Style Scout: Jaclyn Howell

Jaclyn Howell, Edina, Minn. Clothing details: Headband, Urban Outfitters, a couple years ago; jacket, Spectators, last fall; sweater, Spectators, a couple years ago; skirt, Spectators, last year; shirt, gift from mom, last year; shoes, online, last year.

Age: 29

Relationship status: Engaged

Hometown: Edina, Minn.

Time in Lawrence: Since summer ’07

Occupation: Graduate student

Dream job: Professor of rhetoric, of course

What were you doing when scouted? Leaving lunch with a friend

Describe your style: Comfortable, feminine

Fashion trends you love: Anything that is boho chic, like they stepped out of an Anthropologie catalog.

Fashion trends you hate: Boat shoes, jerseys

Fashion influences: Shauna at Hobbs. She has the best aesthetic ever.

What would you like to see more of in Lawrence? We need a feminist bookstore.

Less of? Sweet shops and burrito places

Tattoos or piercings? My navel is pierced.

Who do people say you look like? Once on a student evaluation, they said Uma Thurman.

Tell us a secret … I am an obsessive flosser.