About Zephyr
My name is Zephyr, and I’m a 22 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: 
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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.
Features/Interviews:
- WalletPop: From Anapata to Zuckerberg: 10 college whiz kids & their successful start-ups, August 2010
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: What to pack for college and what to leave behind, August 2010
- CNN: The New Generation of Entrepreneurs, August 2010
- BeautifulStranger.TV: Zephyr Basine - Street Snaps, June 2010
- CovertCandy: Featured Blog and Question & Answer: College Fashion, May 2010
- WalletPop: Zephyr Basine's 'College Fashion' blog goes to head of the class -- with style, April 2010
- I Heart Daily: Style Blogger: Zephyr Basine of College Fashion, April 2010
- College Media Matters: In the Spotlight: College Fashion Founder Zephyr Basine, January 2010
- *eLLa iNsPiReD*: Ladies of the Blogisphere - Zephyr Basine, January 2010
All posts by Zephyr
Hautelinks: Week of 9/2/10
If you’ve still got some fall shopping left to do (join the club!), Shine makes it easy to buy the right things with their list of Eight Key Pieces You Will Love All Season. Need some new people to follow on Twitter? Fashionista lists Fashion’s Most Influential Twitterers. CF reader Molly tipped me off to [...]
From CollegeCandy: The 5 Lies Your Older Friends Told You About Freshman Year
Editor’s Note: The following post is by our friends at CollegeCandy. As always, we wanted to warn you ahead of time: some of CC’s content and ads were found to be offensive by some readers. If you’re at work, wait ’til you get home to click over to read the second half of the post, [...]
Coupons & Sales: Week of 8/27/10
Aeropostale has extended their 50% off sale through Wednesday, 9/1! There are tons of great deals worth checking out. Also, from now through 8/29, save $25 when you spend $100 or more and use code 25FORU. Alloy.com is offering 15% off any order with code AF15A. Or, get free shipping when you spend $25 or [...]
Hautelinks: Week of 8/26/10
If you were hoping to skim through this post in five minutes, think again: This week’s Hautelinks list is long, long, long. So decide now to procrastinate your afternoon away (you know you want to) or bookmark this and come back – we’ll wait! Refinery 29 breaks down the trendiest denim styles for Fall 2010. [...]
From CollegeCandy: The 10 Must Underrated Things About College
Editor’s Note The following post was written by the lovely ladies at CollegeCandy! As always, if you’re at work or have snooping parents looking over your shoulder, be aware that some of CC’s content/ads may be offensive and or non-work-safe before you click over to read the second half of the post! September is coming [...]
