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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Editor’s Note:\u003c/strong> Fit Check is a series about style and personal expression in the Bay Area. See other installments \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/fit-check\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gericault De La Rose — a.k.a. Bimbo Moschino — is glowing on a warm afternoon in April, twin butterflies fluttering around her in the garden behind her apartment. She’s in head-to-toe pastels, poised and Sailor Moon chic. [aside postid='arts_13952566']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she first moved to Oakland from Chicago in 2021 to get her MFA at UC Berkeley, De La Rose didn’t feel this sure of herself. She didn’t have a community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had to start over,” she says. “I literally cried every weekend.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unbeknownst to her, the revival of a queer subculture was just starting to pop off in her neighborhood. 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De La Rose was wearing black tights, black short shorts, a tank top and Adidas Superstars. Her hair was long at the time, and she felt confident and elegant. The night began with the traditional “Legends, Statements, Stars” acknowledgements, which honor all the local ballroom icons who have paved the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back then, even after years of being in the Chicago ballroom scene, De La Rose didn’t really know how to vogue. But she decided to join in anyway. That night, she got 10s from the judges for the first time in her life. [aside postid='arts_13913584']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De La Rose, who belongs to The Kiki House of Moschino, is part of a ballroom legacy that began in the ’70s and ’80s in New York City. Per tradition, De La Rose and her siblings compete against other houses in runway, vogue and other categories. Though ballroom has gotten mainstream attention and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934154/beyonce-review-levis-stadium-2023-renaissance-world-tour\">counts Beyoncé among its fans\u003c/a>, it remains a vital way for queer and gender-nonconforming people of color come together as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13913584/oakland-to-all-ballroom-vogue-lgbtq-mental-health\">chosen families\u003c/a> in the face of societal rejection and other forms of adversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CuHppZLRufC/?hl=en&img_index=1\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ballroom was the first home De La Rose found in the Bay Area. 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Her proclivity for the whimsically feminine shows up in her work as a visual artist, too. For her MFA thesis show at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, De La Rose made a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CvASvGbLDhw/?hl=en&img_index=1\">chandelier\u003c/a> out of draped pastel pink, purple, yellow and blue fabric meant to “capture the splendor of transformation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For me, being trans was not wanting to be a secret anymore,” she says. “I want to be vibrant. 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She says that before then, she didn’t really know what she was doing when it came to clothes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was 100% giving Kohl’s,” she laughs. “Khakis, polo shirts — it was very normcore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then something clicked, and an aesthetic fell into place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was like, OK: pastels, pink,” she says. “I kind of just want to look like a Pokémon trainer, not gonna lie. 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See other installments \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/fit-check\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noah David Coogler — stage name \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ogdayv/\">OG Dayv\u003c/a> — stands outside his grandmother’s house in February as thick, gray clouds condense all over Oakland. In a knit beanie and a quilted jacket, Coogler looks right at home beneath an overcast sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='fit-check' label='More from Fit Check']Even when he’s on stage performing tracks like “Limoncello” from the \u003ci>Wakanda Forever\u003c/i> soundtrack, Coogler keeps it comfy in a bucket hat, Dickies and a roomy trench coat that lightly billows as he moves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would describe my sense of style as the three Cs: comfy, cozy and cool,” says Coogler, who was born in Oakland and now lives in Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while the Bay is known for its laid-back clothing, Coogler says we don’t give enough credit where credit is due — and he doesn’t mean to Patagonia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13953405\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13953405\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-30-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Person sits relaxed in corner of long green couch in living room\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-30-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-30-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-30-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-30-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-30-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-30-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-30-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noah David Coogler gets comfy in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Coogler, cozy and cool is Mac Dre on the cover of his 1991 EP \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://i.discogs.com/1mK5OvFj9P61mwJc7fOuu98vgSyjrVCErFnSSFR-87E/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:593/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTk2MzEx/Mi0xNTUyOTMzNDE2/LTQwNjUuanBlZw.jpeg\">California Livin’\u003c/a>\u003c/i>: posted up on a cushy, white couch in jeans and an oversized white baseball tee, leaning back on his elbow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just screams Bay Area,” Coogler says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And whether Coogler is chilling at home playing \u003ci>Pokémon Platinum\u003c/i> on his Nintendo DS or heading out to a music video shoot, there are two cultural touchstones that guide his wardrobe: hip-hop and the Black Panthers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Oversized, underrated\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“From what I’ve observed in my 33 years, hip-hop is the most influential thing on the planet,” Coogler says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That includes its influence on what people wear. Cool, comfy Bay Area style is Keak Da Sneak wearing oversized T-shirts and jeans in the ’90s. It’s LaRussell sporting Crocs in 2024. And it’s rooted in a fusion of hip-hop and skater culture that began in the mid-’90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954308\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Person in beanie with cross-body back looks out windows\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noah David Coogler wears a favorite beanie on a rainy day in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Coogler points to the mid-aughts Bay Area rap group The Pack, who came on the scene just as he was figuring out his sense of style, as the embodiment of that fusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Pack — they bridged the gap between rap culture and skate culture,” he says. “They came out of Berkeley and they were baggy: big hoodies, big jeans and the Vans, which was such a crazy polarizing look during a time when everyone was wearing Jordans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The longshoreman-meets-Black Panther aesthetic\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At Coogler’s grandmother’s house, the only decor on the porch is a worn-out “Welcome to Wakanda” doormat — an ode to Coogler’s older brother, co-writer and director of the \u003ci>Black Panther\u003c/i> movies, Ryan Coogler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that doormat doesn’t mark the only noteworthy entryway in the neighborhood. Just a few blocks away is the \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2022/02/04/the-black-panther-partys-original-headquarters-in-north-oakland-may-be-replaced-with-apartments/\">original headquarters of the Black Panther Party\u003c/a> on Martin Luther King Jr. Way, another part of Coogler’s family history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_11830384']Long before the late Chadwick Boseman took up the mantle of T’Challa, a man named Clarence Thomas (not the Supreme Court Justice) was a student at San Francisco State University in the 1960s. Thomas participated in a wave of student protests organized by the Black Student Union and the Third World Liberation Front that led to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11830384/how-the-longest-student-strike-in-u-s-history-created-ethnic-studies\">the creation of the school’s ethnic studies department\u003c/a> (the country’s first). He’s also Coogler’s uncle and style icon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Panthers never looked disheveled, rusty or dusty — it’s casual clothing, but it’s \u003ci>neat\u003c/i>,” Coogler said.\u003ci> “\u003c/i>And that’s what I always noticed about my uncle — he was always put together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13953403\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13953403\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-07-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-07-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-07-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-07-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-07-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-07-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-07-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-07-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coogler sports a Burberry rain jacket and his favorite gold jewelry staples. