It was the birth of music videos on MTV in the early 80′s and its captivating eye candy that Sarah feels had a lot to do with her profession and obsessions of today. You can see the hints of punk, new wave and rock in the way she mixes a romantic embroidered Commes des Garcon sheer cape with a fishnet vintage bustier top, or in the story she tells through her arm, which is filled with many dark, idiosyncratic and ethnic bracelets. Each and everything that she wears has to be extraordinary, picked from all over the world, and together, all fit into the puzzle of her wardrobe. A curation of herself, Sarah’s Balenciaga mesh chain top with tapestry and her medallion inlaid necklace from the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul are museum-worthy, while a Rick Owens, not so simple, simple black dress, is her equivalent of a tee shirt. You can look sloppy in it or wear it to a party, Sarah claims. But ultimately, Sarah’s passion for self expression is fueled by the fact that her mom was never able to live out her hippie fantasies after becoming a school teacher. “We live the unfulfilled lives of our mothers,” Gloria Steinem recently told Sarah while working together on a shoot.

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The Virgo in Cassandra has to order the world by hues. Her clothing is separated by palettes of beiges, creams, whites and blacks. I love how clean and strong she appears in a monochromtatic black ensemble of a cut out one piece, high waisted linen shorts, a blazer and wedges. The beauty of the female body can be the perfect backdrop to simple, unaffected good style like Cassandra, in worn denim and a crafty woven dress, much like her icon Bridgette Bardot, who could wear a towel and have style. One day Cassandra wants to live by the beach, wake up and surf, design in her studio, have a farm, grow her own vegetables and have her own animals, which, for me, is the height of fashionable.

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Socially conscious herself in Stella McCartney animal-free “leather” boots and Clare Vivier clutches made of recycled leather, Sophie tones down the rough edges of a Hamnett studded denim dress with an over-the-shoulder cardigan and tennis sneakers, producing something more Angeleno-sporty. Vivier is a local handbag designer supported by Sophie for her talent and environmentally conscious products. Sophie loves the coincidences of living in LA (what she refers to as a small city) where you actually get to know people and their backstories. Meanwhile, Sophie’s own narrative of indelible memories, like when her dad shot the cover of Houses of the Holy, one of the all-time classics, has me in awe. She reveals that the typically gloomy London skies caused a last-minute frenzy to capture a sunset that wouldn’t come. The crew had to paint every rock in the legendary photo as though the sun was really setting.

It is the imaginary worlds that Sophie’s dad created in his photographs that inspired her to become a photographer herself, and from photography she got into fashion styling. It is paramount for her to be part of a collaborative, creative process where a visual universe that you would want to live in is constructed. She has not only found this in her career, but in her life. Whether referring to how untouchable she feels astride her horse in Los Angeles, her English pageboy look-of-the-moment in an Equipment shirt buttoned up to the top, or her latest foray into become a fashion designer– it is clear that her dreams couldn’t be more real.

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Hats and hatmaking are the ultimate enchantment for Heidi, as they can be made with your own hands, spark a conversation and carry a certain mystique. One of her happiest childhood memories took place at the Queens Botanical Gardens, while wearing her favorite white beach hat with a rose – her golden Kodak moment. As if the illusion of being naked is not chic enough in her chainmail dress that she likens to string theory or how the galaxies net together, Heidi wears it with her melting clock hat, a reference to Salvador Dali and her own attunement to vivid dreams. Heidi’s mom, whom she looks up to for her effortless ability to be gung-ho about everything, remains both a role model and a provocateur for Heidi to push for her own excellence. Heidi describes a dream about herself and her mom, explaining, “There are two beds…both of them identical. One side is me, the other side is my mom, and we would have these joint competitions with each other where we’d both have to make our beds. Every time, my mom would be able to beat me, a split second better.” A haute hat made up of strange plastic flowers and ferns is a creation spawned by Heidi’s interest in how fungi grow out of ants’ heads, worn with a Search and Destroy leopard and lace slip that she describes as Philistine with an old Roman feel to it.

In an iridescent, ecto-plasmic “kind of jelly fish shirt” that Heidi finds playful for its contours, shapes and a voyeuristic peek at the body, she wears her umbrella hat inspired by Issey Miyake, math and architecture. “There’s an alchemy that’s happening that’s interesting. And I go with it and then it’s a whole new concoction. A lot of times, it’s exploratory… but I am always happiest when I am wearing a hat,” Heidi says.

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The designer and mother of one prefers the old and traditional when it comes to aesthetics and techniques, including basket and loom weaving, embroidering and ceramics. “I love making things and feel a huge sense of pride when I can say I made it,” she says, like the multihued shawl/blanket that she wove for her daughter on a loom and looks like the twin to her antique skirt from Oaxaca. In a wraparound skirt with embroidery done by hand, Beatrice says with enthusiasm, “It takes many, many years to be able to get your craft to a level that’s like this.” It helps to appreciate the sartorial benefits of a handmade crocheted top with a folkloric Dries Van Noten skirt when you’ve grown up around beautiful textiles and the native people of Mexico, which to us unfortunately might look like a costume, but to them is their everyday wear. Just as Beatrice was surprised by the fact that everyone’s home in America looks blandly the same – hers by comparison looks like the Garden of Eden – all too often, so do their clothes.

