This is the short version of the 6th issue of Ilikemystyle Quarterly, the first user generated fashion magazine.

1. the first user-generated fashion magazine
i liKe
my
stYle
Yohji Yamamoto,
Rodarte,
Masks, DiY,
and other thoughts
and attitudes
Kate wears
all Yohji Yamamoto
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2. Mash styling
up
“loving clothes
is not a good
enough reason to
stylist’s
do this job. if you
love clothes,
go shopping.”
Own stylists turn outfits into looks, clothes
into pieces, and photography into
fashion. Fashion is not a democracy,
and they are its kings and queens.
ilikemystyle introduces some of the
industry’s finest from NYC.
Mauve silk chiffon top by Hussein
Chalayan; olive polka dot draped
trousers by A Détacher; fluro orange
ruffle and fluro pink jacket by Jil
Sander; nude sandals by Raoul;
plexi ring by Maison Martin
Margiela; black frame glasses by
Claire Goldsmith Legacy.
Haidee Findlay-levin
Haidee Findlay-Levin, fashion editor, stylist and consultant.
I am drawn to intelligent fashion. Designers like Hussein Chalayan, Raf Simons (in
above’s case for Jil Sander), and the lesser known Mona Kowalski of A Détacher
all have an original point of view, and chart their own course rather than follow the
stream. What makes them truly special is that their clothes aren’t mere concepts,
they are made to be worn. I am particularly attracted to volume, which makes this A
Détacher dress on the left so special—the perfect balance of light and heavy fabrics,
the contrast of nude and black (my two favorite colors whenever I am not seduced by
extreme colors). When I go for color, I really commit to it. This is why I was so drawn
to these amazing fluorescent pieces — the jacket and ruffle — but then I like to mix
them with dirtier tones, like the olive and dusty mauve of the top and trousers.
I have been wearing glasses since the age of 6, when I chose my first black
Nude silk/black linen frames with a red streak over each eyebrow. There was no turning back. I always
dress and black search for the perfect pair and usually find temporary satisfaction in vintage frames.
leather collar by A
photos: Zoe Ghertner
Détacher; black These new frames have perfectly balanced lines. They’re designed by another intel-
frame glasses by ligent person: Claire Goldsmith. She is the granddaughter of Oliver Goldsmith, who
Claire Goldsmith
Legacy. made the glasses for Peter Sellers, Michael Caine, and Princess Grace, amongst oth-
ers. The line is called Legacy, and now you understand why.
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3. Mash styling
up
“The polaroids of me are
funny. This one was taken
when i was in college and
Mel Ottenberg drunk. What i love about
the photo is the memory
works as a stylist for Opening Ceremony and Adam of being soooooo excited
Kimmel. He is also fashion editor for Purple maga- about fashion and dress-
zine and did many shoots with Terry Richardson. In ing up, not about labels
or anything, more the
an interview with Style.com he defined his work as an creative side, being young
act of sublimating style: “I don’t want the style to be and really passionate
noticed, per se. I just want the kid who’s reading the about putting together a
magazine to think, wow, that looks great.”
look that made you feel
so cool and ahead of the
curve. i dressed up in
what i thought were really
cool ‘conceptual’ outfits.
“i’m dressing The one below shows
identical to my me dancing as a kid in a
boyfriend women’s outfit with my
without noticing…” brother and sister in the
background. ”
right: Brian wears a friend’s
striped tights, an oversized
white T-shirt, huge white
Casio G-Shock watch, and a
gigantic black and white knit
scarf. “Probably at the time
my absolute favorite thing
to wear. Not to mention my
extreme Flock of Seagulls
Brian Molloy haircut.” His housemate
wears shearling snowboots
Has anyone else looked at Brian and a shearling throw from
Molloy’s stunning work with model Ikea as a dress.
Janiel Williams and photographer
Laurie Bartley in this September’s Elle?
The impressive stylist has also been
featured in Vogue Germany, Bund, and
Muse, to name but a few.
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4. Mash Fashion
up
Marc Jacobs Louis Vuitton Comme des Garçons
Petrito Zezus wears a
trench-coat by H&M, an
anchor necklace and a vin-
tage hat that belonged to a
beloved person.
Rodarte Gucci Jeremy Scott
Alexander Wang Giorgio Armani Paul Smith
The WOrld is a T-shirt The aRt of the Trench
alexander Gibson / username: KeyFood from Brooklyn revisits the it takes nothing but a sailor’s hat and a coat. Petrito Zezus / username: petrito from Kastoria
fall collections. By Olivia Crough / username: buffy interprets Jean Genet’s and Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s infamous hero Querelle de Brest.