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Uncle Clarence wore hardy, wide-legged work pants and a dark blue, wool coat that kept him warm while he worked at the Port of Oakland as a longshoreman, Coogler remembers. And when his uncle wasn’t working — like when he took a young Coogler to a Black history exhibit in Oakland — he carried himself with that same composed ease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even when he wore jeans they would be crisp,” Coogler remembers. “Always had a nice leather belt, nice shirt, really nice jacket and maybe a turtleneck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was a throughline between the practical longshoreman workwear and the semi-professional, Ivy-leaning sensibility of the Black Panthers that cohered in Uncle Clarence’s style. And it resonated with Coogler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On stage, Coogler’s Dickies, his roomy houndstooth jacket and his collared dress shirt echo all those entwined memories and local family histories, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13953406\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13953406\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-35-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-35-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-35-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-35-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-35-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-35-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-35-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-35-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coogler in a houndstooth coat he wears during performances. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The displacement of style\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When Coogler was just a few years old, his parents couldn’t afford to live in Oakland anymore, despite their strong community ties. Like many other Black families, they were forced to move elsewhere — in the Coogler family’s case, to Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh man, so when you walk through Oakland now, when you walk through Berkeley now, you can feel the culture shift,” he says. “I remember growing up in the Bay in the ’90s and the early 2000s — I remember it was minorities everywhere, not just Black people, and what happens is we get priced out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coogler sees the corporate techy style that’s overtaken the Bay as part and parcel of that precipitous gentrification, which has \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2022/04/01/oakland-home-histories-a-legacy-of-black-homeownership-in-maxwell-park/\">decreased Black homeownership in Oakland\u003c/a> enormously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re a real Bay head, you know that Bay Area people don’t rock Patagonia like that — \u003cem>new\u003c/em> Bay Area people do,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954310\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954310\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Person in plaid jacket, jeans, beanie and sunglasses\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coogler in his ideal silhouette: comfy with a little structure. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gorp-y outerwear and soft basics are still very much a part of the Bay’s vernacular. But the regional brand staples for Coogler are like him — they came up in the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wore North Face, but the reason we wore North Face is because we got a North Face dealer in Berkeley,” he explains. “Gap hoodies — big Bay Area thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coogler wants to move back to Oakland one day, but he recognizes how it’s changed; it’s apparent in how people dress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you remove the people that make a place special, you lose the culture,” he says, “you lose the feel, you lose the zest, the flavor.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Even when he’s on stage performing tracks like “Limoncello” from the \u003ci>Wakanda Forever\u003c/i> soundtrack, Coogler keeps it comfy in a bucket hat, Dickies and a roomy trench coat that lightly billows as he moves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would describe my sense of style as the three Cs: comfy, cozy and cool,” says Coogler, who was born in Oakland and now lives in Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while the Bay is known for its laid-back clothing, Coogler says we don’t give enough credit where credit is due — and he doesn’t mean to Patagonia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13953405\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13953405\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-30-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Person sits relaxed in corner of long green couch in living room\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-30-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-30-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-30-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-30-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-30-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-30-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-30-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noah David Coogler gets comfy in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Coogler, cozy and cool is Mac Dre on the cover of his 1991 EP \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://i.discogs.com/1mK5OvFj9P61mwJc7fOuu98vgSyjrVCErFnSSFR-87E/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:593/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTk2MzEx/Mi0xNTUyOTMzNDE2/LTQwNjUuanBlZw.jpeg\">California Livin’\u003c/a>\u003c/i>: posted up on a cushy, white couch in jeans and an oversized white baseball tee, leaning back on his elbow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just screams Bay Area,” Coogler says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And whether Coogler is chilling at home playing \u003ci>Pokémon Platinum\u003c/i> on his Nintendo DS or heading out to a music video shoot, there are two cultural touchstones that guide his wardrobe: hip-hop and the Black Panthers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Oversized, underrated\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“From what I’ve observed in my 33 years, hip-hop is the most influential thing on the planet,” Coogler says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That includes its influence on what people wear. Cool, comfy Bay Area style is Keak Da Sneak wearing oversized T-shirts and jeans in the ’90s. It’s LaRussell sporting Crocs in 2024. And it’s rooted in a fusion of hip-hop and skater culture that began in the mid-’90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954308\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Person in beanie with cross-body back looks out windows\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-43-BL-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noah David Coogler wears a favorite beanie on a rainy day in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Coogler points to the mid-aughts Bay Area rap group The Pack, who came on the scene just as he was figuring out his sense of style, as the embodiment of that fusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Pack — they bridged the gap between rap culture and skate culture,” he says. “They came out of Berkeley and they were baggy: big hoodies, big jeans and the Vans, which was such a crazy polarizing look during a time when everyone was wearing Jordans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The longshoreman-meets-Black Panther aesthetic\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At Coogler’s grandmother’s house, the only decor on the porch is a worn-out “Welcome to Wakanda” doormat — an ode to Coogler’s older brother, co-writer and director of the \u003ci>Black Panther\u003c/i> movies, Ryan Coogler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that doormat doesn’t mark the only noteworthy entryway in the neighborhood. Just a few blocks away is the \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2022/02/04/the-black-panther-partys-original-headquarters-in-north-oakland-may-be-replaced-with-apartments/\">original headquarters of the Black Panther Party\u003c/a> on Martin Luther King Jr. Way, another part of Coogler’s family history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Long before the late Chadwick Boseman took up the mantle of T’Challa, a man named Clarence Thomas (not the Supreme Court Justice) was a student at San Francisco State University in the 1960s. Thomas participated in a wave of student protests organized by the Black Student Union and the Third World Liberation Front that led to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11830384/how-the-longest-student-strike-in-u-s-history-created-ethnic-studies\">the creation of the school’s ethnic studies department\u003c/a> (the country’s first). He’s also Coogler’s uncle and style icon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Panthers never looked disheveled, rusty or dusty — it’s casual clothing, but it’s \u003ci>neat\u003c/i>,” Coogler said.\u003ci> “\u003c/i>And that’s what I always noticed about my uncle — he was always put together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13953403\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13953403\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-07-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-07-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-07-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-07-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-07-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-07-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-07-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-07-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coogler sports a Burberry rain jacket and his favorite gold jewelry staples. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Uncle Clarence wore hardy, wide-legged work pants and a dark blue, wool coat that kept him warm while he worked at the Port of Oakland as a longshoreman, Coogler remembers. And when his uncle wasn’t working — like when he took a young Coogler to a Black history exhibit in Oakland — he carried himself with that same composed ease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even when he wore jeans they would be crisp,” Coogler remembers. “Always had a nice leather belt, nice shirt, really nice jacket and maybe a turtleneck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was a throughline between the practical longshoreman workwear and the semi-professional, Ivy-leaning sensibility of the Black Panthers that cohered in Uncle Clarence’s style. And it resonated with Coogler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On stage, Coogler’s Dickies, his roomy houndstooth jacket and his collared dress shirt echo all those entwined memories and local family histories, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13953406\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13953406\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-35-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-35-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-35-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-35-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-35-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-35-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-35-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FITCHECK-35-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coogler in a houndstooth coat he wears during performances. