STYLE SPOTLIGHT: KATE LANPHEAR//

STYLE SPOTLIGHT: KATE LANPHEAR//: "

BEFORE TWITTER, HER STYLE PROFILE MIGHT HAVE STARTED LIKE THIS: KATE LANPHEAR DOESN’T LOOK LIKE YOUR TYPICAL AMERICAN FASHION EDITOR. BUT AFTER A FEW SEASONS AND THOUSANDS OF WRIST PICS LATER, THAT STATEMENT’S ALL TOO UNTRUE. FLAXEN-HAIRED EDITRIXES THE PLANET OVER HAVE MADE LIKE SHARP-HEELED SHEEP, FLOCKING TO THE BEST-SHORN AND BLACKEST OF ALL. LA LANPHEAR COULD SETTLE FOR SINCEREST FLATTERY, BUT NO, SHE’LL STAY FORWARD. OTHERS HAVE IT-ACCESSORIES; SHE PAVES IT-ZONES. THE NAPE OF THE NECK? BUZZING WITH A BOLT OF BILLY IDOL BLONDE. WRISTS? SNAKED IN SPIKED, STUDDED BRACELETS. WITHOUT KNOWING ITS NAME, YOU’VE EVEN FOUND WAYS TO DRAPE YOUR SCAPULA. HER ANDROGYNOUS MIX HAS EARNED HER NEAR-CULT STATUS IN JAPAN, SPAWNED A SPATE OF PARISIAN COPYKATES, AND STACKED UP MEMBERS OF HER NAMESAKE FACEBOOK FAN GROUP FASTER THAN HER BRACELETS. IT’S FAIR TO SAY SHE’S HOT IN THE CITIES.



-ADRIAN CORSIN

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