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Clara Kim

Bio: Clara Kim is a California native who is now a senior at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. She is majoring in Fashion Studies with a concentration in International Business and has worked for many fashion companies during her years at Montclair. She enjoys reading, writing, cooking, lounging around with her dog, Toto, and anything that has to do with coffees and cafes. In high school, Clara was a part of the Creative Writing program for three years and had been published in multiple literary magazines and poetry books. Because of her love of writing, she was originally a Publishing and Editing Major. However, Clara veered towards Fashion Studies to pursue her dreams of being in the fashion world and melding her two passions together to be a fashion writer! She is very excited to be a part of the amazing team for NYCTastemakers this Summer to get back into her writing flow and also to create immersive content for others to read and enjoy.
Food

Best Beach Snacks

Packing food and snacks for a beach day can be super tricky; the sand, the wind, the mess! There are a few more things that you need to consider to make it a successful day at the beach, and you can’t just be following standard picnic guidelines. Here are some …

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Fashion

Face Masks Considered A Fashion Accessory?

Face masks were once widely used in other countries in Asia to protect from diseases and viruses as small as the common cold to larger viruses like pneumonia or any kind of sickness. However, we have seen a rise in the need for face masks due to COVID-19, also known …

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Books

Some Books to Read This Summer

Worried about spending less time with friends this summer because of the social distancing still in order? Grab a book and head down to the beach or your local pool to enjoy a few summer reads, comfortably and safely. The Lightness, by Emily Temple This novel by Emily Temple is …

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Latest News

K-POP Idol Kim Yohan Dead at 28

Kim Yohan has passed away June 16th, Yohan’s record label as confirmed the death, but has not confirmed how the star has passed. Yohan was a member of the Korean boy band group, TST. The singer, whose real name is Kim Jeong-Hwan, was 28 years old. In a statement reported …

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Music

Jason Mraz Will Give His Earnings From His New Album To Black Lives Matter, Rise San Diego And More

Jason Mraz has a new album that is coming out and he wants everyone to love and buy it, but listen to this: he isn’t making a dime off of it. The two-time Grammy-winner has promised to donate all the earnings from sales and streams off his new reggae album …

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Beauty

Clean Beauty Takeover

Biossance is a skin care brand owned by Amyris Inc., a California company specializing in science and technology. In 2003, Amyris Inc. scientists developed patented technology that allowed them to create an accessible cure for malaria. Thanks to this technology, over 120 million royalty-free treatments have been successfully given. The …

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Health and Wellness

How You Can Stay on Top of Your Fitness Goals

If you’ve been trying to stay somewhat on track during the stay at home orders, then you’ve probably had to change up your day to day schedule and figure out when a good time to finally come out of your sweatpants would be. Many have been capitalizing on stay at …

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Books

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

A little about the author: Lucy Foley studied English literature at Durham University and University College London and worked for several years as a fiction editor in the publishing industry. She is the author of The Book of Lost and Found and The Invitation. She lives in London. About the …

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TV

Why is "Friends" Still So Popular?

Don’t we all know the famous, So no one told you life was gonna be this way, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap. A theme song that in the hearts of so many and rivaled with the into of simple piano keys (The Office, for those of you wondering). But why …

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Books

Book of the Month, A Subscription Service

I’m sure some of us were not expecting a stay-at-home order to motivate us to buy more books, but according to some major sales reports, it clearly has! Many have been flocking to online retailers, not for clothing or accessories, but for a new read to dig their noses into! …

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Health and Wellness

Quarantine and Chill at home

The way the world’s business model works has abruptly changed overnight: stuck indoors, self-isolating, doing work from home or being left with nowhere to go as more businesses close.  We’ve seen panic-driven shopping and have been left speechless as toilet paper, paper towels, sanitizing wipes and cleaners are still rare …

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Fashion

Fashionable in Quarantine? Is it Possible?

When quarantine began in mid-March no one thought how serious and pressing this virus would become. Fast forward to mid-May and we are still under quarantine and we are starting to get used to this insane new life that has been thrown at us. Now, I’m not one to say …

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