NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH: How not to get hit by a car

Neighborhood Watch finds fashionable folk all across the city. But Fairmount needs to step up their game. Photos | Josh Middleton and Julia West

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NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH: How not to get hit by a car

POSTED: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 5:40 PM

Neighborhood Watch finds fashionable folk all across the city. But Fairmount needs to step up their game.

Photos | Josh Middleton and Julia West

We were faced with our most difficult challenge this week — yes, even worse than N'East and the airport. We began in Fairmount where we found nary a fashionable soul, and then headed to Rittenhouse, where we're always sure to find someone looking snazzy. It still wasn't easy, but we found a few cute cats among the blobby regalia of North Face'd snores.

Hailing from Boston, Drew A. (24) put his outfit together that morning because he wanted to impress his lady friend. "Before I met her I was a slob," he says. We find that hard to believe, coming from a dude who actually ties his own bowtie. He accumulated his complex, but sophisticated, outfit from places like Urban Outfitters, thrift stores and a men's boutique in Boston called Uniform.

Photos | Josh Middleton and Julia West

When we first saw John J. (24) in his bright blue ski jacket and oversized gray boots we thought he had just stepped off the slopes, but he was actually out enjoying an afternoon stroll. With all kidding aside, we love those boots, which he says were purchased online from a Danish company called Rubber Duck. European fashion influences his style even though he confesses grad school has made him apathetic.

Photos | Josh Middleton and Julia West

We stopped Josh C. (22) because he was giving us those same sexy eyes you see in the photograph. He says his fashion choices are inspired by his accomplishment as a certified Eagle Scout, which actually translates to indifference. "I stick my head out the window to check the weather but it really doesn't matter," he says, "It's always the same jeans, same jacket and about five shirts."

Photos | Josh Middleton and Julia West

Our one well-dressed lady this week is Taryn Z. (25), who makes a bold statement wrapped in a plethora of colorful layers. She says this style choice could be the reason she's alive and well today. "Wearing so many different shades makes it harder to get hit by a car," she laughs. It's too bad we didn't catch her wearing one of her recycled umbrella hoods that she sells on Etsy under the pseudonym Recycling Zychal.

Jesse D

Posted 2010-02-24 15:51:07

The Poindexters are coming! The Poindexters are coming!
Put together this morning? Bologna. Boston's Drew A. put thought into this pretentious, affected look.
Bowtie and limp, wilted hat? Is he trying to look like Rodney Dangerfield's snooty nemesis in Back to School?

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