Ariel Adkins
“Some artists that have really influenced my style are Yinka Shonibare, Egon Schiele, Henri Matisse, Kay Hassan, Cindy Sherman, and Nick Cave (an artist who focuses on, “the sound and the effects that a costume elucidates when it’s being worn”). When in need of inspiration, I usually turn to an art book before a fashion magazine, because there are so many ways to interpret art via clothing, and I am able to combine the two things that I love!” Ariel Adkins
occupation: student, blogger and artist
Anyone that has cried over a pair of Marni shoes that were found on the last day of the Barney’s warehouse sale, for 90 percent off, in your size, that were jammed under the shelf, is a member of my tribe. We see completely eye to eye…
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Simon Rasmussen
“I’m influenced by suburban people, arty people who have no sense of style. You see them here in New York, on the streets, with a Hawaiian shirt on and a video camera, just getting off an airplane. I like the bottom of the fashion cycle. I like what’s modern right now, but I like it more loosened up. There’s some humor in it and I try to find that. A Hawaiian shirt, it’s kind of humorous in a way. That’s what I’m looking for, the funny stuff.” Simon Rasmussen
occupation: stylist, creative designer, artist
You got to love a straight guy who has a tattoo that says, “I love my mother” and even further that it is in his native tongue of Danish. It’s also pretty charming that he speaks six languages, English, Swedish, Norwegian, a little bit of German and Spanish as well as his own. Every social…
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Oliver Short and Kira Panfilova
“Let your heart be your compass and be brave to ride the wave of your imagination.” Oliver Short and Kira Panfilova
oliver’s occupation: chameleon
kira’s occupation: fine arts student at Central Saint Martin’s
Lily and I met Oliver and Kira at a flea market in Brick Lane, while we were there shooting in London, for SLU. The exhuberant eclecticism of their imaginations meant love at first site for us. The two looked as if they had stepped out of a Russian 18th century countryside fairy tale, mixed with the late 19th century urban dark charm of Charles Dickens, and some free-spirited ’60′s/’70′s classic rock and roll. Oliver, ressembling a Rembrandt portrait, in Kira’s ruffled high collared shirt and Ammish meets pilgrim, hat. Kira, in Victorian layers of red velvet, fur trim and her signature white tights and slouchy socks. The two are actually living…
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Virginie Sommet
“ My next work is going to be ‘The Urban Tribe.’ Now, we travel with people we feel connected to aesthetically. Next, we are going to travel with people we feel connected to spiritually, because we are going to transcend apprearance.” Virginie Sommet
occupation: artist, writer, curator
Virginie has dedicated her life to art that exposes the rigid and profoundly harmful social boxes (or ghettos) that permeate society everywhere and that most people do not realize exist. Her mixed media sculptures and installations educate the viewer to the truth behind “lobotomized” group thinking, in the hope of creating a bridge to more evolved behavior and to initiate “chaos in a prejudiced or racist brain.” Virginie grew up with extreme norms in Normandy, France, where everyone was conservative, bourgeois, Catholic and dressed in “Brooks Brothers.” Colors were dark green, burgundy, pale pink, sprinkled with some liberty prints, skirts were…
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Fay Leshner
“I think we are all secretly artists. It’s just a matter of allowing yourself to see.” Fay Leshner
occupation: designer and artist
Fay is a high priestess of thinking for oneself. She is about as far out of the box as possible, while maintaining the most impeccable and original taste. “I want to have a return to clothing that speaks for itself,” she says. “With technology, we are losing our primitive instincts and our ability to communicate. Clothing is a vehicle for inspiration and conversation. Now, we just put it on Facebook and call it a day.” Fay’s favorite activity is “taking her clothes out for a walk,” and making her whole outfit the perfect expression of her mood, including her makeup, which can be anything from blue blush to feathered eyelashes. Fay is fashion royalty in her hometown of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, but she would be equally in…
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