Fashion: Flourishing

Art lovers at the MIA's "Flourish" opening and at Poster Offensive 5 imagined their everlasting style.

August 17, 2012 at 9:44PM
Clockwise from top - Veronica Gomez Whitney, Jeffrey Alme, Avery Harrington, Anna Buck
Clockwise from top - Veronica Gomez Whitney, Jeffrey Alme, Avery Harrington, Anna Buck (Margaret Andrews/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Veronica Gomez Whitney

36, designer

What are you wearing? Vintage fur coat, Michael Kors bag, skinny jeans from Opitz, YSL-inspired cage boots.

Describe your style: A little bit city.

If you could wear one outfit forever, what would it be? A white strapless mini rabbit fur dress that I designed.

Item of clothing you get the most flak for wearing: Fur.

Jeffrey Alme

29, Spoonriver bartender, waiter

What are you wearing? J.Lindberg pants, Kuhlman shirt, Ted Baker tie, Sears Leather Shop jacket, Oliver Sweeney shoes.

Describe your style: Whatever catches my eye: color, texture, size, mostly quality.

If you could wear one outfit forever, what would it be? Impossible.

Avery Harrington

31, operations manager

What are you wearing?

Mykita glasses, scarf from Heimie's Haberdashery, Henry Jacobson sport coat, Calvin Klein shirt, Brooks Brothers Milano fit pants, Wolverine Heritage Collection boots.

Describe your style: American Anglophile.

If you could wear one outfit forever, what would it be? A bespoke suit.

Item of clothing you get the most flak for wearing: Anything with a lot of color.

Anna Buck

19, student

What are you wearing? Shirt from Primp, a borrowed skirt, tights are from Urban Outfitters and boots inherited from a good friend.

Describe your style: Similar to the "Today I Feel ... " magnets, which you match to your mood. I pick my style based on how I feel when I wake up.

If you could wear one outfit forever, what would it be? My boots, a pink tank top and yoga pants, because I want to be able to dance no matter where I am.

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