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Geek Chic: Fashion Inspired by Marvel’s The Avengers

May 10, 2012 Shannon - Boston University Avengers, Comic book fashion, Featured, Geek Chic, Home, Inspiration, Inspired by, Movie fashion, Movie Inspiration

All movie images courtesy of The Walt Disney Company You know that tingly sensation of awe and excitement you get after seeing a truly great film? Well, besides leaving me with a serious hankering for shawarma, Marvel’s The Avengers definitely gave me that oh-my-gosh-you-guys-let’s-watch-that-again feeling. Its all-star cast includes Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark [...]

Geek Chic: Fashion Inspired by Sailor Moon

April 28, 2012 Shannon - Boston University Anime Fashion, Featured, Geek Chic, Home, Inspiration, Inspired by, Sailor Moon, TV

Photo credit Growing up, I wasn’t allowed to watch much television. Though it has left me conversationally stunted when it comes to discussing ’90s pop culture, there was one glorious exception to the no-TV rule: Sailor Moon. So far, the Geek Chic column has focused predominantly on science fiction and fantasy, but the world of [...]

Geek Chic: Fashion Inspired by Doctor Who, Part 3

April 19, 2012 Shannon - Boston University Doctor Who, Geek Chic, Home, Inspiration, TV, TV fashion

Photo credit Let’s call this time travelling Thursday: it’s the Geek Chic column’s third and final installment of fashion inspired by Doctor Who! Last time, we covered Eleven’s friends and foes, so now it’s time to talk about the companions of the Ninth and Tenth Doctor. Never watched the show or need a quick recap? Read [...]

Geek Chic: Fashion Inspired by Doctor Who, Part 3

April 19, 2012 Shannon - Boston University Doctor Who, Geek Chic, Home, Inspiration, TV, TV fashion

Photo credit Let’s call this time travelling Thursday: it’s the Geek Chic column’s third and final installment of fashion inspired by Doctor Who! Last time, we covered Eleven’s friends and foes, so now it’s time to talk about the companions of the Ninth and Tenth Doctor. Never watched the show or need a quick recap? Read [...]

Jewelry for typography geeks. Or just people who like cool jewelry.

April 18, 2012 Cool Mom Picks Baubles & Bags, design, Geek Chic, Home, jewelry, rings

At the International Gift Show this year, I was so happy to come across the very cool jewelry from MEANING, a design collective that creates art, jewelry and other objects all based on typography. And that doesn’t mean they stamp a scripty letter B on …

Geek Chic: Fashion Inspired by BBC’s Sherlock

April 7, 2012 Shannon - Boston University Fashion Inspiration, Geek Chic, Home, Inspiration, Sherlock, TV

Photo credit When it came to picking an inspiration source for this week’s Geek Chic post, the answer was really quite elementary: BBC’s hit show Sherlock is smart, gripping, and surprisingly stylish — the perfect choice for a fashion/geek interpreter! The show stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as the original bromance/dynamic detecting duo, Sherlock Holmes and [...]

Geek Chic: Fashion Inspired by the Original Star Wars Trilogy

March 16, 2012 Shannon - Boston University Fashion Inspiration, Featured, Geek Chic, Home, Inspiration, Inspired by, Movie fashion, Movie Inspiration, Star Wars

Pretend that the following introduction is doing the classic Star Wars crawl up your computer screen…. Originally, the Geek Chic post about Star Wars wasn’t going to be posted until early May (to commemorate Star Wars Day…May the 4th be with you!).  From your comments, though, it seems that lots of CF readers are also big fans of the [...]

Pop culture junkies, your finger puppets await

March 9, 2012 Cool Mom Picks Doodads and Random Bits of Coolness, Eco-friendly, Etsy, felt, finger puppets, Geek Chic, handmade, handmade toys, Home, pop culture, recycled, Toys and Other Playthings

So I’m a sucker for everything handmade with a nerd-chic pop culture reference built in. It’s like three of my favorite things all in one glorious, slightly weird package.

Geek Chic: Fashion Inspired by The Hunger Games

March 7, 2012 Shannon - Boston University Book Fashion, Featured, Geek Chic, Home, Inspiration, Inspired by, Movie fashion, The Hunger Games

Photo credit By now, you’ve probably heard the buzz surrounding Suzanne Collins’s popular young adult trilogy The Hunger Games. With the first movie adaptation coming out in a little over two weeks (March 23rd!), it’s prime time for a Geek Chic post about fashion inspired by Panem! The Hunger Games is an addictive blend of dystopian horror novel, [...]

Geek Chic: Fashion Inspired by Doctor Who, Part 2

February 23, 2012 Shannon - Boston University Doctor Who, Geek Chic, Home, Inspiration, Inspired by, TV, TV fashion

Come along, readers! This is the second installment of the Geek Chic column’s series on fashion inspired by the BBC program Doctor Who. This time around, I’ll be focusing on the current Doctor’s friends and foes, while Part 3 of this series will cover the Ninth and Tenth Doctors’ companions. Never watched the show or need a quick [...]

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