Brayden Slezak

Bomani, 23

“I am wearing a Phat Farm shirt underneath a mudcloth waistcoast, a pair of P.A.C.O jeans, and some old dirty Vans. Besides the Vans, I found everything at small thrift stores in Bushwick or Greenpoint. My style inspiration? Probably a mix of growing up on hand-me-downs from family friends, spending my teenage years in the punk and metal scenes, and wearing oversized Dashikis for special occasions in my afrocentric family home. I also prefer to wear used clothes whenever possible so that they don’t go to waste. My favorite items of clothing are a few decades behind the times; the brands/styles that I wished I was wearing as a child.”

Mixing high fashion with street layers

“Fashion is not about class or caliber. Fashion is about self-expression and point of view…Being early shouldn’t be arrogant and being late shouldn’t be shamed…Be yourself and by any means do what makes you feel good. Fuck everything else.”

Street Style by @Pierre L.

Street Style Inspiration by Rowan Row

Photo: @melvinlamberty