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The displacement of style\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When Coogler was just a few years old, his parents couldn’t afford to live in Oakland anymore, despite their strong community ties. Like many other Black families, they were forced to move elsewhere — in the Coogler family’s case, to Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh man, so when you walk through Oakland now, when you walk through Berkeley now, you can feel the culture shift,” he says. “I remember growing up in the Bay in the ’90s and the early 2000s — I remember it was minorities everywhere, not just Black people, and what happens is we get priced out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coogler sees the corporate techy style that’s overtaken the Bay as part and parcel of that precipitous gentrification, which has \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2022/04/01/oakland-home-histories-a-legacy-of-black-homeownership-in-maxwell-park/\">decreased Black homeownership in Oakland\u003c/a> enormously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re a real Bay head, you know that Bay Area people don’t rock Patagonia like that — \u003cem>new\u003c/em> Bay Area people do,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954310\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954310\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Person in plaid jacket, jeans, beanie and sunglasses\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/240229-FitCheck-14-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coogler in his ideal silhouette: comfy with a little structure. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gorp-y outerwear and soft basics are still very much a part of the Bay’s vernacular. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Editor’s Note:\u003c/strong> Fit Check is a series about style and personal expression in the Bay Area. See other installments \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/fit-check\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One summer night three years ago, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/the.daily.zazz/\">Zakiya Zazaboi\u003c/a>’s outfit changed her life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, Zazaboi was a history teacher at Berkeley High School, and her students used to tell her that she was too cool for school — literally. “‘It’s honestly really sad seeing you here,’” Zazaboi remembers a student telling her, with brutal teenage conviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13951605']Zazaboi waved off her students’ suggestions that she should quit to do something “cooler.” But a party at Miss Ollie’s in Oakland had other plans. That night in May 2021, at a long dining table in Oakland lined with saltfish, jerk chicken and artists of all kinds, Zazaboi met fashion stylist Mai-lei Pecorari.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zazaboi had shown up in cerulean vintage bell bottoms, a Danish knit sweater with enormous silver clasps, oversized white glasses and white cowboy boots. Pecorari, who’s styled the likes of NBA player Draymond Green and DJ Honey Dijon, looked Zazaboi up and down and asked her about her outfit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“‘Do you just do this as a passion project, or professionally?’” Zazaboi remembers Pecorari asking her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939663\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939663\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person with a leather jacket holds a circular necklace.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-09-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-09-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-09-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-09-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zakiya Zazaboi shows off her collection of silver jewelry, including a necklace engraved with her late mother’s thumbprint. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And then Pecorari just sort of whisked her off into the world of fashion, Zazaboi says. Just a few months later, she got a call from Pecorari about a styling job at a photoshoot, and then another, and another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I began making more than I was as a public school teacher,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zazaboi has been a stylist ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘It’s Very Political’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Zazaboi, who was born in Daly City but now lives between Oakland and L.A., describes the style sensibility that transformed her career as bright and emotional. “It’s very queer, too, just because of the ways that I play around with my own masculine energy,” she says. “And it’s very political.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939662\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939662\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person dressed in black poses for a photo.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-03-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-03-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-03-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-03-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zakiya Zazaboi sports a leather jacket from San Francisco vintage shop Wasteland and a skirt from Goodwill. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s a sunny December day in San Francsico when I catch up with Zazaboi at a warehouse building in SOMA. Working a photoshoot for Banana Republic, she wears speed-bump yellow boots, red shorts and a leather vest with two patches — one on the front and one on the back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tend to put a lot of different patches on my outfits to reflect things that are going on politically,” she says, her neck, wrists and fingers glimmering with a constellation of silver jewelry. “I like to keep it very pro African, a lot of poetry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zazaboi had also printed a photo she found on Tumblr of a group of young Black boys onto a large piece of canvas. Sewn into her vest, the image is stunning and conspicuous, stretching across the length and width of Zazaboi’s back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a pretty punk thing to do, very gritty DIY,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The front panel of the vest bears the words “I can feel you forgetting me” in medieval script, backdropped by red. (“I definitely have a bit of a sad bone to me because of my Cancer side,” she explains.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939665\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-28-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person long hair poses for a photo with an old photo stitched to the back of their leather vest.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-28-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-28-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-28-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-28-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-28-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-28-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-28-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zakiya Zazaboi adorns her outwear with custom patches using images that speak to her. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At Berkeley High, a fellow teacher let Zazaboi experiment with her garment printer, and she soon started installing patches on her clothes. They now ornament Zazaboi’s collection of outerwear and add dimension to an already distinct wardrobe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also credits her former students at Berkeley High for their influence. “They have some of the best outfits out here, and they’re very trendy and on it,” she says, “It’s probably the one thing I miss the most about teaching — I’m not constantly being inspired by a lot of our younger generations’ outfits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the long San Francisco street outside the Banana Republic photoshoot, Zazaboi clicks the heels of her bright yellow boots — a beam of sunshine in a field of concrete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I grew up around Filipinos, and their shoe game was on top of it,” she says. “I learned a lot about shoes in Daly City.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1333px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939666\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-37-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person long hair and red shorts is photographed.\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-37-BL-KQED.jpg 1333w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-37-BL-KQED-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-37-BL-KQED-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-37-BL-KQED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-37-BL-KQED-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-37-BL-KQED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Color and texture are big considerations for Zakiya Zazaboi when putting together her looks. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Keeping It Attainable\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Zazaboi also learned about how to budget her money for clothes, and has advice for the rest of us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I definitely look at a lot of high-end fashion all the time, but babe, I don’t have high fashion money,” she says, “So I’m always keeping in mind longevity, and ‘How’s this gonna look when it’s dirty and beat up? 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It helps her find gems in the most random piles of clothes, and it’s accessible to others too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just have an eye for things,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“‘Do you just do this as a passion project, or professionally?’” Zazaboi remembers Pecorari asking her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939663\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939663\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person with a leather jacket holds a circular necklace.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-09-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-09-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-09-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-09-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zakiya Zazaboi shows off her collection of silver jewelry, including a necklace engraved with her late mother’s thumbprint. