Style on the Street… thank god for friends.

Posted on February 16, 2011 by The Editor

Every day on my lunch break, I walk downtown for an hour to look for stylish people to photograph.  Usually, if I am lucky, there will be one or two people that are worth taking a picture of.  The last 3 days, I have found absolutely no one. Not one.  There seemed to be a drought of fashionable people in Victoria.   Luckily, today I ran into a friend of mine who is always well put together.

The fedora and RayBan’s are cool, the cuffed skinny jeans and moccasins are great, and once again, I have further proof that Cowichan sweaters are in style. Thanks for the photo-op, Maia, I was starting to lose faith in Victoria fashion.

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Style on the Street

Posted on February 13, 2011 by The Editor

Another of the stylish ladies from the American Apparel store in Victoria, this outfit is seriously adorable. I like the contrast of the military jacket with the dressier stockings, top and skirt.  A great style find on a cold winter day, where most of the city was overrun with atrocious Ugg boots. I even saw a girl today who was photo worthy until I looked all the way down to her feet and saw she had ruined a great outfit with Ugg boots.  Oh well.

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Style on the Street

Posted on February 13, 2011 by The Editor


I am annoyed with myself, because this outfit is  really cute, but I wasn’t paying enough attention and the focus of the photo is totally off…soooo, I played with photo effects, not sure if it made it better or worse.  Anyways, this young lady told me this was her Valentine themed outfit, which is cool.  I like how the outfit is a bit hipster, but still flattering. Too often hip = poor fit.  Also, everything she is wearing can be found at the store she was working at, American Apparel.

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Style on the Street

Posted on February 11, 2011 by The Editor

This is Ian, he is the best dressed person that I know.  This is not flattery, it’s just a statement of fact.  I envy his closet, and his staff discount.   He has had a few style blogs, one called Fashion Du Jour which chronicled what he wore every day for a year… outfits were rarely repeated. It was impressive.  He now has a new blog called The Fashion of Tin Tin, which is exactly what it sounds like.  Check it out.

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NewWaveFashionSlave

Posted on February 10, 2011 by The Editor

Put on your Diamond Ring(s)

John O’Regan is channeling Ziggy Stardust while listening to Cut Copy.  Yes, the zebra tights and purple Air Force Ones might be a bit much, but fashion starts on the edges and extremes, and then gets watered down and eventually makes it to the rest of us. You may have actually seen John’O before he glammed up, as he was the lead signer for Canadian hipster rock band the D’Ubervilles – though you may not have recognized him behind the glasses and toque.

Let there be electro!!….

Whether you’re into the music or not, this guy adds something to the sea of “earth tones” in fashion right now. Fuck I hate earth tones. Diamond Rings music reminds me of new wave songs like “Under The Milky Way Tonight” or “The Killing Moon“. I dig John O’s voice – he can actually sing, unlike so many of the mass produced singers (I’m looking at you, Justin Bieber) that are popular today.

Oh, and surprising fact…queer as his “Diamond Rings” persona is, he’s straight. Didn’t see that one coming, did ya?

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Style on the Street

Posted on February 10, 2011 by The Editor

I saw this fellow on my way home from work.  Pretty much everything happening here is rad.  You can’t tell from the photo, but that is a gold-flake helmet.  Awesome.  An 80’s leather jacket and a cafe-racer style motorcycle, and it’s a good day.

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Robin makes better jeans.

Posted on February 9, 2011 by The Editor