subscribe to Style Like ULauren Boyle | editor of upcoming DIS magazine
"I think that what makes our generation kind of special or new is how we appreciate the lowest, you know, trashiest stuff and the most refined things and one is not better than the other, they are all sort of on the same level. Its just up to your interpretation and your usage.” Lauren Boyle
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Lauren was born and raised in Malvern, Pennsylvania. After attending Pratt Institute for sculpture, Lauren slowly made the transition from fine art to fashion. She is now an editor of her own upcoming magazine DIS. Vintage Ruff Hewn Dress Vintage Sweater from Buffalo Exchange -
When asked what her favorite thing about fashion is, Lauren responded with a quote by René König. “The feeling of being in harmony with fashion gives man a measure of security religion can never give him.” Vintage Top and Vintage Matsuda Culottes with Margiela Pumps -
“I don’t wear specific designers of the day. I’m just not interested. I like the history and iconography of anything that comes and goes.” Vintage Ruff Hewn Dress -
“Observing is the only way to fine tune anyone’s eye.” Vintage Leather Jacket -
“I don’t care. I wear my one pair of shoes into the ground” Bally Loafers -
“I'll wear something for three days straight. I just love it.” Vintage Alexander McQueen Suede Apron Dress with Geoffrey Beene Checked Sleeve Button Down -
Lauren's Jackson Pollock-inspired decor. She did all of the paint-splattering herself. -
“Often times, I buy things that are challenging for me, so I don’t really know how they’re going to be worn or how im going to integrate it into my other style." Margiela Dress under Alexander McQueen Suede Apron -
Lauren is a magazine collector and connossieur -
“I definitely look for things when I’m in the mood, and I definitely have to be in the mood. If youre not in the mood you wont find anything, that’s just how it is.” Ungaro Blouse from Beacon's Closet and a Vintage Leather Skirt from Paris -
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“You know how you feel when you buy something and you put it on for the very first time, and you wear it out and feel like a million bucks? I look for that feeling” Vintage Sweater from Buffalo Exchange and Vintage Matsuda Dress with Bless Booties -
“Fashion has become so big in pop culture. Everyone knows what New York fashion week is. It's assimilated so much (into the mainstream) that it has very little meaning (as far as the uniqueness of it is concerned). I think people may be looking for more meaning in art. Because that certainly hasn’t gotten more popular over the last few years.” -
On her goals: "To do what I love, so much so that I never want to retire and I'm still doing it when I'm 80." Vintage 1986 Commes des Garcons Coat -
Lauren's least favorite thing about fashion: Balmain. Bless Booties -
RZA is Lauren's favorite Stylelikeu subject. Vintage Ruff Hewn Dress and Bally Loafers -
Inspirational photo featuring a women in an apron. -
Vintage Alexander McQueen Suede Apron Dress with Geoffrey Beene Checked Sleeve Button-Down -
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Lauren finds inspiration in Rei Kawakubo, books, and vintage magazines. Right now she says she can't stop reading Rags [a counter-culture magazine from the '70s] and all things by Bret Easton Ellis. Vintage Leather Jacket -
“I was six-years-old when my dad put me in his extra extra large button down and showed me how to tie it.” Vintage Top and Vintage Matsuda Culottes -
Margiela Dress under Alexander McQueen Suede Apron -
“I find new ways to wear things.” Vintage 1986 Commes des Garcons Coat -
Lauren's Jackson Pollock-inspired decor -
“You get feelings from things. They have magic or [they don't].”
When I asked Lauren what happens if she goes out and doesn’t feel herself on a given day, her response was, “Maybe I should try it. That could be really fun. Just go out absolutely not me at all.” So uncontrived and confident in who she is, there is no armor when exploring Lauren and her style. She is who she is, low or high end, it’s all interesting, and it makes her energy and ideas so fresh in the most explosive yet natural way. For example, she makes “conservatism” the epitome of cool in her mother’s matching suede ’80s Ruff Hewn ensemble and her signature Bally loafers. Everything she wears is about an idea or a feeling and her instincts are acute, like her McQueen suede apron/dress and black leather vintage trench, which are both archetypal and elemental in shape and design. Lauren is a connoisseur and collector of fashion magazines, particularly the older originals and pioneers. She is soon to launch her own “pseudo-fashion magazine” called DIS. Lauren’s too much of an observer not to be a leader and express her own vision and it’s in keeping with her comfort in being a “real outsider” as opposed to the “accepted outsider.” I have a feeling it will be groundbreaking in terms of what is happening in print right now, but in the most unpretentious way.
If you like Lauren, you might also enjoy Fatima Al-Qadiri, Lucy Carr-Ellison, Sarah Hamilton, or Bradley Smith.
