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MENNO VAN MEURS
I am the owner of the denim store Tenue de Nîmes and the Red Wing Shoes store in Amsterdam. In addition to that I am the publisher of the quarterly magazine/weblog Journal de Nîmes.

Today (August 26th 2010) I am wearing a pair of grey Classic Work Chukka’s Sage Mohave by RED WING with a pair of BURLINGTON socks to complete them. On top of that I am wearing my hand-numbered (rigid) TELLASON x TENUE DE NîMES jeans. It’s one of the 24 Cone Mill’s denim pairs that our friends from San Francisco made for us in May this year. I am wearing a braided leather belt with a small brass buckle by ROYAL REPUBLIQ. On my denim I wear a customized, vintage RALPH LAUREN Oxford shirt that dates back to the 80’s. Because Autumn has started early I am wearing a blue ‘Harris Tweed” jacket that is finished with a monochram-chambray pocket square by our favorite Japanese denim label MOMOTARO. I will never leave the house without a vintage timepiece. My favorite watch is a 1964 TUDOR Submariner with a special Nato strap with leather lining. Last but not least NY based LE LABO provides me my favorite perfume: Rose 31, it will make every day start with a smile.

KAREN BARBÉ
Textile designer in Santiago, Chile (www.karenbarbe.com)

I’m wearing a bluish grey CALVIN KLEIN chambray pencil skirt with pintuck details at waist and slit side pockets, a white AKIABARA cotton shirt and a blue CALVIN KLEIN wool v-neck sweater. Variegated blue and grey SILVANA cotton/wool tights with classic and simple white REEBOK Princess leather aerobic shoes. Hand knitted fingerless gloves in grey merino wool. Long black ZARA padded jacket. As a handbag I’m using a REISENTHEL mini maxi shopper bag in sand. No jewellery. No nail polish. A basic Nokia cell phone in my pocket. Chance by CHANEL.

A cold 8˚C Friday 23th July in Santiago, Chile.

JOHN TAN
Stylist/Casting, New York City

Blue shirt by CDG Shirt, vintage charcoal grey trouser by HELMUT LANG,
white sneakers by VANS, L’Homme Fragrance by YSL. It’s my uniform.

Entire day in Paris while attending shows.

JANELLE LISA YOLONDA MENTESANA
I’m a fashion illustrator and sometimes photographer. I’m watching fashion tv in my lounge room and looking outside my window to see if the weather is good enough to go out today. I’m situated in Paris, France.

I am wearing PLEASURE STATE lingerie couture range, a pair of black raw denim skinny jean CHEAP MONDAY jeans, plain white t-shirt, a HUGO BOSS baby blue collared shirt over the white shirt, 2 year old canvas shoes I bought from TARGET that only cost $10. YSL Parisienne.

11:17am Monday 21st June 2010, Paris.

KRISTINE BIASON
Editor for CIRCUS, the blogger’s bookazine
www.circus-project.org, www.herznote.com

I slept with damp hair last night, which has left it a little scraggly and mis-shapen, wavy strands fall messily on my face. I’m due for a trim and I’ve been eyeing the local hair dresser I pass by every morning. 11 euro for all lengths. I have on a basic V neck t-shirt from SES, a chain store based in Australia. I packed it as one of my basics, assuming it would be worn frequently. On closer inspection there are slight streaks of blue stains, the inevitable result of mixing whites with your colours. The weather is warm enough to wear an old pair of mineral wash AMERICAN APPAREL natural denim runner shorts – in cornflower blue. But since the cool breeze from last night’s first summer storm still lingers, I’ve put on my wooly winter reindeer boots, bought from Big W. Around my neck is a gold necklace with a crucifix pendant – a present my mother gave me before I left home. Every time we speak on skype she comments on how lovely it looks. She insists I never take it off, and I never have.

Mon 7th June, 14:22 pm, Darmstadt, Germany

RHIANNON LEIFHEIT
I live in Atlanta, Georgia and blog (http://www.liebemarlene.blogspot.com) and sell vintage clothing on Ebay for a living, so I’m in thrift stores all the time and only really dress up on weekends. Otherwise it’s always ’90s dresses and brown leather fringed loafers.

I’m wearing a navy blue 1950s dirndl sun dress with a tiny little floral dot print. I haven’t really been into ’50s things lately but this dress is simple and looks more casual without a blouse underneath so I like it. It has a really fitted waist and full skirt and little silver metal buttons that go all the way to the neck, and I usually button things all the way to the top. I have on brown leather SWEDISH HASBEEN sandals to make the outfit look more ’70s than ’50s, and I’m carrying a navy and white striped canvas tote bag from H&M. I have pale blue nails and a big (fake!) turquoise costume ring on my finger, and when I go outside I’ll put on my tortoise cat eye sunglasses from KAREN WALKER even though they always give me sunglasses crease on the nose.

Saturday, June 5th at noon: I’m about to take a day trip to Milledgeville, Georgia to see where Flannery O’Connor lived.

