Building The Ultimate Street Style Star

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In the name of progress, the Four Pins think tank joined forces with science to create the ultimate street style icon. The first attempts were like that sheep Dolly (shouts to '90s references): simply clones of existing street style superstars. But, while we love a carefully considered steez bite, the overlords here at our revered brain trust wanted to improve on the living, breathing icons. See, we don’t want another Michael Jordan. No, we want someone who's gonna jump higher, dunk harder and only retire twice. In order to do this we've taken style DNA samples from some of the brightest style stars in our universe and combined that shit like a beautifully-mustached mixologist, creating the definitive, ultimate street style star. CALL US FRANKENSTEIN, MOTHERFUCKERS.

Illustrations by Danny Scanzoni

1. streetstylestar

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2. SHOES

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Footwear: Simon Hogeman

We started from the ground up with this experiment. Literally. Our first component is Simon Hogeman's feet. Or, namely his extremely deep collection of based as fuck sneakers. Owning one of the best menswear stores in the known universe (yep, I just shitted all over Earth 2’s leading boutique, Muy Bien) has got to help one create a footwear collection that seems to consist exclusively of Tier Zero releases. I mean, Tres Bien sold Air Yeezy 2's. THAT'S JUST HOW INFLUENTIAL THIS GUY'S FEET ARE. Homie switches up rare sneakers with more alacrity than they switched up Aunt Viv's on Fresh Prince.

3. LEGS

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Pants: Eugene Tong

We're skipping socks because unless it's, like, -700 °K (that's Kelvin, you unscientific fucks) ain't nobody wearing socks. Instead we're headed straight to trousers. Whose trousers? EUGENE THE GOD TONG'S, that's who. I’m not sure if that's actually his middle name, but I am sure that his pants are cooler than yours. I mean, he's the only dude other than J.R. Smith that I've ever seen successfully pull off the highly advanced shorts over pants maneuver. Except, instead of mesh basketball shorts over compression tights, Tong normally rocks the ill Public School shorts x Jil Sander combo. All that aside, both cats need need to work on their 3-point shot selection.

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5. TORSO

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Layering: Stephen Mann

What's above a pair of legs? Oh right, the torso. For the torso of this beautiful monster we’re creating we chose Stephen Mann. Stylist to all the brands and magazines you wish would reply to your email inquiring about career opportunities, Mann is one of the only human beings who can wear The Soloist and not look like he's starring in a homeless production of Peter Pan. Layering is harder than it looks and Mann is a genius at that shit.

6. FACE

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7. BEARD

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8. HAT

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10. TOMMY

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