Style Hijack | Josh Margherita

  I will be working with Josh Margherita (11) to upgrade his style and presentation. Like my last style hijack with Sarah Myers, I will be partnering with Josh to set some goals for the way that he looks and dresses and helping him  find practical and creative ways to implement these goals in a way that fits his lifestyle. ...

Margherita is a junior who has diverse interests. His passions in life are writing and music and film. He writes for the Hub, and is known for his easy-going attitude and lack of a filter. “I’m pretty honest. I’ll tell you what I think, and I’ll be straight up with you,” Margherita said, “I like real people. I’m just here for the ride.” While this mentality is positive,...

My goal for this project is to help Margherita to find his style and to work with him to take this style to the next level. By experimenting with his look and making small changes and tweaks to his current style, I will help guide him to a more refined style, one that brings out his personality in meaningful ways. I talked to Margherita about what he hoped to get out of the hijack. “Well, I h...

Margherita is in the process of growing out his hair but had a fair amount of stray ends with an excess of hair in the back. We decided to get his hair trimmed so that it would lend itself to a more flattering style once it has grown out. We went to Men’s Hair Saloon in Wildwood to get his hair done and ended up only cutting off about an inch on the back. While this was a small and barely-noticeable change, it altered the overall text...

After the style hijack, Margherita and I discussed the different elements as well as the overall results of the project. “It’s nice to see a unique perspective on clothing and to get a different feel for what my style is and what I wear,” Margherita said. While we didn’t really change his style, we definitely focused on it and brought it to the forefront of our vision. “If I coul...

Overall, I was impressed by the impact of the changes especially since they were relatively small. However, when we combined all of the elements of the style hijack, it didn’t seem to change his appearance in a major way. Part of the reason for this was that we did things that were meant not to change Josh’s style, but to help him refine it and allow it to flourish in the future. While t...