You can’t buy Alex Gibson’s (alias Bad Smelling Boy’s) shirts, yet. As digital cloth- When I first watched Kenneth Anger’s movie Fireworks I was struck by the last
ing, are they empty ornamentation, a refutation of Adolf Loos’ call for modern design scene: two naked men lying in bed next to each other, with one’s face mysteriously
to ethically strip every object down to its function - or rather pure design, freed from covered by a graphic trick, a sun or a white flower. When I watched it again I dis-
the ontological opposition between appearance and essence, a product of living in covered more exciting details: a bizarre decorative hand sculpture with five fingers,
a postmodern “society of the spectacle?” Alex defines Bad Smelling Boy as an act a “gents” sign on the toilet door like an art installation, a shirtless sailor with cruel
of self-publication, not unlike each of our manifold internet personas and avatars. intentions wearing tight white pants, a clock ticking inside a chest instead of a heart,
According to media critic Boris Groys, no one can escape today’s obligation to self- a flaming Christmas tree. It was all a dream. You might ask what all this has to do
design, to the calculated presentation of oneself as both artist and self-produced work with fashion. I’d say a great deal. Fashion house Missoni hired Mr. Anger to shoot its
of art. Alex presents himself as both critical internet artist/fashion–consumer and as family members, modeling their F/W 10/11 collection. The result was a two minute
ready to be consumed, the contemporary of trends such as svpply.com and virtual dreamlike meditation on film. The fashion industry often draws inspiration from alter-
makeovers, and above all, worth checking out for yourself: badsmellingboy.com. native art. In my photos, I let all my impressions of Fireworks go free and explode!
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5. Mash Fragrances
up
scentology
New fragrances tasted, smelled, evaluated, and interpreted.
illustrations by Guglielmo Castelli / username: skydoll from Turin
Text by eva Munz / username: evvaa from New York
Lovestruck is Vera
Wang’s olfactory
vision of an amour fou.
Not her usual bridal
fare. Basically a cluster
bomb of roses.
The face of L’Homme
Libre is the ballet dancer
Benjamin Millepied.
But don’t expect a
version of Yves Saint
Laurent’s L’Homme in
a tutu. It’s more like a
cleaner, bathed version
of masculinity. Pure by DKNY is made
for a woman who relies on
austerity but would never
sacrifice her appearance.
Infused with a dash of
vanilla to calm the nerves
whilst studying the portfolio.
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6. Mash
up
Dressing
Room Piracy
Fall/Winter 11/12
In the heat of New York summer
users of ilikemystyle.net jumped into
the air-conditioned palaces of
fashion, pouting into mirrors in the
cooler season’s hottest looks.
(To be continued in the next issue. Feel free to send your piracy
pictures to magazine@ilikemystyle.net)
top: Lain Kay (username:
LainClaiborne) wears navy
metallic collared knit with
details in burgundy and violet
by Prada and pleated dress
pants by Prada.
left: Lain wears violet
metallic knit turtleneck by
Prada, long white leather
coat by Prada, and his own
light wash denim shorts by
Ralph Lauren.
opposite page: Lain wears
violet metallic knit
turtleneck and pleated
dress pants by Prada.
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7. below: Alison wears paisley
dress and safari jacket, both
by Marc by Marc Jacobs.
left: Alison wears blouse by
Marc by Marc Jacobs; fur
vest by Burberry; and boots
by Vera Wang.
above:Alison Mazur
(username: alisonmazur)
wears crepe blouse and
sequin skirt, both by Diane
Von Furstenberg.
right: Alison wears
metallic cardigan by Marc
by Marc Jacobs; and electric
blue pleated skirt by Diane This issue’s Dressing Room above: Alison wears silver
Von Furstenberg. Piracy offers a generous nod satin sweatpants by Marc
to the thoughtful buyers and by Marc Jacobs; and sequin
wonderful staff of the follow- blouse by Vera Wang.
ing stores in New York City: right: Joshua Lieberman
Barney’s, Bloomingdale’s, (username: joshua) wears
Chanel, Miu Miu, Jil Sander, deep yellow cashmere sweater
and Rick Owens. and dark wool slacks both
by Jil Sander.
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8. Fashion
Yamamoto
mon
amour
Photographer Bela Borsodi
(username: BelaB) and fashion
director James Valeri (username: jv)
show YohJi Yamamoto’s
Fall/Winter 2011/12 collection.
Quoting the designer’s iconographic
visual language, science fiction
and homage in one.
