In aboriginal November, advertising beasts, skaters, sneakerheads and Balenciaga-clad appearance fanatics aggregate in Long Beach, Calif., for the additional anniversary ComplexCon, a artery abrasion bazaar and hip-hop convention. Celebrities including Jaden Smith and Pharrell, forth with the designers Virgil Abloh and John Elliott, were spotted arcade and communicable up with beautiful friends. Naturally, the 50,000 or so attendees dressed to be noticed.
Occupation Image consultant, artistic administrator and claimed shopper
Age Undisclosed
What are you wearing?
This is the Supreme cheetah-print jacket, I aloof copped this here. I got my Ksubi denim on, my attenuate Supreme Nikes Air Force 1 highs.
And the bag?
A Chinatown bootleg Supreme pouch.
Why did you get the affected one?
Items are alone account what a fool will pay for them. To me this is aloof as acceptable as the vinyl at Louis Vuitton in Paris. It’s like a comedy on what’s absolute and fake, because acutely I’m cutting a lot of absolute stuff.
Nice grills.
These are 14 karat. I had 10, but I absent some afore I came out here.
What brings you here?
I couldn’t absence a limited-drop situation.
Occupation Founder of the Stylers Panel, a arrangement for appearance professionals
Age 27
What brings you here?
Today’s cold is to accommodated 20 new people. I’ve been in New York all summer, so I’m aback in L.A. and I appetite to reshow my face and accomplish some connections.
Tell me about your outfit.
I capital to be comfortable. I had heels on bygone and by 5 o’clock, I was like, no more. So today I capital to be added arctic but beautiful and sexy.
And the headband?
The Gucci headband, we can’t balloon about that.
I adulation your amethyst lipstick. Are you big into makeup?
I like to accumulate it actual simple — foundation and beam for your cheekbones. But today I capital to put on some lipstick to do article different.
Occupation Football player
Age 31
What was your appearance bold plan today?
I capital to accumulate it simple, with a burst of energy. So I went with this custom best jean anorak by v2Benley.
You’ve got some austere bling.
I consistently abrasion adornment that agency article to me. The angel wings are for my grandmother that anesthetized abroad and my grandfather. The K is for my daughter, Kennedy. The III is for myself, Odell Beckham and Sterling Shepard. We all wore the No. 3 in college, so we all got one together.
Why did you come?
So anybody understands that this is for the culture. This is for the kids. And I actualize allotment of that culture. I appetite to appearance the kids this is air-conditioned and this is how we do it.
Style has become an important allotment of your persona these days.
Definitely. Every time I leave the house, I appetite to attending good, alike if it’s basketball shorts and a T-shirt.
Occupation Student
Age 23
Tell me about your outfit
This is a Supreme for Playboy top, Daniel Patrick pants and Balenciaga sneakers.
When did you buy your aboriginal Supreme item?
When I came to the U.S., like three years ago. I knew about it afore I moved, but wasn’t a fan. I would band up for it for my ex-boyfriend.
What fabricated you appetite to appear to ComplexCon?
I came aftermost year and it’s not as crazy this year, but you can get a lot of absolute stuff. This year I got the V.I.P. admission and it’s abundant easier.
Tell me about your bracelets
They’re Cartier and Tiffany. My admirer aloof gave me one as a altogether gift. And my chaplet is Bulgari.
Fancy.
Occupation Artist
Age 26
Why is blush your admired color?
Do you apperceive the animation “The Blush Panther”? It’s the best.
When did you alpha cutting all pink?
Four years ago.
So is your closet aloof all pink?
Ninety percent of it.
Where are your pants from?
A best boutique in Paris. My shoes are Converse. This cardigan is Lacoste, and the shirt is from Pigalle.
Is the watch rose gold?
Yeah.
So aggregate is pink.
Yeah. Alike the glasses accept rose-tinted lenses.
Occupation Cast agent for Devambez, a French publishing and jotter company
Age 28
Do you accept a Chanel obsession?
I do. I fabricated this shirt, it’s a best Marilyn Manson T-shirt that I screen-printed. One of my best accompany who formed for Chanel got me this bag, and blooming is my admired color. But the pants are Dickies.
What do you like about Chanel? It’s commonly a women’s brand.
That’s what I like about it. Some bodies are abashed to abrasion it, but it’s so iconic and I’ve consistently admired it. For me it’s about actuality assured and cutting what you love. I mean, it’s aloof a blooming bag. I adulation their trainers and I anticipate that Karl Lagerfeld is actual special.
I like your rings, too.
This one I fabricated with this amazing jeweler who acclimated to be based in the East Village, Greg Wolff. This is aloof Chrome Hearts. And the necklaces, this is Cartier and a atramentous architecture pendant. And my best acquaintance brought this aback from Thailand, it’s jade. It’s a agglomeration of memories.
Occupation Artistic administrator for Scrapes & Gravel
Age 32
Tell me about this cardigan and turtleneck.
I do a lot of best shopping, and as a artisan I architecture a lot of my clothes. These pants are samples I made, and the cardigan I got secondhand on Melrose. The bodice I begin at Macy’s.
So you don’t affliction about artisan clothing.
It’s all about a vibe and aftertaste level. Detail is actual important, blush palettes are actual important. You apparently won’t see a lot of bodies cutting turtlenecks out here, but it’s fall.
It’s actual chic.
I like accomplishing things like cutting tennis shoes with a added academic look. Designing isn’t aloof about cartoon and sketching.
What was your ambition accepting dressed this morning?
I capital to attending like me. I capital to accurate myself and attending dope.
Occupation Absolute acreage sales
Age 24
Did I apprehend you say you wore this to church?
Yes.
Wow, you charge accept a actual airy church.
Wearing bras is my thing.
I like the jacket.
I fabricated it. It absolutely amount $50. It’s my mom’s old absolute and I fabricated it into a little coat. And aggregate abroad is Zara, but the Gucci belt and the Chucks.
Where’d you get your necklace?
It’s from my mom.
Did you abrasion it to church?
Yeah, I capital to be a acceptable girl.
Age 39
Occupation D.J. and artisan for Dim Mak
Are you cutting all Dim Mak?
Yeah, this is a custom tee. I sewed this old Minor Threat on a Dim Mak T-shirt. And these are Dim Mak pants, and I took a Kurt Cobain shirt and patched it over my knee. And these are Asics, the Ronnie Feig Kith ones.
Love the sunglasses.
These are absolutely my videographer’s. They’re Retrosuperfuture.
Why are you actuality today?
Are you kidding? This is one of the best important places for me to be. It’s a chargeless exchange area all the bodies who affliction about our cast come. There’s boilerplate abroad I’d rather be.
What’s active artery abrasion now?
You appetite to accomplish things that bodies don’t accept yet, that brings article activating to the market. Bodies appetite article surprising. They appetite the message, the story. It’s not aloof about a air-conditioned graphic, it’s the adventure abaft it.
Occupation Artist
Age 23
You may be the alone guy actuality cutting tailoring.
I aloof had to do what feels appropriate for me. I absolutely capital to abrasion these shoes, and to accomplish them assignment I bare to abrasion these pants.
Where is aggregate from?
The shoes are Adidas and I got the pants in Japan, but aggregate abroad is vintage.
So what fabricated you appetite to buy a admission and come?
To accommodated up with friends, abide to work. As an artist, it’s alarming but additionally advantageous from a alive standpoint, like affair people.
And where’s your hat from?
It’s my dad’s hat.
Did he accord it to you?
No, I blanket it, but he understands.
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