Bita Rad

If I had these pieces, I would dress like this everyday, for every occasion, for no particular reason.

Photographer : David Sims

Styling : Emmanuelle Alt

Model: Iselin Steiro. She rocks the hell out of this shoot.

Ok, but really. I lOoooVeee Kate Lanphear. Love love.  She was the Style Director of Elle Magazine US until recently and her street style photos are always on my inspiration boards. Not bad for a tomboy from Fairfax, Virginia…

“If you asked me who my style icons were, I’d say I began with old-school heavy metal. I love the androgyny and the glam. In high school I covered my bedroom walls with Axl Rose posters. Appetite for Destruction was out, and I trailed Guns N’ Roses’ tour bus in my Honda Civic (its plates read AXL LVR). I had these amazing, skinny, tight-enough-to- cut-off-your-circulation acid-wash jeans with an inky blue plastic zipper that ran up the seam, purchased at Spencer’s Gifts at the mall. I had begged my mom for them. They were part of a look: slouchy suede boots, oversize suede jacket, outrageous jeans. Breaking the suburbatopian mold by wearing metalhead garb definitely wasn’t something one did to fit in with the cool kids in Fairfax, Virginia.”

In the Summer of 2009 I moved to New York to design for DKNY Jeans at their design offices in the Meat Packing District. It was only a few months after I made the move that I was asked to move with them to Singapore. Here are some glimpses of fashion, the city’s culture, and my short but sweet life in my favorite city.

Shows in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

During the Swine Flu breakout at Conde Nast

Me and the view from the  DKNY Jeans design offices at the 601 Building in Meat Packing.
I so miss this office!

And why?