Carrie Collins

Dressing herself and Jeff "Brown" Cuellar


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Published: Mar 24, 2010

Neal Santos

Carrie Collins wears a jacket screen-printed by Magick Outlaw (outlawprintco.com); boots from Decades Vintage; a thrifted shirt and shorts; brooches and earrings by Erma (ermadid.com); custom gold half-belt by Fabric Horse (fabrichorse.com). Hair by Nick Cerruti; makeup by Patti Nelson. Jeff Cuellar wears clothes from his own closet chosen by Carrie Collins. His modular belt with key ring, U-lock holster and iPhone pouch are by Fabric Horse.

Click here for alternate shots and behind the scenes outtakes by Neal Santos

Without any entrenched fashion authority to lead us, Philadelphians have developed interpretations of style with mixed-up influences: hip-hop to bicycle culture, art school to the frugal ways of thrifting and DIY. Stylist and playwright Donja Love, Fabric Horse owner Carrie Collins and designers/Topstitch owners Linda Smyth and Tina Nguyen have all been featured in our pages before for their unique personal style and fashion perspective. We asked them to come up with looks that represent key trends and pieces for the upcoming balmy weather. And they delivered, each bringing a different eye and aesthetic to a gritty city photo shoot. -F.D.

gig

Owner, Fabric Horse

inspirations

Sustainability, cats, tight pants on boys, thick glasses, Alexander McQueen, Army surplus, junk yards, Jomar, Wildwood, S.N. Goenka

aesthetic

I like my function to have a fashion.

current project

Moving my store out of the Piazza [Editor's note: For more on the move, read Shopping Spree]

go-to shops

R.E.Load, TLA Video, Decades Vintage, Very Bad Horse, Oma Vintage, Bicycle Revolutions, Topstitch, the Store at Space 1026, Firehouse Bikes, Wooden Shoe Books, Jinxed, Free News Projects (freenewsprojects.com), Philadelphia Aids Thrift, Retrospect, Print Liberation and Warsaw

haunts

The Crawl Space, Padlock Gallery, Copy Gallery, Essene, B2, Soy Cafe, Holiday Skating Center, Tattooed Mom's, Honey's, Cape May

secret passion

Ted Passion

key piece

The U-Lock Holster

past life

Manager at R.E.Load Bags, co-founder of Black Floor Gallery, student of life

soundtrack

Dave End, The Dirty Projectors, De La Soul, Langhorne Slim, CSS, Tender Forever, the new Sweatheart record, Cat Stevens

forecast

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