Although Fulop enjoys dressing up, most days she wears goes for a comfortable look, often wearing sweats.
Fulop’s favorite places to shop are Simone Rocha, Sandy Liang, and even her mom and grandma’s closets.
Cozying up in her “emotional support sweater vest,” red checkered with small floral adornments, Maggie Fulop ’26 utilizes vibrant color combinations to make her outfits pop. With a blue skirt, white pearl necklace, and her Dr. Martens boots, Fulop strives to make an impression with her fashion every time she walks out of her dorm.
“When I go shopping I usually buy a lot of clothes with different colors. I usually buy them with an outfit already in mind… Sometimes when I am feeling fancy, I’ll plan something out the [night before] and usually just [add] something with similar colors,” said Fulop.
From a young age, Fulop has naturally leaned more towards feminine styles, often wearing Disney Princess dresses and neon clothes from Justice. In recent years, she has experimented with some new styles that play with androgyny and different time periods. Fulop reflected on how during the pandemic, she used the free time that quarantine afforded her to experiment with more unconventional styles.
“During quarantine while everyone was bored out of their minds, I told myself, ‘I am going to go back reinvented.’ Then I curated things that I liked… [I took stylistic inspiration from] not one specific person, but from a variety of things I was seeing online. From people putting together increasingly wacky outfits and just being like, ‘Wow, I have free will, I can do that if I feel like it,’” said Fulop.
Some of Fulop’s favorite clothing brands are Marc Jacobs Heaven and Praying, as well as “super girlie” ones like Simone Rocha, Sandy Liang, Shu-Shu Tong, and Miu Miu. Moreover, she often styles daring accent pieces that may not fit with conventional fashion standards. Fulop’s friend Chloe Song ’26 remarked how Fulop synthesizes elements in her outfits reminiscent of both vintage and currently trending fashion styles.
“I think Maggie follows trends, but I think the way she follows trends does not make her trendy. It makes her, instead, very timeless. I think she also is very unique in the sense that she combines feminine styles with masculine styles,” said Song.
Fulop’s friend Claire Wang ’26 discussed how her day-to-day outfits consist of vibrant sweatpants and one of her classic graphic tees with a signature design. As a self-proclaimed “clothing collector,” Fulop is always on the hunt to discover unique tees and add them to her collection.
“She’s not afraid to wear stuff that is very unconventional… She has this one T-shirt that has the words, ‘Rotisserie chicken, $5.99’ in Times New Roman font and it’s just hilarious,” said Wang.
Song remarked how Fulop’s passion for fashion “runs in the family,” adding that Fulop’s mother and grandmother were also very interested in fashion. Fulop described the unique agency fashion in particular offers individuals in terms of self-expression.
“For me, fashion is interesting because it gives you a little bit of agency over how other people see you. Obviously, you can’t control the way others think [about] you, but it is really interesting [how] you can influence it through the way you present yourself,” said Fulop.
Editor’s Note: Claire Wang is an Associate Graphic Editor for The Phillipian.