Kate wears all models: Kate Somers @ Supreme, Stephan Haurholm @ VNY, and Seth Miller @ Ford
Yamamoto men’s: make up: Christian McCulloch @ Tim Howard Management
white cotton dress hair styling: Shawn Mount @ Artlist NewYork
shirt under an over- casting: Edward Kim @ House Casting
sized green tweed photographer’s assistant and digital tech: Anyka
coat, green cotton stylist’s assistant: Alison Mazur (username: alisonmazur)
twill military style producer: Kris Lindblade
pant, black boots, and retouching: Lutz & Schmitt
vintage leather belt. special thanks to: Noriko Chikamori and Coralie Gauthier @ Yohji Yamamoto
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9. Fashion Yamamoto
mon
amour
Stephan wears oversized
green tweed coat;
dress shoes by Church;
socks stylist’s own.
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10. Fashion Yamamoto
mon
amour
Stephan wears double
metal chain as chocker
from Home Depot.
opposite page: Stephan
wears cotton dress shirt, black
wool trousers; hat by Ellen
Christine Millinery; dress
shoes by Church and vintage
belt by Y’s.
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11. Fashion
Stephan wears green cotton
twill high waisted pant and
leather dress shoes; wide
brim wool hat by Worth
& Worth; vintage belt from
Screaming Mimi’s NYC;
customized velvet bow tie
stylist’s own.
opposite page: Kate wears
mesh dress with feather
motif; leggings by Wolford
worn over white tights;
black stilettos by Christian
Louboutin; black felt hat by
Worth & Worth.
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12. FaShion
Nice
stuff
How to pick from a
million beautiful things?
Ilikemystyle’s fashion
director JameS ValerI
(username: jv) and photographer
BenJamIn FredrIckSon
(username: monstermash) suggest
some outstanding pieces
for the upcoming season.
Prada men’s suede
lace-up loafer.
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13. FaShion Nice
stuff
Hugo Boss fur handbag
with long chain strap and
Martin Keehn strap belts
hanging on a pull up bar.
opposite page, top: Alex
wears Henrik Vibskov
glasses and Freddie Kruger
head to de-stress.
opposite page, bottom:
leather military ankle boots
with tweed insert, a grunge
touch by Chanel.
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14. FaShion Nice
stuff
open-toe sabot with ankle
strap, plexi heel, and
wizard leather inserts by
Dries Van Noten.
opposite page: black leather
platform boot with glitter
heel by Versus.
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15. FaShion Nice
stuff
Brittany wears Heidi
Lee Couture “cocktail
umbrella” hat.
opposite page: shaved
shearling handbag and
platform Wellington boots
by Louis Vuitton.
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16. FaShion SChool
of Fashion
SChool
ofiii: rodarte
vol.
Fashion
Coming out of nowhere, or as
they like to put it, “from
Northern California, raised by
two dreamers,” fashion designers
Kate and Laura MuLLeavy
hit the fashion world with their
intricate, imaginary, and highly
personal style. Senior West Coast
editor of vogue LiSa Love
talks to the sisters about their
favorite movies, artists, and
streets in La. Photographer
aNdreW durhaM gives a
The photo was taken at Lisa rare glance into their lives
Love’s house in Los Feliz, CA.
Kate is on the left and Laura and their new collection. Styling
is on the right. The art work
above is by Richard Prince. by JaMeS vaLeri (username: jv).
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17. FaShion SChool
of Fashion
one must travel to
dark and mysterious
places in order to
be saved. diamond
tears, spilled for
those brief and
elusive moments in
life, offer a glimpse
of universal clarity.
On Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et La Bête.
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18. FaShion SChool
of Fashion
which got us thinking about the artist Gordon Matta-Clark and his architectural interven-
tions. This made us re-examine Victorian homes as pieced together, Frankenstein-like
objects. The world that we wanted to create was one of a deconstructed site — one that
was both archaic and futuristic. Layers upon layers of texture: piles of rock, granite,
marble, grout, dry wall, insulation, copper piping, gravel, and wood. In our minds, Fran-
kenstein, the ultimate science-fiction figure, related in its entirety to the iconic configura-
tion, or disfiguration, of the home. With this collection, we wanted to explore the process
of building, ruin, and preservation.
Fashion photographers that cross the line into Art. Which ones do you admire?
Avedon.
Books
Which books are you reading now? Who’s reading what?
Kate: Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima.
Laura: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
How do you organize them in the bookshelf?
All our books are organized by color.
Do you buy paperbacks?
Yes, vintage ones... in fact, a friend just gave us Brautigan’s The Hawkline Monster.
