By Margarita Neplokh

Fashion is as individual as one’s personality and as diverse as the hair on our heads. Yet the rules of what to wear and what not to wear have dramatically changed the way people dress all over campus. With the impact of weather and cross-over trends, dressing for fall is not an easy task. Melissa Lewis from Northborough, Mass. has charged head first into fashion with a very good motto in mind: take risks. Melissa Lewis, a middler nursing major, was spotted wearing an orange-brown turtleneck with dark blue boot-slim jeans and high-heeled boots. With equally interesting wrist tattoos and a nose piercing, she infuses a tribal look with a casual-funky dressing style and a fitted wardrobe that makes her this week’s “Man on the Street.” The Northeastern News: Tell us a little bit about yourself and fashion. Melissa Lewis: I went to Mass Art for two years, I am 20 years old and I really enjoy art. I work at a wine store and I like painting and stuff like that. The News: What is the one thing about fashion that you like? Lewis: It is interesting, you could be anyone you want to be. You could dress to any occasion. It just makes me feel pretty. The News: Is there a look this season that you are definitely going for? Lewis: I have so many different clothes. I could be a prep one day, a mod, it is just whatever you like. I don’t like just one specific thing about fashion. The News:You have some interesting tattoos and piercings. Do they mean anything? Lewis: Yeah, these tattoos on my wrists are both Sanskrit. I got them with my ex-boyfriend. We were both very into language and beautiful and artistic things. I don’t really like them as much anymore. The News:Is there something you are afraid to do fashion wise? Lewis: The problem is I am short and I like mini skirts, but I don’t like how boots look with skirts so I usually don’t wear any kind of skirt. The News:What influences the way you dress on campus? Lewis: Pretty much nothing. What does influence me is my mother’s style. I like a lot of older styles and whatever fits my body. The fit is very important, if it fits and the colors are nice then the look works. The News: If you could change anything about how the students dress on campus, what would it be? Lewis: People should be more open, color wise. Everyone wears the same thing, it gets very bland. The News: Who do you think dresses better, men or women? Lewis: Definitely women. The girls here are hot. The News: If you could dress like someone in the media, who would it be? Lewis: Ashley Judd, she is pretty cool and she always looks good.

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