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Neighborhood Watch finds fashionable folk all across the city. In Mt. Airy, fashionable translates to understated, comfortable and granola-y. Crunch, crunch.
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| Photo | Josh Middleton and Julia West |
Jason H. (29) was working the espresso machine at High Point Café (602 Carpenter Ln., 215-849-5153) when we noticed he was wearing a pair of shorts. It may not be the most fashionable look in the world, but like the return of the tweeting robin, a pair of legs is undoubtedly one of the first signs of spring. And yes, this self-labeled antithesis of anything fashionable is wearing the remainder of his pants around his ankles so he can zip them back to his shorts for warmth when he begins his footed journey back home.
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| Photo | Josh Middleton and Julia West |
Unfortunately you can't see it in the photograph, but some of Kwanzaa P.'s (25) dreads are adorned with jewels like a small golden cuff and a vintage crystal piece made by her friend. She was chillin' in InFusion Coffee & Tea (7133 Germantown Ave., 215-248-1718) when we approached her to talk about her personal style. "I go for comfort with a pop," she says. On this day the pizzazz obviously comes from the horizontal stripes and the hair jewelry and not those dull Nikes that she asked us not to photograph. Sorry Kwanzaa.
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| Photo | Josh Middleton and Julia West |
Mira E. (28), holding baby Callum (<1), actually lives in West Philly, but we feel like her style encompasses the Mt. Airy look to a tee. We saw a lot of black-framed glasses and short haircuts, which she says was done by a stylist at Saturn Club that she's been visiting since she was 12. As a nanny she says she spends a lot of her time splashed with baby vom and someone else's breast milk but when she's not hooked to a baby monitor she hits the West Philly scene in a lot of plaid button-ups, jeans and comfortable tees. "I basically wear whatever I can find cheap at Second Mile (214 S. 45th St., 215-662-1663)."
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| Photo | Josh Middleton and Julia West |
If you can't already guess Stephane R. (41), a studio teacher at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, brings an uncommon amount of sass to her "crunchy and earthy" neighborhood. When asked to describe the fashion of the area she whispered, "It's challenged," but then quickly redeemed herself by adding, "and unique." That's easy to say for someone who's wearing a classic, but boug-y, little black Nordstrom dress to the local hippy café. She does tie in a hint of local flare with those great fingerless mits that she snagged at one of our favorite boutiques, Lost + Found (133 N. 3rd St., 215-928-1311).
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