{"id":10942,"date":"2012-04-18T11:49:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T11:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress72\/?p=21361"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:34","slug":"erasmus-street-style-fashion-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2012\/04\/18\/erasmus-street-style-fashion-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Erasmus Street Style: fashion on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new fashion-forward Facebook page has emerged: Silvia Danaj, a 19-year-old, first-year IBA student from Albania, is the creator of \u2018Erasmus Street Style\u2019<\/a>. She goes around campus, takes pictures of interesting outfits, and puts the most fashionable EUR students in a \u2018Facebook spotlight\u2019.<\/p>\n

Silvia says she started with Erasmus Street Style because the attention for fashion on campus was missing: \u201cThere are these big, professional websites about street fashion, but I think a street style page for the university is more personal, and can show how we, as university students, like to dress.\u201d She says her love for fashion and photography makes her happy, and balances the hard work she has to do for her study programme. The positive reactions she gets also motivate her to keep going. Students seem to like the initiative, and the number of page likes is growing, now almost reaching 400. <\/p>\n

The search for \u2018something unique\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n

Silvia tries to take some pictures of EUR students every day, and mostly spends about an hour finding and photographing people with original outfits. This can be difficult, as according to Silvia, fashionable people can be difficult to find. So what does she look for? \u201cI look for something unique, something that catches my eye. Personally, I love to wear colours, which also look great on pictures.\u201d<\/p>\n

We ask Silvia what she personally thinks of the on-campus level of fashion. \u201cI really noticed that guys at Erasmus are more fashionable than girls. Girls here generally just wear jeans, or something simple. Most pictures I took so far are from guys, as they seem to put more effort into their outfits.\u201d Comparing different nationalities, Silvia says Italian guys stand out the most, especially when it comes to shoes.<\/p>\n

Smart people are fashionable?<\/b><\/p>\n

We follow Silvia with her camera to see her in action. She begins her search in L-building. Until now, she has found the most interesting outfits in the library: \u201cMaybe the smartest people are also the most fashionable\u201d, she smiles. <\/p>\n

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Xiaoshi Shi<\/i><\/p>\n

We proceed towards T-building, and go up the escalator. An Asian guy, casually reading in the main hall, immediately catches Silvia\u2019s eye. She walks over to him, asks if she can take a picture, to which he agrees. Xiaoshi Shi, a Chinese, 24-year-old Master student at RSM, tells us that he already knew Silvia\u2019s page before she took his picture: \u201cI really like the initiative, but I do think Erasmus students could be a bit more fashion-forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the same hall, Selin Capkin also captures Silvia\u2019s attention. She is a 21-year-old, third-year IBA student of Turkish origin, but was born and raised in the Netherlands. She says she didn\u2019t know the page yet, but likes the idea of an \u2018EUR Sartorialist\u2019. Selin: \u201cI think it\u2019s important to dress well, even when I just go to school. I feel that many people at Erasmus just grab something and put it on before they go to class.\u201d IS<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t

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