I’m a 19-year-old sophomore at Columbia University in New York City, studying art history, anthropology, film, political science, French, and economics, with dreams of becoming the editor-in-chief of a well-read fashion magazine someday, making a difference in the world as an investigative journalist, and amassing a fabulous collection of art in my private gallery. We’ll see. I no longer believe in concrete plans, after all.

I still believe that all girls are princesses à la Sara Crewe — whether or not we’re Balmain divas or Target perusers. I started reading Vogue when I was about 7; everyday after school I would go to my public library and spend half my time reading Vogue and half my time reading history textbooks. Both of which were for fun. So, while I’ve been a history geek my whole life, nothing kept me more awake in my high-school AP European History class than secretly flipping through Christian Dior haute couture photos on my laptop.

I think fashion is art, and art is fashion. I believe that there should be just as much emphasis on the intricate drapery and folds of the Greek chiton as on the construction of the Parthenon, and that Marie Antoinette’s extravagant outfits represent the courts of 18th century France better than Versailles itself. I sulk about how there isn’t a fashion equivalent to Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, the holy text of art history, but perhaps I’ll write it someday.

One of my editors once said, “Do everything as if it should have been done yesterday.” I live by that phrase.

As Miss Couturable, I was Teen Vogue Blogger of the Week, and featured in I Heart Daily, Bay, FabCrush, and InkWired. Once upon a time (as in, 2008), I was also one of Seventeen’s “17 Best-Dressed Girls in America.”

Nowadays, you can see what I’m doing on LinkedIn. Or by following me on Twitter. Or if you’re really ambitious, on Foursquare.