Comics? Which ones?
Popeye.
The bookshelves are color-coordinated.
travel
Their favorite bookstore, the Caravan Where do you want to go?
Book Store in Los Angeles, reminds
them of a 1950s Disney movie. Yosemite.
And why haven’t you been already?
We went as children but we need to find the time to go back again.
Name all your favorite places you have been. What do you like about each one of them?
Big Sur: redwoods and the incredible coastline.
photographing them. We felt that the landscape of California was pivotal in telling the Death Valley: the wildflowers and salt formations.
story of our clothes. It was interesting, because he was asked to document things that in- Rhyolite: relics from the gold rush.
terested us and have influenced our creative process and aesthetic, and in this manner, we Joshua Tree National Park: Its dominant geological feature is bare rock broken into loose
got to know one another. It was as if we were pen pals. We titled the book Rodarte Cath- boulders and stacked into piles upon piles, is also speckled with the most charismatic
erine Opie Alec Soth because, in the end, the narrative was a result of all of our work. and delicate trees known in existence. The combination of fragile sand tones and strange
Oh and of course how does art influence you? green hues magnifies the contrast between the park’s severe desert landscape and its
Art has allowed us to think critically, which is pivotal to our design process. bizarre flora and fauna. How does a seemingly prehistoric world manage to remain so
Which artists do you love? Why? Which piece the most? preserved and perfect — so desolate and isolated — in the middle of California? The
Courbet, Bernini, Rembrandt, Charles Ray, Baldessari, Walter de Maria, Michael Heiz- horizon is marked by spectacular rock sculptures and relics of an earlier time; perhaps a
er...Rodin...Gordon Matta Clark...Caravaggio... time where lizards were 1000 times larger than they are today. Every surface is broken
Our fall 2009 collection stemmed from an idea about Frankenstein and Gordon Matta- and mangled. The trees create arms frozen by an advanced stage of arthritis. Bodies are
Clark. Driving north on the Pasadena freeway we would pass a cluster of old Victorian no longer perfect, but look as though they are altered by the wondrous world where ev-
homes. One day, we noticed that a piece of insulation had fallen off one of the houses, erything that you know seems to be questioned and disfigured.
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19. FaShion
Do
cabbage
heads
dream of
Designer
Frames?
Arcimboldo’s shortsighted
descendants: Photographer
Robin KRAnz (username:
robin) and stylist VolKeR
Hobl (username: vlkr) combine
mouthwatering vegetables
with cutting-edge frames.
Glasses provided by stylist
Pappbrille MAndy StAdelMAnn
(username: keylooks).
green cardboard glasses
with pink lace
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20. FaShion
Peek-
a-Boo
Inspired by our Dressing Room
Piracy feature, OPenIng
ceRemOny opened their Soho store
and had their staff model an exclusive
sneak preview of chlOë SevIgny’S
Resort 2011 collection. Photographer
AntwAn DuncAn (uername: antwan)
snapped away.
Styling by AlISOn mAzuR
(username: alison).
Opening Ceremony’s awesome sales people
and models: Michelle Salem, Vanna Youngstein,
Adrienne Pratt, and Joshua Paulin.
Big thank you to Autumn Furr @ Blackframe
Michelle wears denim
and leather embellished
overall that unzips at the
waist into separates.
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21. FaShion
the
Twist
Modern dance?
Shamanism? Or just
fast-forward style
statements? Fashion
designer Michael
eckhauS (username:
toothofangel) and his
friend ZOe latta
(username: princelattal)
Zoe and Mike wear floral-print
cotton bondage toile top by
play dress-up.
Junya Wantanabe; navy cargo
drawstring pants from Kadem
Sasson, Tel Aviv; and custom
platform Tevas cobbled in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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22. FaShion the
Twist
Zoe and Mike wear chipmunk and
squirrel fur liner from Neukölln
Flea Market, Berlin; grey print
wax resistant draw-string pants
from Imports Store, West Vil-
lage, NY; and custom platform
Tevas cobbled in Williamsburg,
Brooklyn.
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23. stories
Girl/Boy
next door,
AlmoSt.
The adorable ladies and gentlemen
on the following pages are succesful
fashion models. They also play in
bands, take care of their kids, and
dream of writing and travelling.
James Valeri (username: jv) and
alex John Beck (username: ajb)
Susan took a private look at the class of 2011.
Eldridge
(username: susana)
photography by Benjamin Fredrickson vintage pearl knitted vest
(username: monstermash) from Foley&Corinna.
