BEYONDtheVALLEY
FEATURING A FACULTY'S INSIGHT ON DRESS CODE
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AND NOW COMPARING DEERFIELD'S OLD AND NEW TRADITIONS
Issue One, October, 2022
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Dress Code: A faculty Insight
Each season brings about its own trends and styles, whether it’s shorts and skirts in the summer, or jackets and boots in the winter. The same can be said about Deerfield, where different styles and outfits have their moments, and in this article I looked into how styles have changed over the years at the Academy. To get an insight into this, I talked with three acclaimed faculty members: Mr. Demartino, Mr. Philie, and Ms. Hynds.
In your experience, how has class dress changed over the years? Are there some patterns in class dress that you’ve noticed?
Ms. Hynds, who has been a faculty member here for over 11 years, responded: “In general the dress code for males has remained pretty much the same, while the dress code for female presenting students has changed quite dramatically.” She added that the dress code, especially for
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female identifying students, has become more informal, but there are still students who dress formally – similar to how most students did 10 years ago. Interestingly, Mr. Philie (who was a student for 3 years and has been a faculty member for almost 9 years) commented on Deerfield students having a wide variety in fashion in comparison to his previous school, Cardigan Mountain school. He said, “It was very different to see more colors than your standard khaki pants, blue blazer, blue shirt type of combo.” Mr. Philie noted that the shorts-blazer combo or the sneakers, coat, and tie outfit popular among students is essentially exclusive to Deerfield. Understandably, Mr. Demartino in his 5 years here at Deerfield has seen a less significant change in dress style, although he noted that “there’s a minority of kids who try not to wear class dress.”
How do the different seasons change the style that people wear? Are there certain colors that are worn more during particular seasons?
To my second question, Ms. Hynds noticed that whenever students return from spring break, they seem to wear shorts and skirts – no matter the temperatures. She adds, “Out comes the shorts, out comes the really freezing cold dress and skirts,” and that it has always been the same in her time here. Mr. Philie noticed that after breaks and holidays students tend to come back with brighter colors, while during the winter season darker colors become more popular. He also commented, “As spring hits and the nicer weather comes, you see some more colors and shorts and comfortable clothing”. Mr. Demartino noticed a similar trend of lighter colors being prevalent in the spring and “oranges, greens, and darker colors in the fall or winter.”
As a faculty member, would you say you take particular consideration into the kind of clothes you wear into work each day? Do different seasons or days affect your clothing choice?
Ms. Hynds responded about dressing in a practical manner, saying: “Of course in the winter I’m going to dress up in much warmer clothes.” Similarly, Mr. Philie said he is somewhat of “a creature of habit” with a few dress shirts and pants that he likes to wear week in week out. Mr. Demartino also admitted to being content with wearing similar outfits throughout the week, his go-to being a “white shirt, blue blazer and same pairs of
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pants,” adding that it “cuts down on the laundry.” He did point out that upon certain occasions, like Commencement, he would take a particular consideration into what to wear.
During the winter term with a more relaxed dress code, are there recurring themes in clothing in both students and faculty?
Responding to this question, Mr. Philie talked about always wearing jeans growing up, and expressed how jeans are not worn much at all nowadays. He said: “It’s either sweatpants or khaki pants or class dress pants.”
Most stylish faculty members?
This was a must-ask question that didn’t fail to deliver. Mr. Demartino commended Mrs. Rivellino-Lyons as well as Mr. Austin for their good fashion sense. Mr. Philie was quick to point out Mr. Wehmiller and Ms. Creagh as top choices for the best style, and put himself alongside Mr. Emerson and Mr. Flaska as the faculty members who wear similar pieces of clothing every week. In Ms. Hynds’s eyes, the most stylish faculty member was a former Arabic teacher, Samar Mushabek, and the best currently is Ms. Samawi.
Conclusion
While there have certainly been trends and styles that have changed over the years, the styles over the last 10 or so years at Deerfield haven’t changed as much as I had thought. It is clear that Deerfield has its own uniquely interesting and eccentric styles – something that has remained the same for this time period.
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About the Deerfield Thrift Shop
Written by Iris Wong
An event newly introduced to Deerfield students in late 2021, the Deerfield Thrift Shop rapidly gained traction for its community-wide donation and purchase model. In the weeks leading up to the first Thrift Shop opening, leaders of student-run fashion publications Beyond the Valley (BTV) and In the Valley received around 600 pieces of clothing from students. Social Media Manager of BTV Sloan McClure ’23 shared, “I think it is unique to have [a thrift shop] on campus because there aren’t that many places to go. It is exciting to have an event that really anyone can participate in.”
