Before the Face Hunter or The Sartorialist, there was FRUiTS. This is the book that initially sparked my now decade long obsession with street style. I stumbled upon this book in the culture section at the Hastings bookstore in Fayetteville, Arkansas, when I was fourteen years old. The photographs of outrageously dressed Japanese teenagers instantly resonated with me, as it reminded me of the people I used to live around in Greenwich Village when my mom was a professor at New York University.

Although I resented my parents for years (…like a whole decade) for moving us out of Manhattan so my dad could fulfill his dream of owning a cattle ranch, living in the middle of nowhere did teach me how to daydream. I became really involved with art, which I pursued all throughout high school. Had I not lived in such a boring environment the visual arts might not have become such an important vehicle of self-expression for me, and I might never have started this website!

You can purchase FRUiTS on Amazon.com.