Although I'm moving into my first apartment in a little over a month, I've been planning for it since I was in early college. I've had a running Pinterest board for the past few years, and after adding hundreds of pins of things that catch my eye, I've been able to pick things I know I love from the mix and create a concrete plan for decorating my apartment. Some people go with the flow, but I need to have things planned out far ahead and I'm not afraid to admit that. While the past month has be...

Perhaps it’s a reaction to the micro-bag trend, but it seems as though everyone in the fashion industry has set their sights on a style that falls on the complete opposite side of the spectrum: tote bags. Be it for the practical reason of holding everything you might need for the day—notebooks, laptops, wallets, a smaller bag, the works—or simply for the want to hold something starkly different, these larger (and sometimes oversize) bags have made a comeback among fashion girls around the...

After Japanese sushi chain Akindo commenced a special promotion offering free meals, dozens of people in Taiwan have changed their names to "salmon," Taipei Times reports. The country's household registration offices saw a spike in applications over the past week.The restaurant had announced on Tuesday that visitors who can prove that their name is "salmon (guiyu, 鮭魚)" could receive a free meal for their entire table. Since then, there have been at least 20 people who have applied to go by t...

While those particularly trendy finds are always fun to mix into your wardrobe, you just can’t go wrong with the classics. You know what we’re talking about—those versatile items that could become staples and won't necessarily go out of style for a long time. One store that has a solid range of said timeless pieces would be Nordstrom. After scrolling through the site one afternoon, it became apparent that your next wardrobe staple could be hiding in the new arrivals section.To showcase th...