BARBARA FRANKIE RYAN
I make a zine in my bedroom called BFR. It’s all hand drawn and then photocopied in the school library. Most of my time is spent on London public transport, getting home from lame house parties in zone 6 or just rifling around.
www.bfrmag.blogspot.com

I am wearing low NIKE dunks that I got when I was 12 years old, they are very pink and grubby having served me six years of physical education and some little socks that I took from my Mum’s draw this morning. I’m also wearing some greenish coloured drainpipes back from when I used to think nu rave was like the best thing everrr. Oddly clothes from when I was 13 still fit me. Then I’m wearing a standard AMERICAN APPAREL tri-blend male tank with a blue, red and green UNIQLO (again from the mens section) tartan shirt on top. Over that I’ve stolen my Dad’s MARKS & SPENCER cardigan, its super big and soft and navy. My mum bought it for him when we were at the seaside because he was cold, but he didn’t like the plastic buttons, so she has sewn on some rather dashing cork ones as a replacement. Unfortunately the moths are getting to it. My hair is an utter state as usual, but it’s down today because I went to a ball last night and pretty much rolled out of bed and into the library (for revision) and I couldn’t be bothered to sort it out because it’s rainy today. On my face, I have both my lobes pierced which are adorned with VIVIENNE WESTWOOD orb earrings and I have my cartilage pierced on the top of my right ear which has a ring in it. Because I am rather blind, I am wearing orange glasses and shit loads of eyeliner. I also have by MARC by MARC JACOBS school bag with me, it is oil cloth and has lots of funny drawings on it like a banana eating itself and a huge zip and a MARC JACOBS bone bangle (on my left wrist) and a TIMEX watch (on my right wrist).

LEWIS ALUN DAVIES
Artistic Director, collecting images from unwanted sources collaging them all together to make new beautiful things. Making unwearable accessories for photoshoots and mirrorball armor for Lady Gaga’s dance troup. Spending to much time in artificially lit photographic studio’s and helping myself to fizzy water in their fridges. Down and out in London & Paris.

From head to toe: A light splash of Bumble & Bumble ’straight’ potion for my unruly locks. A dash of DIOR homme aftershave. Thin cotton vintage blossom style print shirt by PAUL AND JOE, with cream landscape, blue tree trunks and pink blossom, from Selfridges London. Pure lambswool Cardigan by PETER JENSEN in wine color. Round neck cut with no fastenings on front, bought from sample sale at Peter’s studio. Vintage CASIO gold calculator watch. Slim fit dark denim jeans by UNIQLO with 1inch turn up. Perfect fit for my overly long legs and slim waist. All underwear by AMERICAN APPAREL in maroon bought from the LA flagship store in down town LA whilst on vacation last autumn. Vintage Chelsea boots bought from a flea market in Paris. Slightly scuffed and worn leather just as I like them.

20/05/10, 2pm gmt

TAO LIN
I write, draw, write emails, drink smoothies, eat fruit, look at the internet, do things to my blog (http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/), listen to music in my room, Tweet, “hang out,” walk around in sunlight in Manhattan, make “shitty-ass” songs on garageband.
I live in Williamsburg off the Graham L train stop.

I’m wearing a black Choking Victim hoodie with a white image of a woman choking a baby, I think, on the back. It is size small. The brand is GILDAN. I think I got it from Leftover Crack’s website or eBay or maybe a Leftover Crack show like five years ago. I’m wearing black IPATH shoes I think I got off Amazon discounted to something like $25 a few months ago. I’m wearing black socks from I think OLD NAVY. I’m wearing a “shitty-ass” “two-pronged” belt from OLD NAVY. I’m wearing plaid boxer shorts that are probably from GAP. I’m wearing a green-and-black long-sleeved plaid shirt from GRANIPH that I got in Taipei, Taiwan two years ago. I’m wearing dark blue corduroy pants my old roommate gave me around a year ago.

Thursday, 4:56 PM, May 06 2010, Bobst Library, Manhattan, NY

MARI SANTOS
Web and fashion designer, London

£3 old light blue and white polka dotted dress from a rummage sale, shortened. Black tights. STELLA McCARTNEY for GAP kids espadrilles (the very few advantages of being short = small feet). Black cardigan stolen from my mom. Denim jacket from The Salvation Army.

13 April – In and around London, doing work and having crepes at the South Bank

LEE CERRÉ
I’m a stylist/set designer, back in school at parsons for graphic design.
2or3things.blogspot.com

I’m wearing blue & white stripe SAINT JAMES sweater. UNIQLO bootcut jeans. Cuffed and my old beige canvas boat shoes. STELLA McCARTNEY scent and no jewelry, because I’m not really into embellishments. Over my shoulder: my simple black leather bag from GRAVEL & GOLD in SF, always carrying a bunch of pens and a reporters notebook.

Its 1PM, I’m in my living room making type out of boxes, with duck tape.
Brooklyn, NYC.

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