Style Profile: Jon Halperin, Boutique Coordinator/Coachella and Talent Buyer/The Glass House

Name, age, title / job, hometown: 

Jonathan Halperin, 42, Boutique Coordinator/Coachella and Talent Buyer/The Glass House in Pomona. I reside in Long Beach, CA with a St. Bernard, an English Bulldog, and my lovely fiancee.

Describe your style in five words.

Anglophile. Colors. Comfortable. Button-ups. Collars.

What are you into wearing these days?

Fred Perry knits, Merc jackets, Obey pants/jeans/shorts, Dr. Martens (nighttime shoe), Generic Surplus (daytime shoe), Toddland/Paul Frank skivvies. Vivienne Westwood watch/accessories.

Tell us about your most embarrassing fashion phase or outfit.  

Let’s not discuss the late 80’s, shall we?

Name one person, living or dead, whose style inspires you.  

Paul Weller.

What do you love the most about your Generic Surplus shoes?

Light, comfortable, conducive to walking around for two weekends in extreme heat, thanks to the mesh.

What does the shoe of your dreams look like?  

I love worn out Dr. Marten’s.

(Source: genericsurplus.com)

STYLE PROFILE: CHRISTOPHER FRIEL, VP-EYE W∆RS INC

Name, age, title / job, where do you reside:  

Christopher Sean Friel, 34,  VP-EYE W∆RS INC,  Huntington Beach

Describe your style in five words.

Try |not | to | look | dumb.

What are you into wearing these days?  

Timeless basics.

Tell us about your most embarrassing fashion phase or outfit.  

I have a white leather jacket that I am both to embarrassed to give away or wear as either action somehow confirms my ownership of said jacket.  I like to hope that if I don’t talk about, think of, or physically see the jacket it my closet that it will have somehow have never existed… I blame Lane Saunders for that one.  The rest, sadly, I claim full responsibility for.  I went through a pretty big vest phase which resulted in an extensive collection.  I basically acquired a vest for any occasion- weddings, holidays, summer vests, party vests;  you’d be surprised, there is a lot going on in the world of sleeveless garments.  In all honestly I have mixed feelings are about the vastness of my “collection”- sheer embarrassment & shame versus a strong sense of pride that I just may be the worlds foremost vest expert. 

Name one person, living or dead, whose style inspires you.  

I am all over the place- so I will name 5.  Michael Jackson,  Jean Paul Belmondo (that one’s for my Annabelle), my friend Andrew Schulenburg (he’s the Madonna to my Rosanna Arquette a’la Desperatly Seeking Susan),  John Connor from the Terminator & my dad, who was born & raised in New York yet dressed like a cowboy.

What do you love the most about your Generic Surplus Dom?

Understated style, simplicity & craftsmanship.  Stylish utilitarianism. 

What does the shoe of your dreams look like?  

Nike Air Mag aka “Marty McFly” from Back to the Future II.  And while we are on the subject of stuff we dream about- where are they at in terms of finishing up the hover board?  Seriously, did the scientific community just take like a 25 year lunch break on putting this thing to bed already?  Not to be critical, but I really think many of our great thinkers and the American populous at large has lost focus on what’s important- things that fucking hover.

(Source: genericsurplus.com)

Style Profile: Hunter Burgan

Name, age, title/job, hometown:
Hunter Burgan, 35, musician/songwriter (AFI, Las Gatas Beach Club, etc.), Grass Valley

Describe your style in five words.
Smart anarchist meets dark library.

What are you into wearing these days?
I’ve recently reexamined the role of pants in my wardrobe only to confirm that I’ve been doing it right all along.

Tell us about your most embarrassing fashion phase or outfit .
No.

Name one person, living or dead, whose style inspires you .
I really admire Einstein’s dedication to a single outfit. Time that he would have spent selecting outfits was instead used  for more important things. 

What do you love the most about your Generic Surplus shoes?
Their simplicity doesn’t undermine their maturity.

What does the shoe of your dreams look like?
I’m not going to just give away my design ideas for free.

Follow Hunter on twitter and tumblr and check out Post War Science for amazing limited tees and prints

Style Profile: Joshua Spencer

Name, age, title/job, hometown:
Joshua Spencer, 33, Photographer, Jewelry Designer, Los Angeles

Describe your style in five words.
Simple, clean, and probably black

What are you into wearing these days?
Chambers, Nudie

Tell us about your most embarrassing fashion phase or outfit .
Early teen stoner mess

Name one person, living or dead, whose style inspires you .
Gay Talese, always proper

What do you love the most about your Generic Surplus shoes?
Simplicity and classic design

What does the shoe of your dreams look like?
Black low profile derby

For more from the talented Mr. Spencer please visit www.joshuaspencerphoto.com

(Source: genericsurplus.com)

Style Profile: Paul P., Buyer, Zappos

Name, age, title/job, hometown:
Paul P, 30, Buyer/Zappos, Tuffalo, NY

Describe your style:
Prep Pollock

What are you into wearing these days?
Layers

Tell us about your most embarrassing fashion phase.
Two Words. Rat Tail.
 