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24. michael
elmquist
(username: me)
@ Dna
photography by alex John Beck
(username: ajb)
Where are you from? I’m from Minnesota.
What is your sign? I’m a Leo. People use stars as a polite way of figuring out what a person is
like and just love putting each other in categories.
What is your idea of a good weekend? When I do something memorable and original, with a
side of happiness.
What do you dread on Monday morning? I don’t dread Mondays that much… I’m usually
ready for the contrast.
Are we on the right path as a species? I think so. We’re experiencing and testing both good
and bad things, which is the best way to grow.
What is your comic going to be about? It’s tough to be brief on this, but it’s about a cult that
believes in a spiritual being who kills people who misuse the word “love.”
Michael wears CK One
white cotton t-shirt and his If the world ends tonight, where do you want to be? Exactly where I happen to be. I’d like to
own customized ring. know that I wasn’t prepared to give up.

25. stories
miles
On the wall is Miles’s
self portrait; Richard Chai
sweatshirt on the bed.
mcmillan
(username: milesmcmillan)
@ Dna
photography by alex John Beck
(username: ajb)
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26. stories Girl/Boy
next door,
AlmoSt.
bottom: black sweater and
trousers by +J Jil Sander
for Uniqlo.
Jana
opposite page: purple strap
vest by American Apparel.
Knauerova
@ new york models
photography by alex John Beck
(username: ajb)
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27. StOries
Audience
pArticipation Photographer NichOlaS
kaNtOr (username: nnnkkk)
and DiONiSia SbONia
(username: sula) went to rock
am ring, one of Europe’s
biggest summer music
festivals, and captured the
mesmerizing crowd.
Nicholas and Dionisia were invited, catered to, and
hosted by Italian fashion label, Diesel. Thanks a million.
Giannina, 17
profession: student, model
sign: scorpio
dream: see the world
favorite bands: Kings of Convenience, Daft Punk,
Oasis, Phoenix, Joy Division, New Order
came with: friends
favorite moments: Phoenix concert, sunset from the
roof of the Cologne Fair Building
song that changed her life: “Wonderwall” by Oasis
wears: vintage shorts by Levi’s, DIY t-shirt
best dressed people in the world: Alice Dellal,
Karl Lagerfeld
believes in: freedom, beauty, truth, and love
song she’d sing on stage: “Wonderwall” by Oasis
in love? Si, mon amour!
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28. StOries Audience
pArticipation
Joscha Dario, 21 & roma, 22
sign: leo and scorpio
dream: 30 beer bongs in one go
favorite band: Bring Me the Horizon and
Gaslight Anthem
songs that changed their lives: “Every-
thing” by A Day to Remember and “Blue
Jeans & White T-Shirts” by Gaslight Anthem
believe in: L O V E
song they’d sing on stage: “Angry Johnny
and the Radio” by Gaslight Anthem
favorite body parts: faces
in love? Yeahyeahyeahyeah
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29. StOries
Body
“Long hair is
very feminine
and also
very boring.”
talk
Is making your
own beauty
Annahita Kamali,
username: annahita products worth
from Munich it? Are facial
Annahita is a
fashion designer. injections better
annahitakamali.com
filedunder.net than plastic
surgery? How
do you avoid
looking like
an Italian
showgirl? Users
of ilikemystyle.net
discuss looking
and feeling
good.
“It’s all about
whitening
here in Asia.”
Yasuko Hama,
username: champ1gnon
from Bangkok
photo: Florian Böhm
Yasuko works as a freelancer in
post-production photography.
She says the models on some skin
and body care campaigns are
heavily retouched.
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30. StOries
the
Kucks
Angelika and Olaf met in the
window of a department store
and have been devoted to fashion
(and each other) ever since.
Filmmaker MiriAM Dehne
(username: mimiberlin) asked them
about the hot, the not, and every-
thing in between. Photographer
SASkiA nADi (username: nadi) met
them in their fairytale mansion.
Olaf and Angelika behind a vase from
Murano in the kitchen of their house in
Wuppertal-Cronenberg. They live here
since 30 years.
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31. StOries
have that in solid gold!?!” After a while the business really took off.
You were a living gold rush.
Angelika: There was also a lot of stress. At some point I just quit and left: Rome, Nepal,
Sri Lanka and India. In Mumbai I said “Tschüss” to my Italian lover Stefano and went
back to Germany to live in Rosenheim in a converted chicken barn.
Olaf: Angelika came back on Christmas. Then we closed the first store and opened the
second one. We’ve been running this business for 27 years together.
Who were your clients?
