Street Fashion: Santee Alley, downtown L.A.
![By Colin Young-Wolff Matt Harden, 31, of Long Beach describes his style as "flavorful and eccentric. I like to wear slim-fit jeans, shoes with crazy colors, big sunglasses and uber shades." MORE FASHION SCENES: Old Pasadena Los Angeles' Third Street neighborhood Abbot Kinney, Venice Melrose Trading Post](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8fac364/2147483647/strip/true/crop/417x600+0+0/resize/417x600!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9f%2Fd0%2F85bc554685979ecc92929793f156%2Fla-ig-street-fashion-santee-alley-1.jpg)
By Colin Young-Wolff
Matt Harden, 31, of
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Monique Moure, 27, of Santa Monica says, “I don’t really have a style. I like to mix and match cool stuff and am chill, easy going.” She’s wearing a Free People necklace and
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Mike Palmieri, a
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Harley, a Boston terrier, rocks his jeans and T-shirt.
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Las Vegas resident Stevie Pearrie, left, 14, says his style is, “sick wit it, fresh casual, iron man.” And 16-year-old Damon Ross of Moreno Valley says he likes to keep things, “Creative, fresh, original. I like plaid and studs on the belt.”
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Adrian Galindo, 16, of
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Johanna Marttila, left, 23, is from Finland and now lives in downtown. Her style: “Whimsical and economic. Colorful and old with a lot of fantasy. This
Nina Escobedo, center, 22, is from
Gala Limon, 20, likes a “rocker style, mixing styles and fabrics.”
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Style advice from Eric Kim, 21, of Koreatown: “Keep it simple. Try not to be too fashionable.”
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Jesse Fernley, 33, of downtown L.A. says his look is “a hot pink bootlegger” with a versatile style combining “art, graffiti and hip hop.” Natasha Kaminsky, 22, also a downtown resident, is less descriptive: “Crazy, eclectic -- I don’t know.”
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“I like to dress funky, young, trendy and casual,” says Marty Manning of Orange County.
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Emilia Carpimisan, a Swede living in Hollywood, says of her style, “I don’t know, very rock. Street.”
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Crispin Vara, 19, of Hollywood says he dresses “urban and nonconforming. Mix of alternative and classics.” He’s wearing $6 D&G shoes from a store in Phoenix.
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“Vintage and comfortable” is how Sammy Thompson, 19, of Hawaii describes her style. “Depends on my mood of the day. Today my mood is good and chill.”
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Michael Weiland, 25, of Silver Lake says he likes to dress “thrifty and trendy, simple but colorful.”
“I like vinatge patterns and bright colors, handmade fashion and altering. Wearing something unique.” Today he’s wearing pants he cut himself.
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Shulamith Reed, 33, of Venice describes her style as the “girl-next-door look. [I wear] mostly what’s in style, gray and black.”
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Rebekah Lichter, 20, of Marina del Rey shows off her newly purchased rabbit, Phoenix. “My style is my own,” she says. “A little bit of Brooklyn and a little bit of beach”
According to Rebekah, Phoenix says: “I’m a baby and we look great together.”
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How do these teens from La Puente describe their style?
Jairo Aguliar, 16: “Simple, unique.”
Tray Brown, 17: “Dope!!! That’s it.”
Eddie Mirande, 16: “Fresh, go bad or go home.”
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Sally Yun, 24, of
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“Tiger is my whole image,” says Patrick “Tikur-Eye” Onochie Onwuekwe, 30, of Inglewood. “I love tigers.”
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Kayla Shaw, 22, who’s from
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