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...cult of male vanity is spreading, and the only clear conclusion is that retailers are reaping the benefits. But for the fashion-inclined, it’s nice to see otherwise nerdy Harvard males emerge from the stacks of Widener and get a little sun, or some UV rays from the tanning booth...
Angst-filled Harvard seniors may not list home decorating among their hierarchies of worry. Nevertheless, Yee-Fan Sun ’96 advises those on the verge of graduation to think seriously about this issue and offers creative aesthetic advice for this age group on DigsMagazine.com. Though a VES concentrator, Sun's art classes were not the impetus for beginning this venture. “It was more what I didn’t learn at Harvard—I had this advanced degree and an apartment full of boxes. I was uncertain how to fit everything together...
After that experience, Sun began the colorful website DigsMagazine.com as a “home and living guide for the post-college, pre-parenthood, quasi-adult generation.” The site breaks into four categories: lounge, nourish, host and laze. “I thought that these were the four essential building blocks of a happy home space, and that most design magazines only focused on presentation,” Sun says...
Generally, Sun recommends thrift store treasures and color as possible means of making small or cheap spaces more unique and pleasant. But what of the aesthetically “aged” undergrad who wants a chandelier and a polar bear rug? For those such as Stephanie J. Sverdrup Stone ’06, who “sees a lot of Louis XVI in [her] future,” Sun suggests estate sales as a way to explore the Harvard Club aesthetic while on a tight budget...
Despite her current love for entertaining, Sun explains that she threw few parties while at Harvard, describing the typical dorm room as “not conducive” for the intimate parties she now advocates. Current undergraduates such as Maria A. May ’06 concur, citing the “dimly lit rooms” that most campus parties occur in as an obstacle to real socializing...