Jaclyn

Jaclyn is Booked

It is difficult to miss Jaclyn Mulatz on campus.  Booked has been wanting to interview her since we started our blog because of her innate ability to put together casual day-looks with ease.  Her style reminds us of a slightly more urban Olivia Palermo.  Fittingly, Palermo and Miranda Kerr are both people Jaclyn says she tends to reference in her way of dressing.  What we love most about Jaclyn’s style is her wallet-friendly interpretation of these sophisticated styles.  Often, incorporating more affordable pieces causes one’s look to lose a certain level of elegance; however Jaclyn successfully maintains an aura of chic, affordable sophistication by incorporating distinct pieces like her vintage silver Chanel necklace that we see in her second look above. 

The Calgary native currently lives in Vernon and will be graduating from UBCO this April.  Jaclyn acknowledges a difference between Kelowna, Vernon, and Calgary styles.  “If you’re wearing jeans at the movie theatre in Vernon you are overdressed,” she explains.  Yet, Jaclyn doesn’t let this phase her own style choices or “passion or fashion”.  Jaclyn is not the type of person who you will see wearing yoga pants or sweatpants to school, even if she is having an off day.  Rather, she’ll choose to do something interesting like wear her boyfriend’s oversized jeans.  Jaclyn recognizes that shopping on a student budget can be somewhat constraining, but she finds unique clothes in interesting places.  She's a fan of Superstore’s Joe Fresh brand and she also purchases staple pieces like tank tops from Old Navy.  She usually dresses up her looks with pieces from Aritzia and Banana Republic.  When putting together an outfit, Jaclyn starts with the shoes and works her way up.  She loves incorporating pops of colour like her red hat and mustard yellow boots like we see in her last look, and combining these statement pieces with chunky jewelry.  For her, jewelry is like the conclusion ...it always comes last.  As a passionate English major, in Jaclyn's terms "shoes are her introduction, clothes are her middle, and accessories are the perfect romantic ending."  She assesses her outfit and will add one or two pieces of jewelry, or the missing scarf or bag before she runs out of the house.

Booked loves getting to know what sparks people’s interest in fashion.  Jaclyn has always been intrigued by clothes.  Interestingly, she instinctively gravitated towards a more sophisticated style from a very young age and prefers looks with clean lines.  The one thing Booked appreciates more than anything is people who rock their looks with confidence.  It’s difficult and completely subjective to determine whether someone is supposedly stylish or "fashionable", but when someone like Jaclyn dresses with self-assurance and poise they naturally stand out from the crowd.

-Liam