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Armour IS A MAGAZINE, A WEBSITE, A CAMPUS PRESENCE, A CULTURAL CURATOR. WE EXIST AS A PLATFORM FOR WASHU’SWEIRDNESS, BEAUTY, DIVERSITY, AND CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT. WE SEEK TO SOW CHAOS, CATALYZE COOL, BRING OUT THE BEST IN EACH OTHER, AND FAIL SPECTACULARLY.
A Letter from
THE EDITOrS
This issue is dedicated to Armour’s torch-bearers.
Over the past 10 years, this silly little magazine has become a place of community and creativity for so many at WashU. For those that founded us, for those that funded us, for those that fuel us, and for those that challenge us to change and grow—thank you.
To ten years and ten thousand more, happy birthday, Armour. May you continue to be the “armour to survive everyday life.”
Greetings goblins, ghouls, and geese. Welcome to Issue 28. The theme and title of this season was Ten. Inspired by both the number and Armour’s 10 years of history, Armourites explored boldly: deep sea crusteceans, mortality and philosophy, planets, appendages and princesses. We hope you enjoy our ten editorials, book-ended by a retrospective and introspective look into Armour’s ten years back and ten years forward.
In the Spring of 2012, Armour was first published by Chantal Strasburger, Felicia Podberesky and Jacob Lenard to incitea revolution of personal style on campus. They named the publication (originally a street style blog) ‘Armour’ from the Bill Cunningham quote, “fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life. To do away with fashion would be like doing away with civilization.” The ‘U’ in Armour is inspired by founder Chantal’s British mother, an extra letter, a little flair. Through their leadership and those that followed, the magazine grew from a 40 page coverage
ofthe latest trends to over one-hundred pages of nonsensical editorials and poetry. Somewhere along the way, Armour became a capture of not just expression in the garment sense, but in the philosophical, political, and social as well. All the while, the magazine has continued to highlight our community and promote young artists. With our generous Student Union funding and loyal readership, we have been given the incredible opportunity to indulge the less digestible, useful, and known. Armour will continue to change as our campus culture does, but we hope this publication is always a space for WashU’s originality and play.
Spring issues are tough. The school year ends much faster than it begins and the shininess of the first semester tends to wear down a bit. But this semester we saw the team replace flared enthusiasm with evergreen passion, naivety with maturity, and overcommitment zeal with time management and self-advocacy. Beyond anything else, Armour should be a flexible outlet, a repository for your creativity and needs; this spring we truly saw so many make Armour their own.
We write this teary-eyed, wine-sedated, and thesis-grizzled. As the university made the begrudging decision to send us old cows out to pasture, we now pass the Armour torch to the next generation (with white knuckles).
As hard as it is to leave, we couldn’t be more excited for your future. When we first joined Armour, the EICs were a pantheon of adolescent originality– gods
Season 29 Theme
HOMONYM HOMONYM
This issue is dedicated to Armour’s torch-bearers. Over the past 10 years, this silly little magazine has become a place of community and creativity for so many at WashU. For those that founded us, for those that funded us, for those that fuel us, and for those that challenge us to change and grow—thank you.
To ten years and ten thousand more, happy birthday, Armour. May you continue to be the “armour to survive everyday life.”
Greetings goblins, ghouls, and geese. Welcome to Issue 28. The theme and title of this season was Ten. Inspired by both the number and Armour’s 10 years of history, Armourites explored boldly: deep sea crusteceans, mortality and philosophy, planets, appendages and princesses. We hope you enjoy our ten editorials, book-ended by a retrospective and introspective look into Armour’s ten years back and ten years forward.
HOMONYM HOMONYM
This issue is dedicated to Armour’s torch-bearers. Over the past 10 years, this silly little magazine has become a place of community and creativity for so many at WashU. For those that founded us, for those that funded us, for those that fuel us, and for those that challenge us to change and grow—thank you.
To ten years and ten thousand more, happy birthday, Armour. May you continue to be the “armour to survive everyday life.”
Greetings goblins, ghouls, and geese. Welcome to Issue 28. The theme and title of this season was Ten. Inspired by both the number and Armour’s 10 years of history, Armourites explored boldly: deep sea crusteceans, mortality and philosophy, planets, appendages and princesses. We hope you enjoy our ten editorials, book-ended by a retrospective and introspective look into Armour’s ten years back and ten
years forward.
In the Spring of 2012, Armour was first published by Chantal Strasburger, Felicia Podberesky and Jacob Lenard to incitea revolution of personal style on campus. They named the publication (originally a street style blog) ‘Armour’ from the Bill Cunningham quote, “fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life. To do away with fashion would be like doing away with civilization.” The ‘U’ in Armour is inspired by founder Chantal’s British mother, an extra letter, a little flair. Through their leadership and those that followed, the magazine grew from a 40 page coverage ofthe latest trends to over one-hundred pages of nonsensical editorials and poetry. Somewhere along the way, Armour became a capture of not just expression in the garment sense, but in the philosophical, political, and social as well. All the while, the magazine has continued to highlight our community and pro-
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