The idea for the popular event sprouted from a spontaneous outing on Fall Family Weekend. Tom Spater ’23, co-leader of In the Valley, shared, “My mom and I had gone to a thrift shop, and she said she knew someone who had done a shop in the community on a bigger scale. She mentioned how many people around us have clothes they didn’t need. I texted Stephen and said I think there is something that we can do.” Stephen Souder ’23 added, “From there, we brought in people from BTV like Osegie, Sloan and Hunter, and it just kind of picked up from there.”
After the team was set, a two-week process of gathering clothes from the student body ensued. Co-leader of BTV Osegie Osayimwen ’23 sent school-wide emails notifying students of collection dates and locations, with each article of clothing donated equalling a raffle entry for rewards. “We did not have particular requirements for the unwanted or unworn clothing,” Hunter Pulliam ’22, fellow co-leader of BTV, added. “As long as they were not items unacceptable for secondhand use, like undergarments or clothes in very bad condition, we accepted the items.”
The most logistically challenging part followed the clothing collections. When asked how much time it took to sort out the clothes, McClure put it simply, “A lot.”
“We had to tag and price everything,” she explained. “We probably spent around one and a half hours everyday for the week leading up to the opening just organizing and pricing the clothes.” Determining sale prices was also a key task. Spater said, “We knew that a big draw would be
On December 10th, 2021, the first Deerfield Thrift Shop welcomed crowds of eager students into the yoga studio. Within half an hour of the opening, many racks of items had been swept clean. There was still a surplus of clothing, however, as only somewhere between 250 to 300 of approximately 600 items had been sold. Student leaders of the two fashion publications donated the rest of the clothing to a nearby Salvation Army in Greenfield. More importantly, the substantial $2000 in profits went to the Greenfield Family Inn & Shelter.
Given the instant success of the Winter Thrift Shop, the two publications joined forces once again to present a second rendition of the event. With their experiences in running the first one, the five student-leaders are keen to host an even better Spring Thrift Shop.
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As we begin fall of 2022 the Deerfield Thrift shop has collaborated with other schools within our league in order to create the New England Thrift Shop Association.
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When packing my suitcase for 5 months abroad I had no idea what to french fashion. Whatever seemed to fit the image I had in my head went into the bag, but immediately upon my arrival I hit the shops. The truth of french fashion is its extremely similar to the style of the US, specifically the streetwear and y2k aesthetics. The American idea of the “french girl” seems to be from another reality, so let's break down what actually french girls are like, from an American girl in France.
Let's start with beauty. There's a basic formula girls here seem to live by; slick back bun or ponytail with curtain bangs, winged eyeliner, thick mascara, blush, and rosy lip and you’re good to go. The style is very reminiscent of the “clean girl” aesthetic that's taken over social media in the US with some Euphoriaesque influence (a super popular show here too).
After about a week in France I traded my backpack out for a tote bag. Backpacks are for middle schoolers (apparently), instead bags like the Balenciaga City, Stella Mccartney Falabella, Longchamp or any other tote are in style. Not only are they chic, tote bags are also super practical and comfortable.
French Style is built around its basics. A white tshirt, black pants, puffer and gray sweatshirt is the starter pack, with small pops of color. A zadig and voltaire bag is extremely in trend (almost overdone) as are Vanessa Bruno sparkle totes. For high quality basics American Vintage is my go to, while Belair, Maje, Sandro, and vintage stores like Kilo Shop are great to add some spice to your closet. Nike dunks are absolutely everywhere, as are adidas forums, lugged-style boots, Converse x CDG hightops and Jordans. The aesthetique is very similar to that of NYC, with street style hoodies, baggy pants, little tops and chunky sweaters.
There were a few culture shocks coming to France from the US. Leggings are not socially acceptable unless at home or the gym, and the same goes with sweatpants. People will wear full suits and heels to school, even on a regular Tuesday. The French buy less and wear what they have a lot more, despite the popularity of fast fashion chains. You don’t see people going on massive sprees in the malls, partly because of high taxes but also the culture. The girls of Rennes are some of the coolest, most well dressed people I’ve met, and I hope to bring some of their chicness across the Pond to DA.
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