Vice Style

The UK Vice Student Guide is out—those weeks of term were tough without our guidance, right? Whether you yourself are sick of the way you look, or it's just the incessant bullying you suffer as a result, leaving your hometown to start university is the perfect time to reinvent yourself as what you want to be.

ANNA

Before Credits: Levi's shirt, vintage vest from Mint, vintage skirt, CK glasses, Terra Plana shoes. After Credits: Vans T-shirt, American Apparel skirt, socks and glasses, vintage necklace, Casio watch, Nike trainers

If your look is so nerdy that you don't even really exist outside of high school movies, it's just a matter of time before someone popular offers to She's All That you. Unfortunately, you'll have to eventually realise that you looked better before the makeover and will go back to your nerdy ways. But whatever, it's fun while it lasts.

LARRY

Before Credits: Nike tracksuit and trainers, PFK for New Era hat. After Credits: Billionaire Boys Club jumper and jacket, King Apparel jeans, Staple hat, Ambush necklace, Reebok trainers

Sadly, most of the people you meet at university are going to be middle-class white kids with inbuilt racism. If you want to make friends, it's probably best to rid yourself of anything they might see as a threat (think: less KiDULTHOOD, more "Kele Okereke-hood").

NELL

Before Credits: My Chemical Romance T-shirt, American Apparel hood, Lee jeans, vintage belt, Converse shoes. After Credits: American Apparel bra, Swagga and Soul jacket, Topshop shorts, American Apparel tights, Freedom for Topshop jewellery, Dr. Martens boots

The trick with the fashion-metal look is to never ever admit that it's ironic. If anyone asks, your favourite band growing up was Kreator or Angel Witch. It doesn't matter that you don't know what they sound like because no one else does either, so you'll never get caught. It might be difficult to keep up this charade full-time, but fuck it, you were an emo in the year 2010. You're nothing if not persistent.

JAY

Before Credits: Fred Perry T-shirt, PPQ jeans, Vans shoes. After Credits: Black Flag T-shirt, PPQ jeans, Supreme hat, Vans shoes, model's own bike and moustache

If any of these transformations seem a little too thorough, you should be OK with a Supreme hat, a Black Flag T-shirt, a fixed-gear  bike and a moustache.

ROBERT

Before Credits: Number (N)ine shirt, Sand cardigan, Dolce & Gabbana trousers, Carola Euler belt, Dsquared2 boots. After Credits: Pringle top, Lina Osterman waitscoat, Asger Juel Larsen cardigan, vintage Lee shorts, Underground boots

Sorry, small town fashion gay, wearing the wackiest shit you could find on your local high street made you the most out-there dresser in all of High Wycombe, but that's just not gonna cut it at art school. There's gonna be 200 other kids with more money than you and even less attention from their parents. This means upping your game. A good way of making completely unique and crazy looks is to write down every single thing you can think of on little slips of paper and put them in a big bowl. Each morning, draw two at random and that can be your look. Today's look: The Fifth Element meets "negative gay stereotypes".

SCARLETT

Before Credits: 55DSL shirt, Sand cardigan, True Religion jeans, Freedom at Topshop jewellery, Scholl shoes. After credits: Rolling Stones T-shirt, True Religion shorts, Claire's Accessories jewellery, American Apparel socks, Sandro shoes

Some of the most glamorous and orange girls have at one point considered themselves 'alternative' and tried to rid themselves of their laughably trashy aesthetic. They understandably, have a pretty warped impression of what does look trashy and tend to keep all of the worst aspects of their look. Look out for drag-queen make-up, paired with the T-shirt of a band that the wearer has never heard of.

PHOTOS: DANIEL BENSON
STYLING: SAM VOULTERS
TEXT: JAMIE LEE CURTIS TAETE, SAM VOULTERS
HAIR: MICHAEL JONES USING SEBASTIAN PROFESSIONAL
MAKE-UP: XABIER CELAYA USING ILLAMASQUA
STYLIST'S ASSISTANTS: O THONGTHAI, SCARLETT VALENTINE
MODELS: ANNA, LARRY, NELL, JAY, ROBERT, SCARLETT