dive mask complement her outfit as accessories.

Kimmy started scuba diving in high school where she was a member of a scuba diving club. Amazed by the beauty of corals and everything else the underwater world offers, she got professional scuba diving certifications. So far she’s been diving at scuba diving spots within the US, and also in the Virgin Islands!

I’ve known Kimmy for two years, and never have I ever seen her dressed up in business attire. Well, up until today, when

she dressed up as a business-minded architect for her ongoing performance art project.

Kimmy said she aspired to become an architect after she travelled to Barcelona, Spain, while she in high school. Inspired particularly by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, she dreamed of designing and constructing glorious skyscrapers in New York City.

Shedding a light on the image of “the architect” on her mind back in high school, Kimmy chose to fashion a very serious, business-like outfit, featuring a pencil skirt and a single buttoned tailored blazer on top of a long-sleeve button up shirt. Admittedly, today’s outfit is not very striking, UNLESS you know Kimmy in person, in which case you’ve most probably been stupefied as you came across her today.

I have always been among those who view fashion as an art medium, through which one can express their taste, feelings, or beliefs. The extent to which Galliano’s gowns can be considered as art can be debated; yet, fashion has nevertheless been an inextricable part of artistic creation throughout the history of art, reflected through stained glass, gilt bronze, or oil on canvas. Art major Kimmy Lawes ’11 incorporates fashion into her current performance art project, as an assignment for her sculpture class.

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Vassar campus as been all a flurry for the past few weeks, and the amassing snow added to the onslaught of midterm assignments has made for a challenging environment for innovative and creative fashion. In this sort of weather, comfort, warmth and functionality tend to take precedence anything else, i.e. looking your very best. I know the slush ruined at least two pairs of my boots last week. All of this being said, I was impressed by anyone who put in a hearty effort into their clothing choices last week. While I was sitting casually in the ACDC one afternoon, Julia Sohn ’12 caught my eye.

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