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And then Pecorari just sort of whisked her off into the world of fashion, Zazaboi says. Just a few months later, she got a call from Pecorari about a styling job at a photoshoot, and then another, and another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I began making more than I was as a public school teacher,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zazaboi has been a stylist ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘It’s Very Political’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Zazaboi, who was born in Daly City but now lives between Oakland and L.A., describes the style sensibility that transformed her career as bright and emotional. “It’s very queer, too, just because of the ways that I play around with my own masculine energy,” she says. “And it’s very political.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939662\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939662\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person dressed in black poses for a photo.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-03-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-03-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-03-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-03-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zakiya Zazaboi sports a leather jacket from San Francisco vintage shop Wasteland and a skirt from Goodwill. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s a sunny December day in San Francsico when I catch up with Zazaboi at a warehouse building in SOMA. Working a photoshoot for Banana Republic, she wears speed-bump yellow boots, red shorts and a leather vest with two patches — one on the front and one on the back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tend to put a lot of different patches on my outfits to reflect things that are going on politically,” she says, her neck, wrists and fingers glimmering with a constellation of silver jewelry. “I like to keep it very pro African, a lot of poetry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zazaboi had also printed a photo she found on Tumblr of a group of young Black boys onto a large piece of canvas. Sewn into her vest, the image is stunning and conspicuous, stretching across the length and width of Zazaboi’s back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a pretty punk thing to do, very gritty DIY,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The front panel of the vest bears the words “I can feel you forgetting me” in medieval script, backdropped by red. (“I definitely have a bit of a sad bone to me because of my Cancer side,” she explains.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939665\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-28-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person long hair poses for a photo with an old photo stitched to the back of their leather vest.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-28-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-28-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-28-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-28-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-28-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-28-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-28-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zakiya Zazaboi adorns her outwear with custom patches using images that speak to her. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At Berkeley High, a fellow teacher let Zazaboi experiment with her garment printer, and she soon started installing patches on her clothes. They now ornament Zazaboi’s collection of outerwear and add dimension to an already distinct wardrobe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also credits her former students at Berkeley High for their influence. “They have some of the best outfits out here, and they’re very trendy and on it,” she says, “It’s probably the one thing I miss the most about teaching — I’m not constantly being inspired by a lot of our younger generations’ outfits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the long San Francisco street outside the Banana Republic photoshoot, Zazaboi clicks the heels of her bright yellow boots — a beam of sunshine in a field of concrete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I grew up around Filipinos, and their shoe game was on top of it,” she says. “I learned a lot about shoes in Daly City.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1333px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939666\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-37-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person long hair and red shorts is photographed.\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-37-BL-KQED.jpg 1333w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-37-BL-KQED-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-37-BL-KQED-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-37-BL-KQED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-37-BL-KQED-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231215-BayAreaStyleZakiya-37-BL-KQED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Color and texture are big considerations for Zakiya Zazaboi when putting together her looks. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Keeping It Attainable\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Zazaboi also learned about how to budget her money for clothes, and has advice for the rest of us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I definitely look at a lot of high-end fashion all the time, but babe, I don’t have high fashion money,” she says, “So I’m always keeping in mind longevity, and ‘How’s this gonna look when it’s dirty and beat up? Will it still look good?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than anything, she wants fashion to be attainable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that people are going to ask me where I got my outfit from, and I’m not the type of babe that’s gonna be like ‘Valentino’ or ‘Gucci,’” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Zazaboi, there’s something much more valuable and lasting than access to brand names. It helps her find gems in the most random piles of clothes, and it’s accessible to others too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just have an eye for things,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Editor’s Note:\u003c/strong> Fit Check is a series about Bay Area fashion and personal expression. Find other installments \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/fit-check\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enrobed in rich brown and deep green, Gengo Akiba takes a few patient moments to neatly tuck the fabric of his kimono around his crossed legs. Mid-morning sunlight diffuses through the latticed windows of the zendo — a building dedicated to meditation — and Akiba closes his eyes in its soft glow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13938519']The 81-year-old abbot of the \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandzencenter.org/\">Kojin-an Oakland Zen Center\u003c/a> is exactly who you might picture when you imagine an elderly Japanese priest: shaved head, small stature and the lighthearted chuckle of a person who’s made peace with the transient nature of existence. His presence, scaffolded by sturdy, rounded shoulders and gently folded hands, is buoyant and powerful all at once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he’s also got thoughts on beauty, fashion and regional style. (Kei Matsuda, who has been coming to the temple for decades now, translated for Akiba in late December as the abbot sipped on a mug of green tea.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939857\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-12-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears brown and green clothing outside a wooden building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-12-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-12-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-12-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-12-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-12-KQED-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-12-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-12-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akiba helped open the Kojin-an Oakland Zen Center in 1983; it moved to its present Rockridge location in 1990. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“After spending a week in Japan, I get bored of the way people dress,” Akiba says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A take even hotter than the genmaicha Akiba’s drinking, but more on that later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Akiba folds himself into ceremonial linen and cotton every Sunday for a 40-minute meditation at the Oakland Zen Center, where he has served as the abbot for almost 30 years. When he lights incense and leads chants, his sumptuous robes float around him. Lengthy kimono sleeves rustle as he laughs and gesticulates about the temple’s feline residents during his morning speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I wear in the zendo is a formal attire for priests,” Akiba says. “And that definitely makes me more aware of my role as priest and sort of prepares me for performing that role.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historically, Buddhist priests have sewn their own robes from donated scraps of fabric. Akiba’s priest-wear are no rags, but they were gifted to him by friends, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939858\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939858\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-08-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears brown and blue clothing outside a wooden building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-08-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-08-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-08-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-08-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-08-KQED-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-08-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-08-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akiba wraps himself in his ceremonial kesa. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over his brown kimono, Akiba drapes one shoulder and his torso with a \u003ca href=\"https://risdmuseum.org/exhibitions-events/exhibitions/kesa\">kesa\u003c/a> — a rectangular shawl stitched together carefully with smaller vertical and horizontal rectangles of fabric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The kesa is the part that’s most visible and perhaps the most important,” Akiba says. “The basic color is brown — that’s a very typical color for the kesa.