Name one person, living or dead, whose style inspires you.
Abe Lincoln

What do you love the most about your Generic Surplus shoes?
The style. They go well with anything

What does the shoe of your dreams look like?
The Generic Surplus Duck Boot.

(Source: genericsurplus.com)

Style Profile: Bradley Carter, vocalist/guitarist for NO

Name, age, title/job, hometown:
Bradley Hanan Carter, Echo Park

Describe your style in five words.
Black, Collar, Motor, Thrift, Short

What are you into wearing these days?
Anything hand-picked from the various thrift stores on my journey…

Tell us about your most embarrassing fashion phase or outfit.
Andre Agassi mullet, age 7

Name one person, living or dead, whose style inspires you.
Jackie O.

What do you love the most about your Generic Surplus Ledger?
To Be Continued :)

What does the shoe of your dreams look like?
Jet black leather Beatle Boots with zips… and red soles.

Listen to NO here

Buy the Ledger Mid here

Style Profile: Matt Davis, President of Sales, CHAPTER

Name, age, title/job, hometown:
Matt Davis, 27, President of Sales, Highland, Ca.


Describe your style in five words:
Classic, Basic, Clean, Dark and Timeless


What are you into wearing these days?
CHAPTER, Premium Blank Tees, 501’s and hoodies.


Tell us about your most embarrassing fashion phase.
In high school I had a lot of limited Nike Dunks and a woven to match all of them.


Name one person, living or dead, whose style inspires you:
Dennis Hopper


What do you love the most about your Generic Surplus shoes?
They are timeless. Extremely clean and have a Vibram Sole.


What does the shoe of your dreams look like?
An ankle boot with heavy distressed leather and a thinner profile Vibram sole. All black!!

(Source: genericsurplus.com)

Style Profile: Sean Ciminesi, West Coast Sales, CHAPTER

Name, age, title/job, hometown:
Sean Ciminesi, 25, West Coast Sales at CHAPTER, Corona, CA.

Describe your style:
American, Functional, Loyal.

What are you into wearing these days?
Levis, boots, long sleeve thermal shirts and CHAPTER.

Tell us about your most embarrassing fashion phase.
Haha, I’m from Corona, man, all of it was pretty bad. But my friends would say my palm tree hair cut with dyed black hair was probably the worst.

Name one person, living or dead, whose style inspires you:
Christopher Walken, yeah, the old guy. He’s the man.

What do you love the most about your Generic Surplus shoes?
I love how comfortable they are.

What does the shoe of your dreams look like?
Anything that is timeless, something that will last me a few years and never go out of style.

Style Profile: Mikey Lovechilde

Name, age, title/job, hometown:

Mikey Lovechilde, 32, DJ/Producer/Artist, Los Angeles


Describe your style in five words.

Classy, Dark, Mod, Goth, Moth


What are you into wearing these days?

Actual Pain, Forever 21 jeans (they’re cheap and amazing), fancy socks and lots of silver jewelry!!!


Tell us about your most embarrassing fashion phase or outfit -

Oh man, XJ900 fake Jordan shoes, Cross Colors jeans backwards, XL Hypercolor shirt, Dwayne Wayne glasses/sunglasses and rocking the Full House hairspray hair flip.  Guess what time period that was?


Name one person, living or dead, whose style inspires you -

Andy Warhol


What do you love the most about your Generic Surplus Ledger?

The overall simplicity of the shoe with that wooden heel really makes me feel so classy.  Also that noise made while walking on wooden floors, priceless.


What does the shoe of your dreams look like?

Two words: Velcro Winklepickers 

View more of Mikey’s artwork here

Here Mikey’s Music here

Style Profile: Alan Sartirana, Filter Magazine

Name, age, title/job, hometown:  

Alan Sartirana, Old-ish, Co-Founder - FILTER Magazine/ Creative Group, Syracuse NY

Describe your style in five words.

I like the color black

What are you into wearing these days?

See five words above. Button downs and jeans are pretty standard MO for me. Nothing too complicated. Love a good pea-coat.

Tell us about your most embarrassing fashion phase or outfit.

I was a skater and wore very baggy trousers. VERY baggy. At least I fit in, then…

Name one person, living or dead, whose style inspires you.

Johnny Cash. What can I say, I like black.

What do you love the most about your Generic Surplus Apache?

I don’t think I got Apache, I got the ALANS remember!?

What does the shoe of your dreams look like?

Black, comfy, suede, ideally slip ons, but if they have laces and slip on that’s fine.