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"One of the best things about college is that you can meet a ton of interesting people, from all walks of life, who have accomplished amazing things. This week, I decided to profile two Wharton students who know how to combine business with fashion, for all of you girls who are interested in those two paths (I&amp;#039;ve seen an incredible amount of posts about this on Seventeen&amp;#039;s Get Advice page)!  Tony is going to tell you about what it&amp;#039;s like to be a fashion entrepreneur, and Palak is going to show you how to dress for success with her practical and bold business fashion tips. Name: Tony Wang Year: Sophomore Hometown: Walnut Creek, CA Knows Katie through: Friends - the Penn fashion community is pretty tight! His first fashion venture: I started my fashion line, 3st, when I was a junior in high school. I used Google to study fashion design with public lecture notes from schools like FIT and Parsons. When I finished doing the preliminary designs, I pitched it to producers. Most turned me down, but one was willing to meet with me, and later decided he wanted to help me pilot the first collection. The designs premiered last year at Penn&amp;#039;s fashion week, and are finally for sale - Bloomingdales called me in to pitch for them! What he&amp;#039;s up to now: I now run a fashion PR firm. My current clients include BCBGeneration and Eva Danielle. I&amp;#039;m also piloting a fashion blog. Top advice for aspiring fashion editors/designers/retailers/etc.: You need to have a passion and you can&amp;#039;t give up. You have to be smart and resourceful. For me, that was learning how to design through self-study. Lastly, network, network, network. Use any connections you have, and constantly seek to make new ones. Favorite celeb: Matthew Bellamy. Favorite thing about college: The ability to really be yourself and explore yourself. High school pushes into a certain mold socially and academically, and there&amp;#039;s little room for growth. In college, you really have the freedom to explore and understand who you are as a person.  Name: Palak Patel Year: Junior Hometown: Staten Island, NY Knows Katie through: Wharton Women, a paid-membership club focused on professional and social development (Katie&amp;#039;s favorite!) Top five secrets to pull off a professional look?:  Stick to conservative outerwear colors. Black, grey, and navy always work for the suit pieces. While you want to be remembered, you don&amp;#039;t want to look outrageous. But accessorize to stand out. Whether it&amp;#039;s an eye-catching red shirt or rocking killer professional pumps, you can always find a way to be noticed -- in a good way. Less is more when it comes to makeup.  Style your hair. Hair is probably one of the most underlooked accessories, but the truth is, most of your look comes from your hairstyle - ever noticed how someone can look completely different with a new hairstyle? It&amp;#039;s as much about how you act as it is about what you wear. Feel confident and poised!   Why business school?: I tried out a lot of other career options, but I never felt really passionate about any of them. For example, I shadowed a doctor one summer and then I decided that the medical school route wasn&amp;#039;t for me. But when I took AP Macroeconomics in high school, I really found it engaging. Plus, I really love meeting and interacting with other people, so business was the natural choice. Favorite celeb: Chad Michael Murray. Favorite thing about college: I love everything from the classes to my sorority to Wharton Women, but my favorite part is having the opportunity to meet new people. I think I meet at least one new person every day, and it&amp;#039;s really broadened my perspective on the world. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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