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Ultra-critical of himself, Eric leaves little room for anything outside his own well-curated spectrum when getting dressed. He attributes his self-imposed perfectionism to being a Libra and takes it as far as not needing to own a full-length mirror. It’s just “Check the face, go,” he says. “I tend to land on one particular thing I love for a while and I stick with it…Isabella Rossellini said that her closet is only navy blue, black, and gray because she doesn’t have the time to make decisions. It’s very smart.” Eric wore one outfit- his YSL tuxedo jacket that he says makes him feel important with a Rick Owens’ take on a tuxedo pant, an Acne sweatshirt and Prada patent loafers that he feels make the look traditional and not Goth – every day for months, withstanding people’s stares for its chic priest or “rabbi/Amish-gone-awry” look. He owns a vintage French linen Ungaro shirt that is disintegrating, but the boxy, very wide ’80s fit and the fabric is so unsurpassed that he takes it to the bathroom sink as if it’s the “holy grail.” Eric will go through a phase where he’ll wear all rings and then one day “wake up and think, ‘I look like a fucking hairdresser,’” and then not wear rings forever and go to bracelets, moving on yet again to necklaces in the summertime. “It’s one thing or the other, it’s not everything together.”

Rei Kawakubo, whom Eric admires, says that her work is an exercise in suffering and that that is the time you are the most creative. Considering the despicable pain that Eric has had to endure throughout his life for being gay, it is clear that his share of hurting must inform his resourceful creative talents. He’s been jumped by someone in a Cadillac who smacked him in the head with a Yellow Pages and has been shot with a BB gun by a neighborhood kid – the assailant’s parents claimed he had to be innocent because he had accepted the Lord Jesus Christ into his heart just the weekend before the incident. Getting older and losing it is something that Eric fears, “becoming bland like applesauce…my mom always said if you have too many friends, you lose your edge.” But between his life’s experiences and insights, obsessing over the ideal leopard print accent and giving the same clever answer to what his least and most favorite thing is about fashion – “It’s like a private club and a special ed class” – it’s unlikely that he will ever be considered milk toast or applesauce, no matter how hard he tries.

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Not afraid to admit that she has a fear of flying, Jenne is steadfast in taking risks despite any anxiety and is confident that they have led her to greater successes. The mother of three under the age of five whose names – Roxy, Valentino and Bowie – are tattooed in beautiful script on her arm, has her own rapidly growing business where she consults with companies on trends and pop culture. Knowing what is next is her basic instinct and it has only failed her when she has listened to anyone but herself. She feels that Rick Pipino, the father of her children and a legendary hair dresser, truly loves women and has taught her to celebrate a lot of her individuality. “He’s not the kind of guy who wants you to have long hair.”

Hanging at home, where she loves to cook and nurture, Jenne makes the moment her own in a fake DIY Gucci sweatshirt, a fake dollar bill “Biggie Small” necklace and slouching vintage long johns with visible plaid boxers unapologetically sticking way out. Her kids are her priority, but what I love is how she doesn’t lose herself in the process. Her signature touches of punk, with safety pins in one ear, hip hop, with one large diamond stud on the other, gothic, with a cross tattooed on the back of her neck make a demure high waisted skirt, YSL stacked pumps, an Isabel Marant net top, thigh high stockings, studded cuffs and belt, a melange so eclectic that it crosses all classifications. Her signature touches of punk with safety pins in one ear, hip hop with one large diamond stud on the other, and gothic with a cross tattooed on the back of her neck make a demure high-waisted skirt, stacked YSL pumps, an Isabel Marant net top, thigh high stockings, studded cuffs and belt, an eclectic melange that defies all classifications, somewhere between Body Heat meets the Upper East Side. A double layer of tattered Victorian skirts with a leather jacket, her favorite vintage black fedora and distressed army boots are unmistakably personal to her and make Jenne as tough as she is feminine.

The teenager obsessed with Led Zeppelin and Cream who wanted to be Lady Miss Kier from Deee-lite when she came to NYC says that her life is driven by goals, but the ultimate one is to be a grandmother. No doubt Jenne will be looking like the baddest matriarch in the unusual combination of her vintage leather jacket with an English punk band’s name across the back and the chunkiest ikat print Julian Louis for Aldo wedges, when in actuality she is the most embracing.

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A big fan of Maison Martin Margiela for their design innovations, Kevin appreciates the way they make a garment with just one seam and the fashion house’s use of satire, like his cut-up blazer. Similarly, the message of his medieval dragon tattoo is that you can turn ordinary objects into something more precious. Kevin does so with the touch of his crystal and suede medallion necklace paired with a basic crew neck knit top, his perfectly worn dove gray Converse sneakers, a pair of charcoal socks peeking out from a black ankle boot or a strappy brown sandal and rolling your pants up just right so that you can see the subtle detail.

Kevin is consistent with his more of less style, just as he listens to the same song over and over and eats the same food, making his ability to distinguish himself from the crowd that much more skillful and considered. Bill Maher said recently on Real Time that convenience is the downfall of America – I agree.

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