Friday, July 3, 2009
Fashion Friday Night Fetch*: Quipsters
Posted by Gina Young on Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 7:47 PM
* In which we talk to people on the street about their clothes.
Gina Young: Mercado, what the hell are you wearing— are those glasses even real? Do you need glasses?
Nicole Mercado: I do need glasses, but I wear contacts. These glasses aren't prescription. They're actually considered sunglasses, but with clear lenses. I bought 'em in a boutique in Spokane for $10. So... pretty much I wear glasses AND contacts.
And skinny jeans? Do tell.
Do you see me in flared jeans? C'mon now. Awkward city. That would remind me of when I used to wear platform Sketchers. It just doesn't work. Skinny jeans are my niche. I can't go back.
Do you think there is a Capitol Hill "look?"
Definitely. Capitol Hill is just so inventive. Everyone tries out different things. The other day I wore baseball pants, and although it was a little weird at first, I actually got praised for it. Pin-striped baseball pants!
Nice. Are you from Seattle?
Not originally; I'm from good ol' Eastern Washington. I came here to go to school.
Was your style this fetching in your undergrad days?
My first few years at UW, my style was definitely... Eastern Washington. But being in Seattle and around such craziness, I came out of my shell fashion-wise. The hair started to look like a Tegan & Sara mullet, the jeans got tighter and the t-shirts became more vintage and less Abercrombie.
So you abandoned Abercrombie as a rite of passage. What other brands do you eschew?
I try to avoid the mall.
Conversely, what brands do you like?
Members Only jackets. Sperry boat shoes. Tank tops by Blayne Walsh— those are designed locally and available at Strut Boutique in Belltown. Oh, and anything Value Village.
So Merc, forgive me for asking this, but are you a hipster? Do you identify as a hipster?
Hahahaha... I've had this conversation so many times!
I bet.
I identify as a queer. Is it possible for queers to be hipsters? Or are queers just inherently fashionable?
You tell me. Or better yet, tell me this: do you judge people based on what they're wearing?
Hmm... I might be more likely to talk to someone wearing a pair of skinnys with an old school Spice Girls t-shirt than I would be likely to talk to someone sporting a pair of khakis... I think you look on the outside how you feel on the inside.
And how do you feel on the inside?
Colorful.
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Seriously. Skinny jeans, striped tank top, non-prescription glasses and members only jackets? Not very original at all.
Nothing against the girl.
please stop interviewing hipsters about clothes. shoot them with a gun not a camera.
capitol hill = greek row.
fuck you guys.
fuck the haters and 'phobes. i'd hit it six times. call me.
also, i really like these street fashion interviews. definitely do more of them. but yes i agree, hit up some other neighborhoods, not just capitol hill.
fuck the haters and 'phobes. i'd hit it six times. call me.
also, i really like these street fashion interviews. definitely do more of them. but yes i agree, hit up some other neighborhoods, not just capitol hill.
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"fuck the haters and 'phobes. i'd hit it six times. call me."
Phobes as in homophobes? Please submit your proof of homophobia in the 7 comments that you read before you posted, because all I see is people accurately calling out this poser chick. There is nothing trendy or fashionable or fetch about this boring unoriginal ugly duckling. She was an abercrombie girl when it was popular, was probably a skate punk girl when Avril was popular, and is now a capitol hill hipster because it was popular. This girl is a boring cliche, and theres nothing at all homophobic about it.
the comments @2 and @7 are so blatantly homophobic, it's laughable. gender panic-- i.e. insulting someone by being like "ohmigod is that a boy or a girl??? ew!!!" = totally symptomatic of homophobia.
lots of queers are androgynous ON PURPOSE and then there are even those of us who are trans or intersex or don't care to be labeled as male or female.
everyone has their own personal taste and if you don't think someone is hot, you have a right to your opinion. but to insult their body or their gender presentation is really 7th grade, and to call someone a "poser" is really 90s, and c'mon, do i really even need to say, how would you feel if people were saying mean things about YOU on a public message board?
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