Name: Jana Bergstedt

Position: Designer Platform Coordinator

Year: Senior

Major: Marketing

Minors: Design and Fashion Studies

Career Goals: Trend forecasting and Analysis, Costume Design

Interests: thrifting for vintage, collecting clip on earrings and coffee table  books, drooling over Downton Abbey, assisting with costuming at local theatres, and sitting in Barnes and Noble reading all of the expensive foreign fashion magazines.

Fashion Icons: Audrey Hepburn, Iris Apfel, Agyness Deyn, Mary Kate Olsen

What interests you most about fashion?
I love developing my style by mixing vintage/retro with current pieces.  It’s like collecting rare books or beanie babies –it’s such a thrill and a challenge to find something you don’t already have and the crazier it is, the more fun it is to put together an outfit.  Clothing is wearable art in the best possible way and your collection isn’t hiding in a climate controlled room or sitting in clear boxes on the shelf, but something you get to share visually with everyone every day.