It’s a Wednesday night at T.G.I.Friday’s in St Louis Park where one of our own FRM students was set to compete in “Chicks That Flip”. Jackie Wilcox, a fellow student, and currently a bartender at T.G.I.Friday’s, competes in “flaring” competitions for the restaurant so many times a year -- also known as bottle flipping (Pictured Right). The competition was made up of 10 different bartenders from locations such as; St. Louis Park, Bloomington, St. Cloud, Apple Valley, and Burnsville. From these locations came many loyal fans ready for the happy hour and the competition to begin, but with these fans came the styles they rocked as well.
As 10 P.M. approached, the restaurant scene started to dwindle and the focus turned to the bar where the competition was about to begin. Fans, family members, co-workers, and other fashionistas began to crowd around to support and cheer on the “Chicks That Flip”. The more people that showed the more styles that were mixed together. The styles varied from Jersey Shore, rock-inspired, a touch of floral, to country/cowboy, and minimalistic. While some of these different looks are emerging trends, others aren’t exactly something that should be seen in public, we’ll get to more of that later though!
Living in Minnesota, it’s always delightful to see floral patterns; it almost gives you that sense of spring that we all, especially now, long for. Unfortunately, it is winter in Minnesota; which brings out our different styles of vests, jackets, and tops. At Friday’s, these were the fashions that were the most eye-catching. Sitting at one table, you could find a combination of rock-n-roll-inspired leather jackets to simpler styles of cardigans (Pictured Left). At another table, the “bling” sparkled in the light from over-accessorized women. Another one of our own FRM students, Natalie Stokes, can be seen modeling a two-toned fur vest at the event (Pictured Left). Her fur vest, paired with a black and brown long sleeve shirt, is just what a girl needs to stay warm in these cold harsh conditions; although, Jackie heated things up with her amazing performance that night.
On a not-so-hot note, there were the Jersey Shore influences and untamed cowboy styles! Jersey Shore, now airing its third season, has become a part of many young individuals’ everyday style. This influenced style was taken on by mostly men at this event. Although many were dressed in their jackets and sweaters, the fitted T’s and muscle shirts with enormous graphic prints were just aching to come out. Among these looks was a distinct hairstyle also seen on this popular reality show. Many know this as the “Pauly D” hairstyle -- tall in height, dark, eccentric, and full of gel. Although he wears this style very, well not everyone can or lets say should.
The last style that was attracted to this event was the look of the untamed cowboy. This was not your everyday, clean-cut, southern-looking cowboy, or even a style that took on the latest western trends. This look was the grungy, uncoordinated, and all around look of a cowboy that came from playing with the pigs. Let’s just hope that public displays of affection, and looking like you rolled in the mud are not two of the up-and-coming trends! Overall “Chicks that Flip” certainly drew out a crowd of many different styles. With family member co-workers, friends, and just overall supporters each brought a twist to the types of styles that were seen at this event.
By Delaney Nelson
By Delaney Nelson
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