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Here are two quotes to live by:
“If you’re going to dress like a princess, you should rough it up a bit and have holes in your dress and dirt on your shoes.”
“I think if you’re doing what’s in style at the moment, you’re already out of style.”
The first is the perfect summation of how to emulate the style of Kemp Muhl. The dress in question is a vintage 1950s prom dress that she bought at Star Struck.
And the second? Just her fashion credo. For models, it’s easy to stay ahead of the trends, which explains why the world turns to the girls for future trends and obsesses over their street style.
When she’s not busy working with her boyfriend, Sean Lennon, on their record label, she’s been working with threeASFOUR on a line of vintage kimonos mixing “Old World faded prints with hypermodern tailoring.” Since the duo make regular front-row appearances at the show, the collaboration makes perfect sense. If you’re sold—which we are—then be excited, since the kimonos will be sold as part of the record label.
WHAT I’M WEARING NOW A totally crazy, probably handmade prom dress from the 1950s. I think it’s from Star Struck. The fur is from Fendi. I would never have bought it myself, but I got it as a gift from my boyfriend’s mother. The shoes are just ratty old sneakers. If you’re going to dress like a princess, you should rough it up a bit and have holes in your dress and dirt on your shoes.
STYLE CREDO I don’t take trends so seriously. I think if you’re doing what’s in style at the moment, you’re already out of style.
FAVORITE SHOPS I love Geminola in the West Village. I go to Exquisite Costume for all my Victorian stuff. I’m a huge collector of Victorian things. There’s a site called Etsy where I’ve gotten amazing antique military coats for Sean. When I need to look professional and not totally crazy, I’ll go to Intermix and try to pull it together. But I’m in a stage right now where I’m trying to make things instead of buy things. I have a collection of vintage kimonos that I’ve been reworking with the help of threeASFOUR. They do such amazing avant-garde tailoring. I think it’s a cool juxtaposition—very Old World faded prints with hypermodern tailoring. We’re going to sell them as merchandise for Sean’s and my record label.
THE ONE THING I NEED Shoes. I’ve been wearing three pairs for almost two years now: these sneakers, a pair of Agent Provocateur patent-leather heels, and Victorian-style ankle boots that I had made in Venice. It was expensive, but they’re so well made. If you do that, you really only need three pairs of shoes. But I have to find flats because Sean and I are the same height, and he hates when I wear heels. I’d love to find a pair of ratty old ballet slippers that I can lace up.
