Kristine Barilli
occupation: DJ, student, and musician
“I am obsessed with anything from London in the late ’70s, Seditionaries, Anton LaVey, black metal, Clockwork Orange, anything black, anything dead, the New Atlantis by Francis Bacon, Bas Jan Ader, anyone crazed and creative.” Kristine Barilli
I always leave a SLU shoot inspired by a tip or idea. In Kristine’s case, it was many things, but the one I followed through on was the Rick Owens onesie (birthday present to myself). She fully convinced me of its worthiness for every day and every occasion (you could sleep in it or wear it for black tie), which is pretty much how Kristine always dresses. She despises Halloween, because for her, every day is an organic expression of “dressing up” as she feels. It’s all about her uniform of…
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Tay Trong
occupation: unemployed taste purveyor
When asked what inspires Tay, he said: “John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway , William Burroughs, and Charles Bukowski, Harry Dean Stanton, Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek in ‘Badlands’, Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai, which I think is the greatest film in the history of cinema, any stylish character in any Wong Kar Wai film, industrial designer Marc Newson, photographer Andreas Gursky, 1960′s, German engineering , Tom Sachs,
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Hiraku Morilla
occupation: student
“I like to wear things that make people say, “Ew, thats disgusting.’ It makes me feel special. It gives me a sense of individuality.” Hiraku Morilla
For me, everything about Hiraku says distinct and nothing says “Ew,” but I get what he is saying, because few can understand how to rock and roll a velvet, leopard-lined mumu with antique broaches like he does. Memorable to the point of a new obsession for me are his oversized scarves, perfect touches to everything in proportion and pattern. Hiraku is a creative force in the burnt orange ethnic scarf with the timeless Lanvin blazer and his “this year’s” leopard shawl, with the literally infinite and ingenious ways he wears it. Despite Hiraku’s penchant for the unpredictable, his roots in the traditions of style comes from his grandmother, who is a tea ceremony teacher in Japan and where he was “surrounded…
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Nikole Ramirez
occupation: student, dj and entrepreneur
“I am not one to talk very much. I am the person that walks into the bar and goes straight to the corner to watch everyone else.” Nikole Ramirez
Nikole has a picture of her “Nana” in her closet in honor of what a big influence she was on her style – she was very glamorous (I remember a big head of coiffed hair) and she never left the house without makeup. It’s hard not to notice the correlation between the strong and well-dressed women in her family (her mother too) to Nikole’s fascination with the performance artist Leigh Bowery, guys in drag, and club kids, whom she is so inspired by because of their freedom to express themselves in the most extreme ways. She loves watching their confidence to appear in public looking “completely ridiculous, with glitter all over their…
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Magda Berliner
occupation: designer
“As you progress in age, everything comes back. If you always shop to suit your style and your body type, you’ll always be able to wear everything in your closet.” Magda Berliner
Magda is a pro of classic meets cool, high meets low, most exemplified by her mixing of thigh-high, eight-year-old Margiela split-toe boots (they make my heart skip a beat) with her quilted, colorful YSL vintage blazer. She is so passionate and literate in everything related to culture, style, and fashion that its hard to consider keeping up, even though I am dying to. An accomplished fashion designer and mom of a teenager, she still manages to know probably every vintage haunt in the world, get on a plane to Paris, New York, or Portugal for the opera, and still not miss the “trade night” in LA (her hometown) at “What Goes Around Comes Around,” where…
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