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While brown and black are common colors worn by priests to signify a renunciation of worldly desires and pleasures, Akiba’s kesa is the deep green of dried tea leaves. His status as a priest means he gets to choose what color he wears, he says. Around his neck is a rakusu, a rectangle of fabric that is a literal representation of Buddha’s robe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Akiba’s clothes are beautiful, without a doubt. And yet Akiba isn’t very concerned about beauty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t really look at that uniform every time like, ‘oh, this part is beautiful,’ or anything like that — that’s just what I wear,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for Akiba, it’s possible to appreciate beauty in clothes, in nature and in people without clinging to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939964\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939964\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears brown and green clothing outside a wooden building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-16-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-16-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-16-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-16-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akiba was installed as abbot at Kojin-an Oakland Zen Center in 1994. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Beauty has a function in rituals and for people performing or attending rituals,” he says, “That is important, but it shouldn’t be the focus of attachment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that “contradiction between simplicity and opulence,” as Akiba puts it, plays out in what he wears, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His ceremony-wear — draping and buttery, but also earthy and muted — is sumptuous and plain all at once. It’s a tension befitting the spiritual multiplicity of Zen, which holds beauty and its transience all at once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Akiba is clearing crumbly piles of fall leaves from the yard or carrying groceries on a long walk home, he trades his robes for samue, a more casual kimono and pants set that’s traditionally worn by priests but has been adopted by non-religious folks in Japan too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939965\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939965\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-17-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears brown and blue clothing in a natural setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-17-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-17-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-17-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-17-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-17-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-17-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-17-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akiba in his workwear. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the cold months of the year, he layers a Uniqlo down vest and a knit button-up shirt under the kimono top and tucks a blue knit beanie over his bald head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In spite of how casual the samue is, there’s a pleasing throughline that joins Akiba’s workwear with his ceremonial robes, like the neat stitches that join the panels of linen on his rakusu. His workwear set echoes the rich brown of his robes and are also flawlessly proportional to his short stature. The false white collar that he wears under his abbot’s clothes also peeks out from under his samue, and another rakusu — this one blue — hangs from his neck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Akiba takes regular walks around his Oakland neighborhood in his samue and beanie, the Buddhist priest says he’s highly entertained by the parade of people and clothes he encounters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939856\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939856\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos side by side of brown and blue clothing is seen in detail in a wooden area.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1020x336.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01-768x253.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1536x506.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01-2048x675.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1920x633.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akiba displays his rakusu. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When I go to Tokyo and the train stations are full of people, there are men and women dressed very fashionably in different colors and different styles,” he says. “But they also look the same to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While people in Japan are fairly dressy and formal, he says, Bay Area folks dress comfortably and casually: “And I think that actually is more revealing of who each person is.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The 81-year-old abbot of the \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandzencenter.org/\">Kojin-an Oakland Zen Center\u003c/a> is exactly who you might picture when you imagine an elderly Japanese priest: shaved head, small stature and the lighthearted chuckle of a person who’s made peace with the transient nature of existence. His presence, scaffolded by sturdy, rounded shoulders and gently folded hands, is buoyant and powerful all at once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he’s also got thoughts on beauty, fashion and regional style. (Kei Matsuda, who has been coming to the temple for decades now, translated for Akiba in late December as the abbot sipped on a mug of green tea.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939857\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-12-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears brown and green clothing outside a wooden building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-12-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-12-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-12-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-12-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-12-KQED-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-12-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-12-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akiba helped open the Kojin-an Oakland Zen Center in 1983; it moved to its present Rockridge location in 1990. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“After spending a week in Japan, I get bored of the way people dress,” Akiba says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A take even hotter than the genmaicha Akiba’s drinking, but more on that later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Akiba folds himself into ceremonial linen and cotton every Sunday for a 40-minute meditation at the Oakland Zen Center, where he has served as the abbot for almost 30 years. When he lights incense and leads chants, his sumptuous robes float around him. Lengthy kimono sleeves rustle as he laughs and gesticulates about the temple’s feline residents during his morning speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I wear in the zendo is a formal attire for priests,” Akiba says. “And that definitely makes me more aware of my role as priest and sort of prepares me for performing that role.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historically, Buddhist priests have sewn their own robes from donated scraps of fabric. Akiba’s priest-wear are no rags, but they were gifted to him by friends, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939858\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939858\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-08-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears brown and blue clothing outside a wooden building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-08-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-08-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-08-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-08-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-08-KQED-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-08-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-08-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akiba wraps himself in his ceremonial kesa. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over his brown kimono, Akiba drapes one shoulder and his torso with a \u003ca href=\"https://risdmuseum.org/exhibitions-events/exhibitions/kesa\">kesa\u003c/a> — a rectangular shawl stitched together carefully with smaller vertical and horizontal rectangles of fabric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The kesa is the part that’s most visible and perhaps the most important,” Akiba says. “The basic color is brown — that’s a very typical color for the kesa.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While brown and black are common colors worn by priests to signify a renunciation of worldly desires and pleasures, Akiba’s kesa is the deep green of dried tea leaves. His status as a priest means he gets to choose what color he wears, he says. Around his neck is a rakusu, a rectangle of fabric that is a literal representation of Buddha’s robe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Akiba’s clothes are beautiful, without a doubt. And yet Akiba isn’t very concerned about beauty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t really look at that uniform every time like, ‘oh, this part is beautiful,’ or anything like that — that’s just what I wear,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for Akiba, it’s possible to appreciate beauty in clothes, in nature and in people without clinging to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939964\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939964\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears brown and green clothing outside a wooden building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-16-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-16-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-16-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-16-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akiba was installed as abbot at Kojin-an Oakland Zen Center in 1994. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Beauty has a function in rituals and for people performing or attending rituals,” he says, “That is important, but it shouldn’t be the focus of attachment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that “contradiction between simplicity and opulence,” as Akiba puts it, plays out in what he wears, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His ceremony-wear — draping and buttery, but also earthy and muted — is sumptuous and plain all at once. It’s a tension befitting the spiritual multiplicity of Zen, which holds beauty and its transience all at once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Akiba is clearing crumbly piles of fall leaves from the yard or carrying groceries on a long walk home, he trades his robes for samue, a more casual kimono and pants set that’s traditionally worn by priests but has been adopted by non-religious folks in Japan too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939965\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939965\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-17-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears brown and blue clothing in a natural setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-17-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-17-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-17-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-17-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-17-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-17-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/231226-GENGO-AKIBA-MD-17-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akiba in his workwear. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the cold months of the year, he layers a Uniqlo down vest and a knit button-up shirt under the kimono top and tucks a blue knit beanie over his bald head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In spite of how casual the samue is, there’s a pleasing throughline that joins Akiba’s workwear with his ceremonial robes, like the neat stitches that join the panels of linen on his rakusu. His workwear set echoes the rich brown of his robes and are also flawlessly proportional to his short stature. The false white collar that he wears under his abbot’s clothes also peeks out from under his samue, and another rakusu — this one blue — hangs from his neck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Akiba takes regular walks around his Oakland neighborhood in his samue and beanie, the Buddhist priest says he’s highly entertained by the parade of people and clothes he encounters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939856\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939856\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos side by side of brown and blue clothing is seen in detail in a wooden area.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1020x336.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01-768x253.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1536x506.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01-2048x675.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/231226-Gengo-Akiba-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1920x633.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akiba displays his rakusu. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When I go to Tokyo and the train stations are full of people, there are men and women dressed very fashionably in different colors and different styles,” he says. “But they also look the same to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While people in Japan are fairly dressy and formal, he says, Bay Area folks dress comfortably and casually: “And I think that actually is more revealing of who each person is.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Bay Area doesn’t have a formal fashion scene, but it’s not hard to find people who know the difference between throwing on clothes and putting together a thoughtful, self-expressive look — and we all know impeccable style when we see it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Aritzia and Patagonia still color many of our streets’ lackluster shades of predictable, these five Bay Area locals dress with a point of view. Here are their looks, how they describe their approaches to self-presentation and their thoughts on style in a region that’s so often dismissed as lacking any.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938558\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938558\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-20-BL.jpg\" alt=\"Diptych of a full-body shot of woman in red top and layered pants/skirt and close-up of ornate nails\" width=\"1920\" height=\"862\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-20-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-20-BL-800x359.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-20-BL-1020x458.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-20-BL-160x72.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-20-BL-768x345.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-20-BL-1536x690.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenay Hatchell wears pants designed by Graham Payton (@sterrepeyton), a shirt and skirt by Maya Avery (@insigniamsa), nails by @nailsby_saby, Savage X Fenty gloves, and a Gucci bag. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Jenay Hatchell, 23: ‘Bold, Versatile & Authentic’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Art and politics are inextricable, says Jenay Hatchell, who wears black, red, green and white in homage to the Palestinian flag and the pan-African flag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now I’ve just been thinking heavily about how the struggles of Black and Brown kids in Oakland are tied to the struggles of people everywhere,” Hatchell says, “especially the struggles of Palestinian children and the struggles of children in the Congo and Sudan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A culture of making is a big part of Bay Area style for Hatchell, who also proudly wears jewelry and clothing made by friends and friends of friends. Clothes are a rich dimension for self-expression, including remembrance, says Hatchell, who wears an A’s hat adorned with the number 9 to commemorate her friend Justin Ross who passed earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938530\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938530\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-18-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Black woman in black A's cap and red top stands among trees\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-18-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-18-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-18-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-18-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-18-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-18-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenay Hatchell in Joaquin Miller Park. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the lifelong East Oaklander has noticed that some Bay Area residents conflate cool with money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bay Area style at its worst is this flexing culture of just throwing together a whole bunch of expensive brands to look cool, but not putting any thought into what you’re actually wearing,” Hatchell says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area style at its best, though, happens when people dress themselves with care and creativity, not necessarily with big price tags, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People wear things differently than you might expect, like mixing patterns, a lot of bright colors, jewelry — and not necessarily jewelry that’s super flashy,” she explains. “We make street fashion and comfortable fashion very unique to the point where it kind of looks like we’re dressed up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>The details:\u003c/b> \u003ci>red tank by Maya Avery, knit skirt by Maya Avery, Savage X Fenty fingerless gloves, hand-painted jeans by Graham Peyton with graphic line work, A’s hat, silver chains outfitted by Hatchell with a red earring from dipsandcoils, wire bracelet with pearls, wire coil bracelet, watch gifted to Hatchell by her mom, silver hoops by Urban Outfitters.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938534\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-26-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Asian woman in sunglasses, embroidered hat and bat-shaped earrings smiles in profile\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-26-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-26-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-26-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-26-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-26-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-26-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terri Wong poses for a portrait in her backyard in San Francisco on Oct. 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Terri Wong, 68: ‘Colorful, Eclectic & Asian’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For vintage heads who like to reinvent older pieces, Terri Wong is a sort of virtuosa whose main complaint about Bay Area style is a lack of color — a deficiency she makes up for in her own ensembles. The former opera singer pairs vibrant vintage textiles that reflect her Chinese heritage with contemporary pleated garments and accessories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My sense of style is 80% vintage and maybe 20% contemporary,” Wong says. “I learned from my grandmother — she was a phenomenal seamstress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bright side of regional style for Wong is an unapologetic sense of individuality among those folks who do lean into dressing up, which she embodies wholeheartedly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938536\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938536\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-18-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Asian woman in fuchsia flowered hat holds parasol and smiles\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-18-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-18-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-18-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-18-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-18-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-18-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terri Wong near her home in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wong’s outfits are elaborate and whimsical — and they’re not meant to impress anyone, she says. Her vintage collection, though, is impressive in and of itself, which includes 200 ornate children’s hats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>The details:\u003c/b> \u003ci>capelet knitted by Wong, Issey Miyake cobalt blue top, Ann Taylor pants, jade bangles, bat earrings, and an antique child’s hat with bat details.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938540\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938540\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-05-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Diptych with full-body shot of young woman and close-up of French-tip nails.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-05-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-05-BL-qut-800x361.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-05-BL-qut-1020x460.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-05-BL-qut-160x72.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-05-BL-qut-768x346.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-05-BL-qut-1536x693.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Namixtu’lú’ Esteva poses for a portrait in her backyard in Oakland on Nov. 9, 2023. Right: Esteva shows her nails and jewelry. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Namixtu’lú’ Esteva, 19: ‘Balanced, Unique & Playful’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Namixtu’lú’ Esteva’s style is constantly evolving and shifting between conventional ideas of femininity and masculinity, she says. Esteva also credits her godmothers — in true godmotherly fashion — for helping her elevate and root her looks in her Native identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[I’m] definitely influenced by my Indigenous culture,” Esteva says. “So a lot of the jewelry or things I accessorize with I grew up wearing from Oaxaca or from other parts of Mexico.