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On living in Milan: "I can wear super different stuff. I dress completely differently when I'm in Belgium than when I'm in Milan." Sidney is originally from Liege, Belgium. -
On fashion as escapism: "It's wonderful to be a diva for one night, then a kid from the punk movement, then a hippie for a Sunday afternoon, then a girl from the 1960s. I love to play with the times." -
"I love fashion," says Sidney, "but I'm not a crazy addict about it." Vintage Pierre Cardin Purse -
Dior Bustier that Sidney's father gave to her mother when they met as teenagers. He was 19 and she was 13. -
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"I always wear shorts or really short pants, but always with a really high waist." Floral Bustier from Umana, a thrift store that donates all of its proceeds to children in Africa -
Tears of Sidney modeling -
"I believe that no matter what I'm wearing, people should always recognize me in my clothes by at least some small detail that reflects my personality." -
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"I have plenty of vintage designer bags. In the flea markets in Belgium, you can find them for $3 because the old ladies have no clue what they're worth, and they just sell what they have." Vintage Pierre Cardin Purse -
"I've been living and hanging out with a lot of graffiti writers. They know any roads to go throughout the city without being seen, they know how to get in wherever, climbing anywhere, on roofs. They take risks just like true ordinary cats." -
About her interviewer Jeffrey Williams, Sidney says: "Jeffrey is my favorite person on Stylelikeu, because he's such a sweetheart and I love the way he is in his clothes: so true, so him." -
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"I'm from a generation of kids that gets high, gets naked, skinny dips in mountain lakes, stares searchingly at ourselves in bathroom mirrors, giggles and hugs, shoplifts and pukes and crashes together on dingy mattresses on the floor, that are the cool giddy things who populate the pictorial worlds of photographers Ryan McGinley and his predecessors, Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, and Wolfgang Tillmans. That's the photography I love, that's what inspired me the most." -
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"I'm not crazy about all the Italian designers who design with lots of logos or brands, because people wear things just to show the name. I don't like the way it's all about showing brands." -
"I always have my camera with me. I'm taking pictures of everything all the time." Sidney is a model as well as a photographer and a stylist on occasion. -
"I love cats. I love tattoos, mustaches, and 90's rock bands." -
Tears of Sidney modeling -
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"I'm trying to alter my clothes more often because it's more fun and you can discover new shapes." -
Floral Bustier from Umana, a thrift store that donates all of its proceeds to children in Africa -
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"When I see the pictures of my grandmother, I'm so upset that she didn't keep all of her amazing clothes. Her family didn't have a lot of money, but they always dressed well because my grandmother had such class." -
"I feel free to wear whatever I want. In Belgium, I'm in a small town and you have to think about boys yelling at you and people staring at you. That's what I love about Milan." -
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"I'm really open-minded. I just like the way people express themselves."
Sidney has a down to earth classic beauty and original sense of style reminiscent of the type of women where it is inherent to be memorable and timeless like Jane Birken and her daughters, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon. Taste runs in her family, she cites her grandmother as a huge influence, someone with a lot of class, despite the fact that she didn’t have alot of money. Her grandmother was known in town for her wardrobe and Sidney wishes that she had the remnants. One of Sidney’s statement pieces is a Dior bustier that was her dad’s first present to her mom (they met when her mom was 13 and her dad was 19). She wears it with high-waisted leather shorts that she cut from pants and an 80′s black leather Claude Montana-esque vintage jacket and despite the strong statement looks completely natural. To be a model in Milan, a city known for fashion and labels, it’s notable how uniquely unaffected and colorful Sidney is, both in dressing and personality. She chose to harvest grapes instead of attending Fashion Week. Sidney could never be taken for anyone else but herself.
