The Stand
For students, by students 

Over the last few years, there have been defining pop culture moments that have named the summer, and ultimately set the aesthetic that most of us, or those of us who average more than 5 hours of daily screen time, aspire to. There was Hot Girl Summer, Brat Summer and Barbie Summer, to name a few, all of which came with colours and aesthetics that were synonymous with the ‘era’ they defined; and were an easy guide for what to wear to be the most on-trend and in-the-know with

I noticed recently that my social media has been flooded with photos of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy (CBK) for the past few weeks, and people around me can’t stop talking about the new series Love Story , which is about her relationship with John F. Kennedy Jr. I began to wonder: Why, 26 years after her tragic death, is there such an obsession with Carolyn specifically? Why are people on TikTok trying to dress just like her? But also, why can no one actually achieve her look? Joi