Despite the wet and cold weather in May (!), the ceremony at the Mizzou Arena was beautiful. I'm glad it only last about an hour and a half...My cap was starting to hurt my head. But no pain, no gain, right?
I spent the past three months designing and decorating my hat with black and gold crystals. The colors are obviously for Mizzou. I spray painted the crystals and rhinestones and went crazy with the hot glue gun! The star is constructed by cardboard.
The inspiration of the hat was, of course: Lady Gaga. It's shiny and over the top, but at the same time, it's art. I really do enjoy taking random materials and assembling them like a big 3-D puzzle. I love making something that's creative and avant-garde. I also had to do sunglasses to go with the hat. My sister was kind enough to model them for me. I was going for tigers' eyes, but they ended up looking like snake eyes...Oops!
I had a blast making/wearing it. Even the Dean of the J-School said he liked my hat! Special thanks to my friend and a true Selecty Celeb, Alfredo, who was my "Anna Wintour" throughout the process. I wish I could could afford to graduate every year so I can keep decorating hats. If journalism doesn't work out for me, I'll just have to go into hat-making business! :-\
(Left: photo courtesy of Madison Marcolla)
