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It’s the part of the year a true shopper (like me)
likes to call the doldrums. Summer is in full effect
and you are working your gear, hopefully liking
your look. But in the distance you hear it. Like a faint
echo fall is coming. Now you are not exactly ready to
acknowledge it full on. You’re still enjoying summer!
Yet you can’t deny the itch to shop. Do you run out
and buy more summer gear on sale? Nope. You go
back to basics.
I call basics those things that are wardrobe staples.
Those things that flesh out your existing wardrobe
and make that garish Cavalli shirt or those zebra
print Trina Turk pants make sense. They are also
the things that you can pull out practically all year
round and not even think twice about wearing. So
without further ado, the Fab Five pieces everyone
should own:
1) Flat front, light weight trousers in solid colors
like khaki, navy or black. You can dress them up
or down and they go with everything. They also
calm down prints and bright colors. Try J. Linde-
berg, Theory and Trina Turk.
2) A pair of dark denim jeans with rips. Now I don’t
mean crazy jeans with huge holes. I once owned
a pair that had the crotch torn out (oh the 1990s). tive to a sweater but only if it’s a solid color. Look
I’m talking about a casual worn-in pair that are for cool variations from Literature Noir also.
meant for the weekend lounging or shopping
in Soho or on Melrose Place or in Hillcrest. A cool 5) Tennies. I call them tennies because they are
pair of well-worn comfy jeans that are still hot not trainers. They don’t say Nike or Adidas. They
like Civil Smith jeans that have incredible leather have names like Jack Purcell or John Varvatos
buttons and luxe details. or Converse. It’s a gym shoe in cotton or maybe
leather that is sleeker and nicer than its “going
3) White collared shirts. They look easily chic and for a run or to the gym counterpart!”
effortless with anything from shorts to jeans to
trousers. The white shirt is a wardrobe staple and And that is how to shop this summer to transition
there are a million ways to wear it. You can do a stylishly into fall. Next month, people, it is so on! Fall/
tuxedo shirt which works great untucked and a Winter 2009 is smashing!
bit wrinkled for a chic, cosmopolitan look.
Marcellas Reynolds is a correspondent for E! Networks and host
4) A cool hoodie. It can be a true hoodie like the of Style Networks’ Shop Like A Star. Look for Marcellas on Style
amazing ones at Bishop of Seventh. You can also Networks’ show, Fashion Rocks: Iconic Style. Check your local
go with a classic pullover from my new faves listing for date and times. For more information, visit www.
Spindle and Canister. It’s a stylishly hip alterna-
marcellasreynolds.com.
56 RAGE monthly | August 2009
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