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About Zephyr

Zephyr Basine

My name is Zephyr, and I’m a 24-year-old college grad living in Boston, MA. I am a fan of fearless style, pretty things, unnatural hair colors, vegetarians, self deprecation, vanilla cupcakes with extra frosting, constant optimism, eyeliner, Sour Patch Kids, my two sisters, and Lloyd Dobler.

I created College Fashion in March of 2007 because I loved reading fashion blogs but couldn’t find any that were aimed specifically at college students. All my favorite fashion sites and magazines catered either to middle-aged women or 16 year olds in high school. I started this website to fill that need. It began as a fun hobby but it’s grown into a full time job and then some!

Now that I’ve graduated, I work on College Fashion full time. For the first time in my life I can honestly say I love my job: I set my own hours, work from wherever I want, and get paid to do what I love. To me, it doesn’t get much better than that.

Of course I don’t claim to be the authority on all things fashion – I’m just a huge fan of style who is constantly observing and taking it all in. I’m not interested in promoting fashion elitism, consumerism, or any other ism. I believe that you can wear anything (I do mean anything) and pull it off when you have confidence. I also believe that style should be accessible to everyone – status and brand names should have nothing to do with it.

If you want to contact me, my email is zephyr AT collegefashion.net, or you can use this contact form.

You can also get in touch with me on the following sites: * Twitter * Last.fm * StumbleUpon * Facebook

5 Fun Facts About Me

  • I grew up on Cape Cod, MA. It’s fun in the summer but really not all that Vampire Weekend makes it out to be.
  • My birthday is August 29th which makes me an obsessive perfectionist Virgo. And yes, I believe in astrology.
  • I love pretentious, arty movies, but I like to think admitting they’re pretentious makes them less so.
  • I graduated from the business school of my college in May of 2009 with a degree in marketing.
  • Editing College Fashion is my only job and I couldn’t be happier about that.

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Coupons & Sales: Week of 2/3/12

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Coupons and Sales

Aeropostale is having a sale, with up to 80% off clearance items through 2/9. Alloy.com will give you 15% off any order over $75 with code APB15A. Banana Republic is offering 25% off full-priced styles with code BRSUPER. Offer is good from now through 2/5. Benefit Cosmetics is offering free gift wrap and US shipping [...]

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Hautelinks: Week of 2/2/12

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Hautelinks - this week's fashion link roundup

Did you love the headband Michelle Williams wore to the Golden Globes? If so, A Pair & a Spare shows you how to DIY your own jeweled headband – adorable! The 7 Most Baffling Things About Women’s Clothes. Ah, these are so true, but is it weird that we like things the way they are [...]

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From CollegeCandy: 5 Lessons from a Second Semester Senior

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Editor’s note: The following post was written by our friends at CollegeCandy. Before clicking over to read the second half, know that some readers found CC’s content/ads to be non-work-safe – just a heads up if you’re at the office or around parents! As I write this, I am about to embark on my final [...]

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Coupons & Sales: Week of 1/27/12

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Coupons and Sales

Alloy.com‘s spring collection just arrived, and to celebrate, they’re offering 15% off any order with code APA15A. Benefit Cosmetics will give you a free Snap Sack makeup bag with any $35 order and code OHSNAP through 1/30. Also, get automatic free shipping on all US orders over $50 and all international orders over $125! Bloomingdales [...]

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