5th Street

• NAME: Zak
  
• AGE: 20
  
• OCCUPATION: student in theater/RTF
  
• SHOPS AT: thrift stores
  
• STYLE: poor
  
  
• NAME: Noel
  
• AGE: 19
  
• OCCUPATION: student and actress
  
• SHOPS AT: thrift stores and makes her own clothes
  
• STYLE: dorky chic
  

Red River

• NAME: Fawn
  
• AGE: 31
  
• OCCUPATION: makeup artist
  
• SHOPS AT: Strut, Jezebel, Blackmail, Designer Secret Oktober
  

• NAME: Rion
  
• AGE: 26
  
• OCCUPATION:musician in the band Dynah
  
• SHOPS AT: South Congress stores
  
• STYLE: urban chic
  

The Drag

• NAME: David
  
• AGE: 17
  
• OCCUPATION: break dancer, performs at First Friday
  
• SHOPS AT: vintage stores, Urban Outfitters
  
• STYLE: "Orange Eccentricity", inspired by Tokyo pop
  

The Whisky Bar

Austin fashion designers Tokyo Valentine have been featured in the Stich fashion show. They are preparing to move to New York and shake shit up.

• NAME: Ashley (left)
  
• AGE: 25
  
• OCCUPATION: student and designer for Tokyo Valentine
  
• SHOPS AT: thrift stores, Slinky Whistle Bait, Feathers
  
• STYLE: random
  

  
  

• NAME: Laurel (right)
  
• AGE: 24
  
• OCCUPATION: waitress and designer for Tokyo Valentine
  
• SHOPS AT: thrift stores, Gomi
  
• STYLE: Wednesday Addams meets prep school
  

UT Campus

• NAME: Siri
  
• AGE: 21
  
• OCCUPATION: student
  
• SHOPS AT: second hand stores, Goodwill, Blue Velvet
  
• STYLE: feminine sporty
  

• NAME: Kim
  
• AGE: 22
  
• OCCUPATION: student
  
• SHOPS AT: Cream Vintage, New Bohemia
  
• STYLE: whatever
  

UT Campus

• NAME: Danielle
  
• AGE: 18
  
• OCCUPATION: student
  
• SHOPS AT: thrift stores
  
• STYLE: eclectic chic
  

• NAME: Brandy
  
• AGE: 26
  
• OCCUPATION: seamstress
  
• SHOPS AT: The city wide garage sale
  
• STYLE: Vintage/Rockabilly
  

ME Television open auditions #2

ME Television open auditions

UT Campus

Mission statement

I love Austin, just love it. There are about a million things I love about this town, however, fashion just isn't really one of them. Most Austinites will wear flip flops and shorts whether they're headed to the opera or headed to the pool, and that bothers me. 6th Street nightclubs shouldn't have to make a dress code in order to get people not to wear ripped up jeans. Local stores hold fashion shows, but really folks, I can count on one hand the number of designers from this town and most of the stores here just pull stuff off the rack and send it down the runway. The Statesman's Jean Scheidnes and The Chronicle's Stephen Moser will write fancy pants articles from their big fashion galas, but every week I'm surprised they still have enough material to keep writing columns.

All that said...when Austinites do dress well, they dress very well. This is a city with such a variety of styles, from rockabilly to hippie to western to DIY. I don't believe fashion is handed down from the runways to the people, I believe it's stolen from the people and put on the runways. A person's style is molded out of their childhood, their fantasies, their surroundings....their style is uniquely them. This is Austin's style.

Please bear with me as I develop this blog and try to capture the full spectrum of Austin's style. In the future I'll be adding short interviews with those I photograph. If you have any suggestions as to a place where all the stylish people hang, then let me know, and that's where I'll be. Enjoy.