If you are traveling soon you must understand a couple of things:
Gals: high heels are not cool at the airport… it doesn’t matter where you are going, who you are traveling with or who is picking you up at the airport. Comfortable shoes are a must! This doesn’t mean that you need to wear your running shoes (unless you will run a marathon straight from the plane). If you don’t care about the security checkpoint and walking on barefoot my recommendation is Cole Haan flats, but if you feel icky -like I sometimes feel- and prefer to walk with socks your are fine with Converse. Please no sandals or flip flops (even if you are going to Cancun, those could wait!). Items that you shouldn’t forget: cardigan, scarf and a book.
I am always cold! I could be on the hottest city and I have a cardigan shoved in my handbag… It’s inexplicable for me why someone would travel wearing a bermuda, skirt or dress.
Guys: keep it simple. Comfortable T-shirt, jeans and casual shoes. I’ve heard the complain of the shoe laces, if this applies to you, Car Shoes are your way to go. Please NO tank tops.
Only few guys can pull together a look like this, it requires a certain personality. First, the layering: bright yellow crew neck t-shirt, black fleece zip cardigan and dark green velvet blazer with capri pants, converse and a fedora hat. Frank Sinatra once said “Cock your hat-angles are attitudes”. In this case, he committed to the hat and wore it with confidence.
You could easily find a guide on how to dress in a bookstore, but it will only show you “a recipe” of basics outfits. The point is not to dress as every single magazine or to wear the latest trend, is to mix and match and try to maintain your trade mark. Sense of style is underrated and not everyone has it. The key is in the way you pull what you are wearing and it doesn’t matter the brand or price of what you wear. Usually when you meet someone who really knows about fashion, they say they buy from vintage stores, from some high-end designers and from mass market brands (H&M, Zara, Gap, Uniqlo, etc).
They are cool. They are fierce. They don’t stop.
Whatcha gonna do? whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Skater boys are all around the city, jumping stairs, benches, or laughing around. Love how they all have the same dress code; I am sure that if you are a skater dude/chick and you try to dress differently you will be AUTOMATICALLY out of the gang. Vans, Adidas, Reebok, Nike and Converse are the only shoe brands they seem to wear –even though they couldn’t care less for labels-. What do you need? A T-shirt o shirt, a pair of old jeans or khakis, old sneakers and a cool accessory could be a hat or sunglasses (wayfarer Ray Ban’s ring a bell?). It surprises me that they are always smiling, I am sure that if I do a public opinion poll the majority of the locals will agree that they have a cool vibe/attitude.
If you would like to go to some cool skate stores check out here
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And some attitude wouldn’t hurt.
One of my best friends got married last night here at Caracas/Venezuela. He and his grooms-men wore Converse, how awesome is that? It was by far one the coolest weddings I’ve ever gone. Her style was pretty cool too, the oversized headband and white off white hi tops Converse added a twist. I like when people don’t play safe and just maintain who they are. In this case they BOTH achieved it without blinking.
** I am flying back soon! So beware SF, I’ll be hunting for style
Give it away, give it away, give it away now. If you are concerned about the environment and committed to making a difference, you need to take action. Years has passed, your sneakers are worn out, truly, madly, deeply destroyed. They are in such bad shape that you will be embarrassed to donate them. You could start by recycling your athletic shoes with Nike’s Reuse-A-Shoe.
How does it work?
Bring your ANY BRAND athletic shoes (running shoes, sneakers, etc.), shoes that DO NOT contain any metal. (Please clean your shoes before dropping them)
Where should you drop your shoes?
Any Nike retail stores in the U.S., as well as National Recycling Coalition centers and other locations in the U.S., Europe and Australia (pls check here).
What’s going to happen with the shoes?
After processed they could become part of a basketball court, track, field or playground – and pre-consumer material could even get used in new shoes and apparel.
*-*- Come on, just do it! And kinldy spread the voice…
just stopped to check you out.
Tourists visiting from Switzerland -eYe have seen quite a few of them in the city- In this case I like the kind-of-similar-look they have. It’s amazing how you see this phenomenon around SF.
Left guy:
Sneakers – Asics available at zappos
Fleece zip hoody -available at american apparel
Aviator sunglasses -available at Bloomingdales
Right guy:
Converse – available at their website
Adidas zip track top with pockets – available at their website
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eYe note: if you happen to LOVE sneakers you MUST check out Sneaker Freaker’s site
As of now we don’t need X rays anymore… we can wear jeans that will give us the same effect. For all of us who have faith in technology we are getting there… no worries fashion is trying to help.
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He was transported, through the infinity gate, from the 80′s.
1.- RayBan wayfarer’s with THE STRING.
2.- RED raglan pullover fleece.
3.- Levy’s jeans rolled up.
4.- White converse hi top chuck
5.- The light blue socks
And he is visiting from Switzerland
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