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College student Laura Mish says her wardrobe is becoming less casual as she approaches graduation. Photo by Karen Nazor Hill
Name: Laura Mish
Age: 21
Profession: UTC junior
Outfit:
• Shoes, Journeys — $50
• Banana Republic jeans, Glam Slam — $20
• Top, Ann Taylor Loft — $25
• Necklace — Gift
• Brighton charm bracelet, Accents — $170
• Emi-Jay headband — $12.99 for 5 (on arm)
“Fashion is a way to display how I feel. It can give me confidence if I’m wearing the right outfit, and it can make me self-conscious when I go to work out. Because I’m a college student, I mostly wear jeans or sweatpants and a T-shirt, but now that I’m an upper-level student, my wardrobe is changing. I’m now dressing more professional, and that scares me. I try to follow trends, but I’m a little tight with money. So I’ll follow trends as much as I will allow myself.”
Feature writer Karen Nazor Hill covers fashion, design, home and gardening, pets, entertainment, human interest features and more. She also is an occasional news reporter and the Town Talk columnist. She previously worked for the Catholic newspaper Tennessee Register and was a reporter at the Chattanooga Free Press from 1985 to 1999, when the newspaper merged with the Chattanooga Times. She won a Society of Professional Journalists Golden Press third-place award in feature writing for ...