Olaf: Popstars, Russian oligarchs, high society. One day Elton John swung by with four
security guards.
Angelika: Our first thought was, robbery! Then we recognized him.
Olaf: He browsed the store in the blink of an eye, bought a big diamond and left. A
billionaire from Düsseldorf asked me to make a frying pan key chain pendant in solid
gold for his wife as a symbol of her spending habits. In German Geld verbraten [frying
money] means to waste money.
Did you have a certain look when working in your store?
Angelika: I stayed true to my style: Romeo Gigli from head to toe. He was the greatest
back then.
What wardrobe pieces changed your life?
Angelika: Miniskirts and hot pants. They gave me more self-esteem. Later the pantsuit. I
love the contrast of the tame and the juicy.
Olaf: I also have a history with panties. In my case it was the bathing suit my grandmoth-
er had knit for me. The knots were far too wide, it would never dry and when I played at
the pool with the other kids something was always sticking out. This piece of clothing Olaf is wearing a shirt by Jil Sander,
is connected with shame and being bullied. Later, when I was 19, my first suit. I wore sweater and pants by Prada, shoes by
John Lobb; art on the wall behind
it to go dancing and felt like a prince. Today, it is not to having to wear a tie any longer.
left top: The Mingled Destinies of
What would you never wear? Crocodiles and Men, Alistair and
Olaf:Anything with a pattern. Pants that are cut off at a length where there is no clear Fourteen Footer by Peter Beard;
right top: Am Pferd by Leni
purpose. Short sleeved shirts. And anything that takes me back to the past. Riefenstahl; right below: Der
Angelika: I never say never. Turmspringer by Leni Riefenstahl
Why did you shut down your store?
Olaf: It was burning me.
Angelika: After 30 years of work, we wanted to reward ourselves by letting go of it. We
had to do something; it was overdue. When we flipped through Elle magazine we read
about the Ayurveda spa in Trabend-Trabach. It was relatively new back then. It was there
where we learned to meditate.
Olaf: And about nutrition. Crazy how crucial that is. We kept going back for 10 years.
You let go of your past. What happened to your diamonds by Andy Warhol?
It was Portofilio of Four Screen Prints: an emerald, a ruby, a sapphire, a diamond.
Olaf:
Angelika gave them to me. I had them sold at Sotheby’s for a very nice price.
What was the difference from real stones?
Olaf: Warhol’s were bigger, the real ones are more precious. To combine fashion and
diamonds still fascinates us. We consider it an art form, and we will continue. Sleep is
for the dead..

32. stOries
hidden
Pleasures
No need to stress the erotic allure
of a beautifully covered face.
Masks have been around forever,
angela Grossi / username: angelinemimi from Milan
yet they constantly change their
look and feel. Users of ilikemystyle.net
If you are an Italian in New York City, make sure to wear your eye mask before you
fall asleep. God only knows why they don’t have rolling shutters in America! Don’t
they know that you need compete darkness to sleep tight and get into the REM
on how and why to wear them.
state? Don’t they know that total darkness prevents premature crow’s feet? It puts
off botox! Well, after six months on Orchard Street, I think that the only person
who can answer all these questions could also explain why they left this picture of
me on my own camera. Ha! The longer you live in Gotham City, the more you real-
ize that 24 hours go by in a flash. The more aware you become of living in Gotham,
the more you realize that nothing you do is original, cause you’re just the aggregate
of everybody you have ever known. God bless Chuck Palahniuk – he’s the author of
the saying you’ve just read. God bless British Airways for the eye masks,
and God bless New York.
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33. stOries
Daphne Oosthuizen / username: aFCake from amsterdam
I took this picture of myself in my bedroom at the end of summer. I love wearing
masks and crazy sunglasses. I made the one in this picture myself. I bought
some sunglasses and some Legos, made a Pacman with Legos, and put it on the
sunglasses with some glue – haha.
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34. hidden
Pleasures
Guglielmo Castelli / username: skydoll from Turin
This photo is part of a larger project called “Delightful Tedium,” shot on location at Dinçer sirin / username: dino from Istanbul
the Teatro Carignano in Turin. I am wearing a leather mask with fringes, and a piece
from the Prada show. My very dear friend, Eleonora Giamello, styled and shot the This mask was bought in Berlin or New York, I can’t remember at this point.
fashion spread that I modeled for. The series won a competition by the IED (Insti- My ex-lover, who I lived with at the time, bought it. Behind the mask, I was not
tute of European Design). Eleonora works for Vogue Italia. We had a great time. aware of what would happen as soon as the photograph was taken. Just after, I
I think I look like a character from a story penned by the Brothers Grimm. broke up with my lover, moved out of the flat, and turned my life downside-up.
