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ANNA MIRIAM ETHEL PARKMAN
I’m a 19-year old countrygirl nowadays living in Stockholm. I work in a swedish kids clothing store half of the time, and on the other half I work with my interests such as baking, sewing and photographing through my vintageblog, http://www.miriamskafferep.blogspot.com. I dream of becoming a pastry chef and I also dance Lindy Hop and Balboa, sometimes wishing I was born 80 years ago.

Today, on the afternoon of july 24th, I’m wearing a 50’s summerdress, with the perfect tiny waistmeasure I very rarely find. It’s cream white in a heavy, dull kind of silk, with raspberry red stripes, mixed thin and thicker ones. It has a square boatneck with short sleeves, typical 50s style, with one big, red stripe following the neck, and then thin ones down to the skirt. Around the waist there’s a thin, red belt, with a buckle of mother-of-pearl-shimmering seashell. The skirt is over-the-knee-length and pleated all around. Together with the fabric’s heaviness its’ swing’s lovely around my legs when I walk and dance! The tag inside the dress says “Suprex Models” but I don’t know from which country it’s originally from. I bought in Stockholm’s best vintage store: Old Touch at Upplandsgatan for 450 SEK (approx. 61 USD).

On my feet I’m wearing a pair of 50’s reproduction wedge sandals from british ROCKET ORIGINALS, with peeptoe and anklestraps crossed back and buckled in front. The wedge is bright raspberry red with a following cream white stripe, and over the toes the sides cross over to an atomic shaped “V”, marked with a another cream white stripe.

I wear my blonde hair in a low, curly ponytail with pinned up sides and my bangs in a big, in-rolled curl, pinned with two green and golden dragonflies. Like a mix of Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe in their more casual moments. I wear a light perfume with lily of the valley-scent from british PENHALIGON, bright red lipstick, light foundation and rose pink blush. When outside I wear a pair of green and yellow cateye-shades, also bought at Old Touch, and a little 50’s handbag in beige and white, bought on a block fleamarket.

The time is 17.47, on a sunny, lazy day in my hometown Härnösand, north of Sweden.

LORA AVEDIAN
Stylist, accessories, fashion props and set designer, art director and organiser of events, based in London and Manchester.
www.loraavedian.blogspot.com

I always wear my perspex 50’s cats eye glasses from OPERA OPERA. They’re falling apart a bit now, but I’m pretty blind so I couldn’t do without them. Today I’m also wearing a high-waisted denim skirt that was ankle length, and kind of amazing like that but i chopped it to knee length – originally from BHS but bought from a charity shop in Stroud last week. A black t-shirt with white horses running across from a thrift shop in Houston, Texas. High-waisted leggings from AMERICAN APPAREL which have a huge hole in them half way down the right leg that I’ve been meaning to sew up for almost a year. Grey socks from M&S, my favourite brown sandals i bought at a charity shop in Brighton. A teddy girl style camel jacket from a charity shop in Surbiton, originally M&S, and a yellow desert backpack i bought on the same day from an army surplus near by. I can’t take it off at the moment, everyone should have a good backpack. Perfume: Coco Madamoiselle. I also always wear a small gold hoop in my left ear (my friend in Manchester has the other) and a heart shaped locket that my sister gave me for my 18th birthday – there’s room for 4 pictures, but im still looking for people with small enough heads.

23:20 04/05/2010 at my Mum’s house in Surrey.

ELIZABETH RAYMAN YONG
Textile Designer/Creator of PRIMOEZA, www.primoeza.com

Midnight blue and white japanese dress from an op shop. Fabric is a heavy, rustic woven cotton. Pattern is simple and origami-like. GORMAN organic tank. Light grey with fine stripes. MARNI belt. Odd resin and wooden shapes attached to seat belt like material, woven to form a chunky background. Grey ankle socks with mustard yellow heels and toes from J CREW. RACHEL COMEY tan leather cutout shoes. KATHARINA M plum boiled wool cloche (depending on the weather). Everyday No. 1: KATHERINE BOWMAN custom designed ring  Everyday No. 2: DIPTYQUE Tam Dao.

19 March 2010, Melbourne.

ELLENITZA
 Style blogger (http://ellenitza.blogspot.com) in Venice, California

It’s a rainy night here in L.A. I’m wearing a short THAKOON black tie-dye print dress with a vintage tan leather belt that used to belong to my mother. Underneath, I have on a pair of black crochet tights from J.CREW. To keep warm, I’ve added a black and white striped scarf from India and a burgundy velvet blazer from J.CREW with the sleeves folded up to show the marigold-yellow satin lining. I’d like to wear a pair of embroidered lace-up red canvas slippers bought in S.F. Chinatown last summer, but due to the weather will probably end up wearing my vintage black cowboy boots that I’ve had since I was 15.

January 22, 6:20pm: getting ready to go out to dinner on Abbot Kinney Road with D.

