I'm laid back in the cut...

Vest [L'autre Mode/Vintage] Top [Ilaria Nistri] Shorts [DIY x H&M]

Sneakers [H&M] Bag [Ecuador] Sunglasses [Forever21]

What's a girl supposed to do when summer hits her in the middle of April? Grab something sharp and cut the bitch. I mean, you gotta keep it gully. Summer's not all that got cut though. On a recent trip to H&M, I exchanged a mint green men's sweatshirt (that I decided against giving the fringe treatment a la A. Wang) for a pair of mint green men's jeans. Since the smallest size I could find was a 28 and I couldn't bear the thought of not flashing the sick window pane pocket lining, I decided they would be the ultimate summer cutoffs. I loosely followed Kristin's "Sydney" shorts style but they have yet to be washed and subsequently frayed. I couldn't wait. My Ilaria Nistri knit suede top needed a ride or die chick ASAP. Apparently, mint green cut off shorts be's that.

- Jessica

Fadin' mother****ers like bleach...

Vest [DIY] Dress [Zara] Boots [Opening Ceremony]

Bracelet [Topshop] Sunglasses [H&M]

I dabbled in bleaching a while back and now my bathtub has become my laboratory (not in a creepy meth lab way although equally as toxic). After a trip to Buffalo Exchange to trade in some neglected clothes, I came across a plain denim jacket from Theory. I stripped off the sleeves and began some reckless bleach application for it's 90210 makeover. Being hard to please, I still wasn't satisfied with result. I decided that it needed studding but not in the generic Bess way. 

I painted my leftover black studs with white nail polish. As of now, they're shiny and lacquered but I figure they'll only improve with the inevitable wear and tear.

Budget Rundown:

Jacket: $0

Studs (pack of 100): $10

White nail polish: $1

Bleach: $2.50

- Morgan

"I'm where hood and high fashion meet...

Unconditional @ OAK

I'm like the camouflage Louis. How you ****** want it? The tux or the toolie?" 

Nothing turns me on more than a downplay on formal wear especially when involving sweatshirt fabric (with the exception for thermal knits... and Jessica knows what I'm talking about). This hoodie/tux jacket reminds me of the golden years when Hedi Slimane was kickin it at Dior Homme. It would fit nicely into my everyday wardrobe (perfect for shooting dice in a alleyway or popping bottles in VIP) but I finally scrounged up enough credit to buy a new Macbook so I won't be shopping any time soon. Time to put my acquired skills from "clothing college" to work and get to sewing some summer pieces.

- Morgan

Turn me on with your electric feel...

Barbara Bui x Boris (aka The Shoe Dude on St. Marks Place)

Photo courtesy of Danae

You know you're busy when someone else beats you to the punch by posting about your own shoes. I was scurrying down Broadway to an impromptu appointment yesterday (to pull crazy corsets from The Blonds for a V Magazine x Supreme lingerie shoot) when I felt a tap on the shoulder. Danae, from Is Mental, (wearing a black and electric blue combo herself) stopped me to ask about my "new" boots. "New" because I got these Barbara Bui's off the sidewalk in Nolita from cash-strapped hippie musician chicks on a random Sunday afternoon. "New" because it was my first time wearing them after I had Boris custom paint the wedges electric blue for me. "New" because they make me feel like I'm right back in the 9th grade... as in, "Yo, peep my Uptowns in the new denim colorway". Oh, high school. Come to think of it, those Uptowns got donated to Boris. Damn, my shoe-game has come full circle. Anyway, in case anyone was wondering, here's how they looked previous to their tranny makeover. 

- Jessica

Smarten up, the streets is watching...

The Wild Bunch, SOMA Magazine Spring 2009

Bits from a recent shoot for the Soma Magazine Street Issue I assisted on with stylist Yi Guo and Austrian photographer Mike Kobal. What I remember being considered for the concept - "Biker, but you know, without the dyke references".

- Jessica

Catch me ridin' dirty...

"Dress Codes: The Dutch Bicycle", New York Times

Ok, so I can't ride a bike (I grew up on a steep hill and my dad was too protective to ever take the training wheels off. Get over it, hag.) but this feature on Dutch bicycles in The New York Times makes me wanna learn. Fine. I'm lying. I think we all know what it is in those pictures I'm really trying to ride.

There wasn't a styling credit but I highly suspect (from an assistant styling stint at T Magazine last year) that it's the work of Andreas Kokkino. It isn't the typical chain-smoking brooding musician style that bloggers normally love to thrust their pelvises against but apparently men with real jobs can be sexy too. And just in case there's any confusion, "men with real jobs" means male models with tousled hair.

- Jessica

Slick Rick the Ruler!

Nick Knight doing a portrait of Rick Owens? What more could a girl ask for? No, he isn't anyone's classically beautiful male but anyone who can make me produce a puddle of saliva off touching a dust-colored leather jacket deserves endless sweating. But as much as you'd expect me to d***ride it, the portrait video is a little too epic for me to deal with. 

EDIT: He does a way more entertaining interview with Hint Mag. 

"What the fuck am I gonna do with a collage? I mean I could do a collage. I need old people who know how to make things." 

- Rick Owens on portfolios/CV's from young'ns trying to work for him 

Hilarity. Check it out here. 

- Jessica

Rock with it, lean with it... fringe with it

Sweatshirt [Alexander Wang $950] Dress [White Trumpet $229]

Is there a fringe invasion or do I seem to be having daily Don't Tell Mom The Babysitters Dead déjà vu (which is only making entering my mid 20's more apparent since my 20-year-old roommate has never heard of that movie)? But I'll have to show love for my fellow 80s babies by sporting 80s trends in the most respectable fashion. I hope my second time around I can wear horrifically cliché trends like shoulder pads, fringe and acid wash denim without embarrassment. Chances are slim but at least this time around I won't be toting a New Kids On The Block lunch box. I'm feeling another fringe appliqué DIY coming on.

-Morgan

You're a virgin who can't drive...

Maison Martin Margiela x Les Ateliers Ruby

Gareth Pugh S/S09

But if I could, I'd rock a Masion Martin Margiela x Les Ateliers Ruby helmut (dropping any second now at colette for around EUR900) and these sick Gareth Pugh wedges (Don't they look like the Marni S/S08 platforms with a Margiela perspex wedge? Just saying). 

On a not entirely unrelated note, SOMEONE let me style an editorial featuring a gang of leggy models (led by a switchblade-toting Omahyra) on lowrider bikes (with fringed handlebars) faux-riding through South LA. Terry Richardson, are you down? Let me know ASAP. I have a bus to catch. 

- Jessica