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clOSe-
upS Aesthetic authorities from
around the globe cast a
sharp eye on ilikemystyle.net ’s
sparkling fashion diaspora.
Presidential Glengarry
by Aliona Doletskaya
But why? Why? Why do seven colors oscillating from chocolate brown through emerald green
to powder pink look so amazingly chic on African-American men? The hat, a traditional Scot-
tish glengarry is totally unexpected in this context. At first sight, he even looks a bit like a male
version of Aretha Franklin. She wore that famous hat at President Obama’s inauguration. Plus,
the glengarry sings a sophisticated duet with Michael’s glasses.
How brave of him to juxtapose different types and sizes of checks, add a polka dot on a tie
and choose a different shade of white for the pocket square and the white of the shirt. Very Hamish
Bowles in a way. The crossed hands with long fingers on the umbrella echo a dancer’s pose; such
elegant feet arrangements are rarely seen on the street. I wish I could be as audacious as you are,
Michael. But why pose in a mall?!? That’s the only thing I find uncool about this fab picture.
Aliona Doletskaya is the former editor in chief of Vogue Russia.
Michael York
from New
She is now the editor in chief of the soon to be published magazines Interview Russia
and Interview Germany.
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kriTik
Buon Giorno
Friends!
Don’t bother learning Hindi,
Russian, Italian, Kazakh, or Turkish.
Six users of ilikemystyle.net travelled
the world so you don’t have to.
Here’s our lookbook for the lazy.
Istanbul, Turkey After a really
Gerry Pong Som- Ayzit Bostan, Yo Tanawat, Christian long walk along the Bosphorus we
Kellermann, prasertsuk, username: username: Pankratz and stopped at Ortaköy harbor, which was
username: gerry username: abc from kenfever from Martina Kix crowded with tourists visiting the
from Munich jpongmoss Munich is an Bangkok is usernames: mosque and souvenir shops. Once you
is an industrial from Bangkok artist and an assistant christianpain, turn 180 degrees, you see the majestic
designer and is a freelance fashion director for martinak a pho- river. Beyond, the Asian part of
photographer. stylist. designer. commercials. tographer and a Istanbul beams calm and serene.
journalist, both
from Berlin.
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37. KUltur Buon Giorno
kriTik Friends!
Venice, Italy En route to Venice
we stepped out of our train for a
smoke and saw this glamorous Verona-
Venice-Simplon Orient-Express.
Very jealous!
Jaisalmeer, India Pong pretend-
ing to spit a part of her blue Alexander
McQueen top into the desert.
Astana, Kazakhstan Put your
Mumbai, India Café Mondegar hand into the golden imprint of Presi-
in Colaba is an attack on all senses: dent Nursultan Nazarbayev’s hand and
deafening rock music, shouting guests your wishes will be granted. Kazakh’s
and waiters, Tandoori chicken, and from all over make pilgrimages to As-
cold Kingfisher beer. tana’s landmark Bayterek tower, which
We went every day. overlooks the presidential palace.
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exhibit
one
This summer got some extra
heat from record-breaking
shows abouT fashion
in museums, galleries, and
private collections. alexander
McQueen’s show “savage
beauty” at the Metropolitain
Museum in new York seduced
more than 663,000 visitors.
users of ilikemystyle.net weighed in.
from Alexander McQueen’s
“Savage Beauty”exhibition
at the Metropolitan Museum in New York
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39. KUltur exhibit
kriTik One
Touch Only With the Heart! Laurent’s
Chiara Crespi Chiarrra yves Saint
/ username: from Paris about
Rive Gauche show at Fondation Pierre Bergé in Paris
Yves Henri Donat Mathieu Saint Laurent. The name, as long as it is, is capable both of sending
chills down your spine and bathing your credit card in tears. While Rome’s cardinals and bish-
ops beatify their popes, Paris has sanctified its own prophet by dedicating a series of tributes to
his creations.
The latest hommage to the designer’s half- century career, which began in 1959 when
he became the assistant designer to Christian Dior at the tender age of 19, is the exhibition Yves
Saint Laurent Rive Gauche at the Fondation Pierre Bergé. More intimate than the 2001 retro-
spective at the Petit Palais of Saint Laurent’s work, this show may be less festive, but has a much
cozier atmosphere, faithfully reproducing the designer’s legendary Left Bank boutique, which
opened on September 26th, 1966.
