life & style // no. 16 theotherpress.ca Who wore it better? > Examining style on the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2017 red carpet Images via celebmafia.com and getty images Brittney MacDonald Life & Style Editor re you one of those people who dislikes it when you see other people in outfits or garments similar to your own? Having a personal sense of style is important to most people, but for those who follow trends, it can become difficult to make an outfit your own, and avoid looking like a carbon copy of the mannequin you bought it off of. When learning what you like when it comes to fashion, it can be helpful to examine how something is styled. How you style something is what will set it apart from everyone else who may buy it in the future, because youre infusing your vision or personality into the outfit. To give an example, let’s look at two similar outfits from the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2017 red carpet. Both Karrueche Tran and Halsey wore similar silhouettes to the awards event, strutting past paparazzi in oversized pantsuits. Model and actress Tran wore a red satin Yousef Akbar Resort number, pairing the look with a burgundy lace bralet and simple jewelry and hair. Overall the look was very morning after, like the person she hooked up with the night before was really cool, and offered her some pajamas and told her she could hang out for a bit—maybe do brunch? We can see the attempt to make this look a sophisticated style of sexy. The pretty, expensive-looking lingerie and the muted make-up are details to soften the overt sex appeal—it’s those details that separate taboo from raunchy, and I think Tran is riding that line rather well. The minimalism of the look helps to establish it as almost casual in an effort to make the beauty we see look effortless. Halsey, though wearing a similar garment, is completely different stylistically. Her tangerine inspired bondage dream was whipped up by Versus Versace, and features tightly cropped pants, an oversized trench coat, and a matching belt. If you're doubting that these outfits as similar, try to imagine each one on the other person, eliminating the more definitive aspects, such as the belt and the bralet. The overall look is basically the same, and definitely invokes the same morning after imagery. In Halsey’s case, she didn’t stay for brunch, she snuck out while the other person was sleeping. So what are the stylistic differences? Halsey was going for a more edgy look, which still kept the sexy. In both cases they managed fairly well, as neither Tran nor Halsey look overdone, or like they’re trying too hard. Halsey went even more minimal, because she wanted the attention to remain on the belt and her tattoos to accentuate that edgy rock star vibe. Overall, the look is a lot cleaner than Tran’s, and definitely doesn’t seek to soften anything. Halsey doesn’t want to look natural and effortless, she wants to look like a badass—which is a perfectly admirable goal. In this case, the minimalism is more to accentuate the features of the outfit that are unconventional or non-traditional, as opposed to normalizing them like Tran’s outfit did. So in the end, who wore it better? Neither of them. These outfits are incredibly ugly and the silhouette does nothing for either of them—but my point remains the same. How you choose to style something is what makes the outfit unique. Makeshift stir fry for cheap students > Cheap, versatile, and almost healthy Greg Waldock Staff Writer Ingredients for the broth: 1 tbsp. cornstarch 2 tsp. soy sauce 1 % tsp. brown sugar 1 tsp. salt ¥% cup of chicken broth, but this can easily be replaced with just water and it’s still delicious You can stir fry almost anything, but some cheap options are: 2 tbsp. cooking oil 4 small chicken thighs lb. ground beef 1 chopped green onion 2 large chopped carrots Green peppers (Just cut it in half and squash it with your palm. Makes cutting so much easier.) 1 tsp. garlic But really, absolutely anything in your kitchen can go in a stir fry. Go nuts, it’s a great way to use up almost-expired food or the weird spices laying around the cupboards. tir the broth stuff into a bowl of corn starch. Leave it, you won't need it yet. Grab a wok if you have one, a large frying pan or pot if not, and heat it on medium. Let it get nice and hot. Add the cooking oil and spread it around. Fry the meats first and make sure they're cooked all the way before adding anything else—salmonella isn’t worth it. Season with the salt and garlic. Test the meat, and if fully cooked, throw all the veggies in at once. Let it fry for three to five minutes until it’s all crispy. Add the broth and stir for two minutes, until it’s thick and bubbling. It'll have around four servings, and it’s one of those meals that tastes great as leftovers. The whole meal is built around common household ingredients, so if you need to buy anything to make this, you'll definitely use it in the future.