“The No. 1 status backpack is definitely the Fjällräven Kanken,' says Stanford University senior Amanda Tu
Photo: courtesy of retailer Heading off to college has a way of wiping everyone’s slate clean. No one cares if you were voted coolest, funniest, or best-dressed in high school, but moving forward, they might care if you have a video projector, comfortable seating, extra snacks, or, according to Stanford University senior Amanda Tu, Lord Jones CBD gummies in your dorm room.
$16 at Amazon Buy $16 at Amazon Buy Himalayan Glow 1001 Table Lamps, Pink Salt Lamp In addition to string lights, Tu says that pink Himalayan-salt lamps are definitely a thing on her campus. “I’m hard-pressed to think of a single cool girl on campus who doesn’t have one in her room. The glow is super mellow, they’re not that expensive, and people have fun licking them when they are intoxicated.
$50 at Amazon Buy $50 at Amazon Buy Fujifilm QuickSnap Flash 400 Disposable 35mm Camera Nicolas DeStevens, who graduated from Philadelphia University with a degree in fashion marketing last year, told us he has seen a lot of students using disposable cameras instead of instant ones. “One trend that is pretty big right now is using disposable cameras, like the ’90s. Once the pics are developed, just stick them on your wall.
From $50 at Field Studies Buy Motivated Wall Art Atlanta Poster Both Annabelle Williams, a senior at the UPenn, and her friend and recent UPenn graduate Shiv-Louis van de Ven told us that vintage-looking city maps are a great way add a touch of home to a dorm-room gallery wall. Williams directed us to this brand for its map of Philadelphia ; that map is currently out of stock, but there are a ton of other available options, like this print of Atlanta.
$28 at Amazon Buy $28 at Amazon Buy Extra seating Washed Corduroy Floor Pillow “It’s really hard to have people over when the only seating options are the floor or crowding onto someone’s bed,” says Tulane junior Sanjali DeSilva, 1 of 12 students who mentioned extra comfortable seating as a must-have for dorm-room hangs. Six students said the best kind of extra seating is a structured floor pillow that can either be sat on or leaned against.
From $24 at Urban Outfitters Buy From $24 at Urban Outfitters Buy Stylish storage Farm Plast Set of 6 Square Milk Crates While all of our students had something to say about cool-looking storage solutions, one recurring item stood out among their responses — plastic, multicolored milk crates. Three of the cool students we spoke to told us that plastic milk crates are a storage trend they can get behind.
$25 at Amazon Buy $25 at Amazon Buy The status appliance Frigidaire Mini Refrigerator Hales told us that the tiny mini-fridge his friend sneaked into the dorms was a “power move” because it circumvented the no-fridge rule in his dorm. And Youcha says that stocking one with a collection of rare sodas, like Surge or Cactus Cooler, “will impress people way more than any alcohol.
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