The interior was conceived in collaboration with the designer Isabelle Hebey (famous
for designing the interiors in the Concorde), who enriched the decor with Djinn benches covered
in violet fabric by Olivier Mourgue, lamps by Isamu Noguchi, full-length portraits of Saint Lau-
rent by Eduardo Arroyo, and Niki de Saint Phalle’s celebrated Nanas sculptures.
The clothes are casually exhibited, as if in an actual boutique, but enthusiastic visitors
must resist the impulse to try on the wonderful ensembles on display. Tourist signs, the likes of
which are most often found in Parisian churches, say Ne toucher qu’avec les yeux (Touch only
with the eyes!) As I gazed at creations like a black barthea tuxedo, a black, braided velvet blazer
and waistcoat, or a camel-hair toned wool coat, I realized that instead it should read “Touch only
with the heart!”
An irresistible soundtrack with some of Saint Laurent’s favorite songs from the 60s and
70s set the mood. As I danced through the exhibit, I recalled the designer’s declaration, A bas le
Ritz, vive la rue! (Down with the Ritz, long live the street!) It was a battle-cry for a radical new
imperialism of youth which launched a fashion revolution.
Fascinated by the present yet constantly reinventing it, Saint Laurent was an interpreter
for a new generation of women, a generation whose daring and assertiveness was matched only
by their desire to seduce. Indeed, while he always remained loyal to an ideal of excellence, what
truly interested Saint Laurent, as he once confessed to Dino Buzzati, was to “make dresses that
serve a real purpose, that can be worn by any woman.” Which meant, in effect, making couture
affordable for a range of women. To do this, he adapted his singular creativity to fit within the
framework of mass-production. As a result, the notion of “Saint Laurent hors couture” not only
marks a certain way to dress, but, more importantly, a specific way to live.
Though Avenue Montaigne’s sparkling boutiques are all just around the corner, never
before has the Rive Gauche been so close to the Rive Droite as it is in this exhibition. Step inside
the workshop of what was to become the hallmark of Saint Laurent style. Wander around it to
the rhythms of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Doors, or Serge Gainsbourg. But beware.
Although your eyes will bask in the creations of the saint couturier, never before has a fashion Saint Laurent rive gauche, circa 1970 black jersey jumpsuit,
bullet-chain belt, black patent leather ankle boots.
exhibition fit so neatly into the aphorism that every French child learns from Saint- Exuperey’s All from collection Olivier Chatenet
Le Petit Prince: “One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye.” Photo © Sophie Carre
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Sadly,
theyFrisch / username: casimir from Munich
Jürgen
didn’t strip
more on page 238
Remember
where
you lost it
Screw the Royal Wedding!
Users of ilikemystyle.net get
drunk on the job, have sex
with walkie talkies, and try
to seduce their cab drivers.
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kriTik where
YOu LOSt it
Vodka tonics,
Dexedrine, a pack of
Marlboro/ username: svedka from New York
Bailey Williams
Lights
more on page 239
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42. KUltur Remember
kriTik where
YOu LOSt it
StOners
GettiNG Stoned
by eloise Hindle / username: stary from London
W h e n ? The day of the royal wedding!
Where? This was taken at my house, just before we left to go to my friend’s
belated 18th birthday party.
M o s t i m p o r t a n t p e o p l e ? Stella (the host), I guess.
Topics? Screw the royal wedding, screw exams, screw revision/school work!
Fuck it, we’re celebrating Stella’s 18th. And how the royal wedding was an
excuse for everyone to get royally wasted... Also, someone’s sex life (or lack
of it) and regrets.
What were y o u w e a r i n g ? A Shaun of the Dead costume consisting of an old
cut up school uniform, gold tights, and cherry Doc’s. My friend was Simba.
The theme was the letter “S.”
What was sp e c i a l ? The bucket list, Erin’s sanitary towel costume, getting to
know distant friends a bit better and saying far too many personal things.
Soundtrack? Jessie J “Do it like a Dude,” and then a load of shitty dubstep.
Other people ? Stoners getting stoned, posh people who think they are above
us who kept trying to make me take photos of them, people that have been
exiled from our friend circle but were invited out of pity, trying to convince
other people not to dislike them.
Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n ? London buses.
S t i m u l a t i o n ? Cider, roll-ups, MDMA, and shisha.
Highlight? Seeing friends that had been absent from my life for a while,
smoking in the house like a bad gal, shisha conversations with almost strang-
ers, and the UV light that made people’s teeth and eyes glow freakily.
S e x ? No sex that night...
Sle e p ? In my bed, alone, and probably a decent amount.
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