Maya Chambers AKA @chaos_.agent
Name: Maya Chambers
Year: 3rd year
Program: HBA1
Instagram handle: @chaos_.agent
Style described in 3 words: Baggy, playful, personal
Don't tell Maya Chambers that you wish you could dress like her, even if it's true. "It sounds really passive aggressive and really pisses me off," she says. "Anybody can put on clothes. It's just your mindset that you're in."
Chambers thinks that there are two types of comfort: physical and psychological.
She thinks psychological comfort is what drives the way most people dress, especially on Western's campus.
Chambers says she "dresses kind of ridiculous" but that's how she feels psychologically comfortable. Right now, she's really into giant, furry hats.
She thinks that everyone follows trends to a certain extent, saying "You're not going to look current if you don't."
"Fashion is a language," she says. "If you're just completely ignoring the way people are conversing right now, it's not going to make any sense. And it's not going to have any cultural relevance on what you're wearing."
On being @chaos_.agent?
Chambers says her life feels very chaotic as both a business and fine arts student.
"I have like these two very separate components of my life. I talk to anyone in Ivy about art and they're like, what the fuck? And I talk to anyone in art about Ivy and they're like what the fuck? Nobody ever understands."
Chambers knows she wants to work in the fashion industry once she graduates. She knew she wanted to work in fashion from the time she was in high school. Then joining the Fashion and Lifestyle Society at Western cemented it for her.
"I guess a I'm a little bit intimidated by the risk because the fashion industry it is a really difficult industry to make it in. But my approach to it is that I'm just going to work as hard as possible and meet as many people as possible."