Wes is rocking the grassroots trend to wear sneakers without laces. This trend actually led one fashionista into a run-in with homeland security police on the CTA Redline. According to ChicagoNow, the police identified the man as a “security risk” because recently released prisoners often wear shoes without shoelaces, which are classified as a dangerous tool by jails and prisons. Chicago police detective Andre Watkins discussed the new style, saying in the article that the suspect “brought a fashion trend to my attention.” No need to worry about Wes, he was on his way to Lollapalooza and performs with a local band.
, acid wash denim shorts, woven leather belt, plaid short-sleeve button-down shirt, feather charm necklace, and a long strap leather purse. I photographed her outside of the Gold Coast Urban Outfitters.
The style pendulum is swinging away from the lazy and causal looks favored by the Boomers, for whom a status symbol is to wear jeans in their professional workplaces (see Steve Jobs), towards the tailored and fitted looks popular before the cultural revolution of the 1960s. Many of the designers (Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton) presented collections inspired by more “conservative” eras like the 1950s. Although they’ve been calling it the “Mad Men Effect,” emphasizing the top-down direction of this trend, trendsetters like Tyler have been leading the move towards the tailored aesthetic on the streets for several years now.
