What's the secret to looking wayyy too cool for school this year? Mixing your prepster standards with a few punky stand-outs. We're all about the plaid...and perhaps a few studs, here and there.

To see our expert stylists do it up right (and watch our models goofing off on set), take a peek behind-the-scenes of our back-to-school fashion shoot...

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