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The Big Issue : Edition 436
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» Got a REAL problem? Quick Fix can’t help you. She has problems of her own, which you can follow on the @squickens Twitter feed. writer sophie quick » illustrator michael weldon QUICK FIX # 14 A Safe Look Dear Quick Fix, I am a bold and gypsy-spirited young style-maverick who literally lives and breathes fashion. My personal aesthetic is very eclectic: I love to combine vintage pieces with high-street basics, thrift-store finds and random one-offs. Today, for example, I’m teaming a vintage Saint Laurent tuxedo jacket with Zara distressed denim dungarees, a Salvation Army horse-hair turban and a pair of clogs I stole from a skip outside a women’s prison in Rotterdam. The problem is that even though I am, by far, the most eclectic person I know, I have never been approached by a street- style fashion photographer. How do I get the exposure I crave? Foiled Fashionista Dear Foiled Fashionista, Well, your whole eclectic thing is very pre-austerity. In these tough economic times, it’s all about playing it safe. And by ‘safe’, I don’t mean ‘Jennifer Aniston in Valentino on the red carpet again’; I mean occupational health and safety. Think hardcore protective apparel: hazmat suits, industrial goggles, ballistic vests, astronaut helmets. Anything that says biohazard disaster relief, intergalactic brain- tissue protection, explosives deactivation and industrial hygiene is now on trend. Keep it sleek: a nuclear vacuum suit, a cute gas mask and you’re done. Also, please return my clogs, which I accidentally lobbed over the prison walls while serving time for impersonating a Dutch underwater bomb-disposal diver at Rotterdam Fashion Week. Quick Fix 46 THebigissue5–18JuL2013
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