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Colette Young stands before the<br />
NYC view from her apartment.<br />
Colette Young<br />
stYLe<br />
iN the<br />
CitY<br />
by AshLey e. noLAn > JUnior > JoUrnALism ><br />
University oF mAryLAnd, CoLLege pArk ><br />
stAFF Writer / photos by > ryder hAske<br />
Perched high above New<br />
York City in her studio<br />
apartment near Penn Station,<br />
Colette Young snacks on<br />
baked chicken and balsamic<br />
sautéed Portobello mushrooms,<br />
leftovers from the<br />
night before. Just beyond<br />
her left shoulder, a mannequin<br />
is dressed impeccably<br />
in a black and gold shift<br />
dress, complemented by a<br />
chic black hat a la Audrey<br />
Hepburn in Breakfast at<br />
Tiffany’s. Colette opts for<br />
a more comfortable outfit,<br />
wearing a gray tank top, her<br />
sleek brown hair in a bun.<br />
With a resume that includes co-founding<br />
a contemporary women’s boutique in<br />
her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, meeting<br />
with manufacturers in Korea and designers<br />
in Paris and attending cocktail parties at the<br />
gossip-worthy Beverly Hills, you might think<br />
Colette has been a fixture on the high-end<br />
fashion scene for decades. In fact, she is<br />
just 18 years old, a budding freshman at<br />
the Fashion Institute of Technology in New<br />
York City.<br />
“My mindset isn’t that of an 18-yearold,”<br />
she said laughing. “It’s 30.”<br />
spring 2009 cOLLEGEMAGAZINE.cOM<br />
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