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esteva leans towards baggier clothes on the spectrum of silhouettes and cites a pair of overalls as one of her most beloved items; they’re comfortable and go with everything. And her favorite part of Bay Area style is the influence of Black and Brown Bay Area culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938543\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-04-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Young woman with green feathers in hair and hoop earrings smiles\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-04-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-04-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-04-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-04-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-04-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-04-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Namixtu’lú’ Esteva poses for a portrait in her backyard in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That’s like streetwear, but also cultural streetwear and things that embody hyphy like Mac Dre and Too Short,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esteva especially loves the dialogue around wardrobes in the Bay and how willing people are to give each other advice on how to dress and where to get clothes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flipside of that is something Esteva doesn’t care for, which is gatekeeping: when people are secretive about where they find good deals and cool looks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>The details:\u003c/b> \u003ci>ceremonial macaw feathers, black tank top, flared blue jeans, floral Native scarf worn as a belt, black Adidas sneakers with snake charms, gold bamboo hoops, gold bracelet, French tip acrylic nails, Tonantzin/Virgen de Guadalupe arm tattoo, nameplate necklace, Virgen de Guadalupe necklace.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938556\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-07-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Older Black man leans against post in patterned vest over button-down shirt and tie\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-07-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-07-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-07-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-07-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-07-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-07-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raymond Holbert stands in the doorway of his home in Berkeley on Nov. 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Raymond Holbert, 78: ‘Collage, Seasonal & Experience’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Raymond Holbert is a “die-hard” for dyeing his own clothes. The Berkeley resident makes batches of coral, mint or robin-egg blue dyes to transform white garments he finds all over the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his playful yet classic silhouettes, the fashion photographer says he finds harmony. And a big part of that is feeling good in what you wear no matter your age or sensibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can see them come together as you dress,” he says of his approach to combining elements. “It’s like an arts store or a buffet of sorts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938547\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-17-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"879\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-17-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-17-BL-800x366.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-17-BL-1020x467.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-17-BL-160x73.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-17-BL-768x352.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-17-BL-1536x703.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Raymond Holbert stands in his backyard in Berkeley on Nov. 3, 2023. Right: Holbert holds a tie he sewed buttons onto. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay Area weather never gets cold enough to wear his beloved outerwear, though, Holbert laments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On style broadly, Holbert celebrates the expansiveness of how different people dress themselves in a way that transcends gender too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I liked about style in the Bay Area is that you’re encouraged by that mixture — one of the greatest mixtures [of people] I’ve ever seen in my life,” he says. “It’s like an open market for everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>The details:\u003c/b> \u003ci>moon-faced stud earrings, Marine dress shirt, chocolate-colored tie with buttons sewn on by Holbert, black Yves Saint Laurent vest in a multicolored frog print, lime green corduroy pants, avocado socks and two-tone dress shoes.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938551\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-04-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Person with short dark hair stands with one foot raised and arms out to show off skirts and jacket, smiling looking down\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-04-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-04-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-04-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-04-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-04-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-04-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason Mai poses for a portrait in the Mission District in San Francisco on Nov. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Jason Mai, 28: ‘Slow, Intentional & Personal’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Jason Mai thinks a lot about what ethical clothing really means. Their critique of style in the Bay lands on corporate babble about ethics and sustainability that don’t ultimately hold water for Mai. They call this pitfall “the culture of conscious capitalism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m thinking about these SF fashion companies like Everlane, Rothy’s, Reformation, Stitch Fix — all those companies that co-opt radical language like transparency, ethics,” they say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Mai makes a point to be deliberate in how they dress, considering versatility and sustainability when they shop, but also how true brands actually are to their professed values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visually, Mai’s sense of style is “all over the map,” they say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938553\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938553\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-03-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Legs-down shot of layers of gray, black and gray skirts with white socks and black loafters\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-03-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-03-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-03-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-03-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-03-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-03-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason Mai with three layers of skirts in the Mission District in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I can be preppy one day, all black and avant garde the other day, or in a hoodie and T-shirt the next,” they laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mai’s style depends on their mood at any given moment, but a highlight of their look is a glorious feast of textures — layers of pleats, folds and ruffles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m referencing my own history, my own memories and my own experience,” Mai says. “And I like to dabble in different aesthetics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>The details:\u003c/b> \u003ci>silk blend blazer by Jil Sander, white button-down, black tie, brown and black plaid miniskirt, taffeta blend skirt with a bubble hem, checkered skirt with ruffles, white tube socks, black loafers, silver flower earrings, ring by Soft Good studio inscribed with Mai’s last name. \u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Bay Area doesn’t have a formal fashion scene, but it’s not hard to find people who know the difference between throwing on clothes and putting together a thoughtful, self-expressive look — and we all know impeccable style when we see it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Aritzia and Patagonia still color many of our streets’ lackluster shades of predictable, these five Bay Area locals dress with a point of view. Here are their looks, how they describe their approaches to self-presentation and their thoughts on style in a region that’s so often dismissed as lacking any.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938558\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938558\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-20-BL.jpg\" alt=\"Diptych of a full-body shot of woman in red top and layered pants/skirt and close-up of ornate nails\" width=\"1920\" height=\"862\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-20-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-20-BL-800x359.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-20-BL-1020x458.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-20-BL-160x72.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-20-BL-768x345.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-20-BL-1536x690.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenay Hatchell wears pants designed by Graham Payton (@sterrepeyton), a shirt and skirt by Maya Avery (@insigniamsa), nails by @nailsby_saby, Savage X Fenty gloves, and a Gucci bag. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Jenay Hatchell, 23: ‘Bold, Versatile & Authentic’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Art and politics are inextricable, says Jenay Hatchell, who wears black, red, green and white in homage to the Palestinian flag and the pan-African flag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now I’ve just been thinking heavily about how the struggles of Black and Brown kids in Oakland are tied to the struggles of people everywhere,” Hatchell says, “especially the struggles of Palestinian children and the struggles of children in the Congo and Sudan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A culture of making is a big part of Bay Area style for Hatchell, who also proudly wears jewelry and clothing made by friends and friends of friends. Clothes are a rich dimension for self-expression, including remembrance, says Hatchell, who wears an A’s hat adorned with the number 9 to commemorate her friend Justin Ross who passed earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938530\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938530\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-18-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Black woman in black A's cap and red top stands among trees\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-18-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-18-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-18-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-18-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-18-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-ImpeccableStyleJenay-18-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenay Hatchell in Joaquin Miller Park. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the lifelong East Oaklander has noticed that some Bay Area residents conflate cool with money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bay Area style at its worst is this flexing culture of just throwing together a whole bunch of expensive brands to look cool, but not putting any thought into what you’re actually wearing,” Hatchell says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area style at its best, though, happens when people dress themselves with care and creativity, not necessarily with big price tags, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People wear things differently than you might expect, like mixing patterns, a lot of bright colors, jewelry — and not necessarily jewelry that’s super flashy,” she explains. “We make street fashion and comfortable fashion very unique to the point where it kind of looks like we’re dressed up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>The details:\u003c/b> \u003ci>red tank by Maya Avery, knit skirt by Maya Avery, Savage X Fenty fingerless gloves, hand-painted jeans by Graham Peyton with graphic line work, A’s hat, silver chains outfitted by Hatchell with a red earring from dipsandcoils, wire bracelet with pearls, wire coil bracelet, watch gifted to Hatchell by her mom, silver hoops by Urban Outfitters.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938534\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-26-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Asian woman in sunglasses, embroidered hat and bat-shaped earrings smiles in profile\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-26-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-26-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-26-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-26-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-26-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-26-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terri Wong poses for a portrait in her backyard in San Francisco on Oct. 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Terri Wong, 68: ‘Colorful, Eclectic & Asian’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For vintage heads who like to reinvent older pieces, Terri Wong is a sort of virtuosa whose main complaint about Bay Area style is a lack of color — a deficiency she makes up for in her own ensembles. The former opera singer pairs vibrant vintage textiles that reflect her Chinese heritage with contemporary pleated garments and accessories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My sense of style is 80% vintage and maybe 20% contemporary,” Wong says. “I learned from my grandmother — she was a phenomenal seamstress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bright side of regional style for Wong is an unapologetic sense of individuality among those folks who do lean into dressing up, which she embodies wholeheartedly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938536\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938536\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-18-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Asian woman in fuchsia flowered hat holds parasol and smiles\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-18-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-18-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-18-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-18-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-18-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231026-ImpeccableStyleTerri-18-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terri Wong near her home in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wong’s outfits are elaborate and whimsical — and they’re not meant to impress anyone, she says. Her vintage collection, though, is impressive in and of itself, which includes 200 ornate children’s hats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>The details:\u003c/b> \u003ci>capelet knitted by Wong, Issey Miyake cobalt blue top, Ann Taylor pants, jade bangles, bat earrings, and an antique child’s hat with bat details.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938540\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938540\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-05-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Diptych with full-body shot of young woman and close-up of French-tip nails.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-05-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-05-BL-qut-800x361.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-05-BL-qut-1020x460.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-05-BL-qut-160x72.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-05-BL-qut-768x346.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231109-ImpeccableStyleNamixtulu-05-BL-qut-1536x693.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Namixtu’lú’ Esteva poses for a portrait in her backyard in Oakland on Nov. 9, 2023. 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The Berkeley resident makes batches of coral, mint or robin-egg blue dyes to transform white garments he finds all over the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his playful yet classic silhouettes, the fashion photographer says he finds harmony. And a big part of that is feeling good in what you wear no matter your age or sensibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can see them come together as you dress,” he says of his approach to combining elements. “It’s like an arts store or a buffet of sorts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938547\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-17-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"879\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-17-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-17-BL-800x366.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-17-BL-1020x467.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-17-BL-160x73.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-17-BL-768x352.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-ImpeccableStyleRaymond-17-BL-1536x703.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Raymond Holbert stands in his backyard in Berkeley on Nov. 3, 2023. Right: Holbert holds a tie he sewed buttons onto. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay Area weather never gets cold enough to wear his beloved outerwear, though, Holbert laments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On style broadly, Holbert celebrates the expansiveness of how different people dress themselves in a way that transcends gender too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I liked about style in the Bay Area is that you’re encouraged by that mixture — one of the greatest mixtures [of people] I’ve ever seen in my life,” he says. “It’s like an open market for everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>The details:\u003c/b> \u003ci>moon-faced stud earrings, Marine dress shirt, chocolate-colored tie with buttons sewn on by Holbert, black Yves Saint Laurent vest in a multicolored frog print, lime green corduroy pants, avocado socks and two-tone dress shoes.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938551\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-04-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Person with short dark hair stands with one foot raised and arms out to show off skirts and jacket, smiling looking down\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-04-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-04-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-04-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-04-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-04-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-04-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason Mai poses for a portrait in the Mission District in San Francisco on Nov. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Jason Mai, 28: ‘Slow, Intentional & Personal’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Jason Mai thinks a lot about what ethical clothing really means. Their critique of style in the Bay lands on corporate babble about ethics and sustainability that don’t ultimately hold water for Mai. They call this pitfall “the culture of conscious capitalism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m thinking about these SF fashion companies like Everlane, Rothy’s, Reformation, Stitch Fix — all those companies that co-opt radical language like transparency, ethics,” they say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Mai makes a point to be deliberate in how they dress, considering versatility and sustainability when they shop, but also how true brands actually are to their professed values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visually, Mai’s sense of style is “all over the map,” they say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938553\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938553\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-03-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Legs-down shot of layers of gray, black and gray skirts with white socks and black loafters\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-03-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-03-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-03-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-03-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-03-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231107-ImpeccableStyleJason-03-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason Mai with three layers of skirts in the Mission District in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I can be preppy one day, all black and avant garde the other day, or in a hoodie and T-shirt the next,” they laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mai’s style depends on their mood at any given moment, but a highlight of their look is a glorious feast of textures — layers of pleats, folds and ruffles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m referencing my own history, my own memories and my own experience,” Mai says. “And I like to dabble in different aesthetics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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