MARY MANNING
Friend based in new york city
http://www.unchangingwindow.com

1.5 year old APC petit standard jeans, GAP white pocket T from fall 09, ACNE pop classics navy blue wool zipped cardigan from a/w 09, ACNE white cotton boxer shorts, yellow cotton socks from the sock man on st. marks place, CLARKS tan suede wallabee ankle boots, black wool cap from u.s. army, khaki winter parka from GAP japan from last year, ALTADENA WORKS black 801 teardrop backpack, MOSCOT miltzen eyeglasses in clear, a bit of HERMES terre cologne, multi-colored crocheted mittens by HENRIK VIBSKOV from a/w 09 picked up on a recent trip to sweden.

17:11. east village. saturday. 12 december 2009

VIKTOR NILSSON
 www.viktornilsson.se, Fashion Photographer from Sweden based in Melbourne

On my legs I wear a year old pair of NUDIE  jeans (Thin Finn) covering my Swedish paleness, yet to be washed, socks from H&M, underwear from H&M, white textile shoes from H&M that are no longer white, they are more of a brown, grey, black, off white kind of colour because of all the amazing people and places I have seen and met when wearing them, an oversized JC t-Shirt in dark navy blue, a cardigan in white, grey, with blue inner linings that see through the white and grey and looks like its blue but not, it also has beautiful buttons in light brown wood, from a shop in New York on Mercer street called Operations given to me by my girlfriend, the bag around my shoulder is from TED BAKER and is made from thick brown leather and has beautiful cotton lining, I am also carrying a coin purse in dark blue leather by PACK SADDLE LEATHER CO. bought in their factory in Byron Bay, helping me see on a sunny day is a pair of CALVIN KLEIN sunglasses, I smell like someone wearing HUGO BOSS Light Blue.

Saturday, 9.15 am, just heading of into the city.

OKAPI AKIMBO
Dj/Artist/Performer
Sydney, Australia

Tonight i am wearing two singlets because it suddenly got cold again but I’m not ready for a jacket. The underneath one is black and the one on top is bright neon orange. I’m wearing a badge I made myself that is made of sparkly stickers that says ‘faggette’. Around my neck I’m wearing my new favorite neon kerchief, something like an Andy Warhol print, it has a green background with purple, pink, orange and yellow fruit. Im wearing a high waisted body hugging purple and blue leopard print skirt. On my legs I have a pastel purple pair of stockings that I bought when I was living in Japan, with vivid purple fishnets over the top. On my feet I have 90’s style space boots (because i like to be tall but tonight I’m not wearing heels) with black calf length leg warmers over the top. On my left arm is seventeen bracelets in pink, purple and silver and on my right fourteen clear, silver, green and blue bracelets. Above my cupid’s bow I have spirit gummed a tiny jewel. My ears are stretched up big now with new pastel pink tunnels my friend, and local piercer, gave to me. My eyes are all dusty and sparkley with BEN NYE sunset colors and gold i.d. BARE MINERALS makeup. The hair wax I got in Japan, that I’m wearing tonight, makes me smell like sherbet. 

Gig 10.41pm 4th December

OLIVER OF THE SKY
www.oliverofthesky.tk
Artist, currently in Dunedin, New Zealand

I am wearing a pair of much loved KTZ track pants, from autumn 07/08 (is that retro yet?), I think. I inherited these from a friend in Berlin and they function as both my most comfortable pair of pants (soft, warm, balloony) and one of my most expressive. They’re bright turquoise with a dorky pattern that combines chunky 80s bus seat material graphics with a cute sporty KTZ logo, in green, blue, purple, black and yellow. They are hemmed and waisted with big bands of black ribbing, and have low pockets detailed with a similar strip in black that swoops round the bum as well.

On the top I have two t-shirts and a jumper on, cause it’s cold. The first t-shirt is an 80’s ADIDAS t-shirt I was given by my friends in London who I helped cutting garments for their recycled clothing collection. It is a light mottled grey with flowery, multi coloured satin panels on the sleeves. There is also a small flower shaped patch of the same material on the left breast with ‘Universal Spirit’ in cursive script embroidered over it. The second t-shirt is a black DIAMOND t-shirt (a skateboarding distribution company from the states) my gf and I found at a market in Melbourne. It has a large line based graphic in blue on the front, of a diamond with arabic writing underneath. I’m assuming that says diamond, but I don’t know arabic yet. I also tie-bleached the shirt myself a few weeks ago in a lightning pattern that goes from beige through purple/aubergine to black. The jumper is a turquoise crew neck with a screenprinted graphic of three geese wearing pink bow ties, that was bestowed upon me by my doppelganger/older brother figure in Berlin.

On my feet are white cotton socks I bought in Poland, and round my neck I have a Pounamu (jade) necklace given to me by my mother for my 21st birthday. The shape is known as a Toki, symbolising strength, determination and creativity. 
My nails have been painted bright orange with a layer of iridescent flake, although it has almost all chipped off now.

Worn at 10:45 am, 3/12/2009 at my Mum’s house.