Hi there! I’m Kat, and I’m a recent immigrant to Canada from the wilds of Seattle, Washington. Pretty much anything fascinates me, which is both a blessing and a curse. My clothing choices could be described as “all over the place”, and I love to make things - from beaded collars to appliqued sweaters to shrinky-dink pendants. When I’m not at the WORN offices, chances are I’m drooling over photos of flapper dresses and Louis Sullivan buildings.

Vintage Textile
So what if I’ll never be able to afford anything they sell? This store is nothing but pretty, pretty eye candy. If you’re ever in need of a C.F. Worth ball gown or Gallenga coat and have a few thousand dollars burning a hole in your pocket, this is the place to look.

Holly Fulton
No question, Holly Fulton is one of my favorite designers. Her bright colors and stylized Art Deco skyscraper motifs are a little bit mod, a little bit Metropolis.

HonestlyWTF
HonestlyWTF has some of the best DIY tutorials, inspired by everything from high fashion to Danish music videos.

Wandering in Tacoma
Okay, this one has nothing to do with fashion, but Stephen Cysewski’s photos of my hometown in the 1970s are so inspiring! They perfectly capture Tacoma’s grungy, gritty beauty. I visit this page whenever I’m homesick, or just need to feel a little bit more melancholy.

I have gone through my whole 23 years of life — well I guess more like 15 — knowing that I wanted to be part of the fashion world. It has taken me a while to figure out in what way. For a bit I tried my hand at designing a clothing label, called LE MALEK. She was a temperamental fashion child, and took up all of my time and money like most children do. Soon I realized designing was not where my heart laid. I found that I loved other designers and their creations more, and styling was the answer. I have been working as a freelance stylist for about a year now — I love having an idea or inspiration and making it come to life with clothing. I am excited to pursue this career and look forward to all the possibilities it will bring me. I hope to one day be the creative director of a magazine. I believe deeply in spirituality and positive energies even though I am a Negative Nancy by nature. As fashion is my heart, music is my soul. I have attended Coachella for the last four years and spend most of the year obsessing over it, talking about it with everyone.

current inspirations:

Fashion Gone Rogue
All the best editorials. I am constantly on there looking at what is new and what magazines and stylists and photographers are doing.

The Killing Moon
Margaux Lonnberg has this amazing effortless messy/rocker vibe to her style. Her life just seems cool/calm/badass and I always find inspiration in her blog posts and what she wears.

Nova Style
Images, editorials, and street style that somehow are all relevant to my interests.

ytligheter
A blog written by Eleonore Nygards, where she posts about what inspires her and what she wears. Even though her style is not necessarily the same as mine, it’s very unique and cool.

My name is John, not Jonathan nor Johnny. To end the confusion, I introduce myself as, “Just-John,” with hand gestures posed on either side of my face. I was born in New York but raised in Brampton, Ontario. I like illustrations, talking in accents, vintage action figures, and photography.

My fashion interest began in my freshman year of high school (my parents stopped dressing me, finally, at the age of 14). Growing up with hard-working Filipino parents striving to give us a better life, I learned to appreciate the value of a dollar which made me appreciate second-hand clothing. Today isn’t so different, I work with what I have and make it my own, inspired by my Filipino-version-of-James-Dean grandfather with his various coloured cardigans and thick black glasses.

I always believed used clothing had the power to tell a story without even speaking. A picture can say a thousand words, but a piece of past clothing can say millions.

Growing up through my elementary and high school years, I always wanted to be a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger. Aside from that, I always had a passion for the arts. I’ve painted school murals, posters, and designed materials for print and web, which subsequently lead to my decision to study Advertising and Graphic Design at Humber College. This has brought me to WORN, which has been a dream come true. I can’t wait to work and learn with such talented, artistically-driven individuals.

Recent Design Inspirations

From Me To You
This is one of my favorite blogs to view photography with a twist. The images are in gifs; which makes the images look very realistic.

Karoly Kiralyfalvi
Karoly is one of my favourite graphic designers.

Smashing Magazine
It’s great to sit and watch on the screen whenever I have a design brain fart.

Linzie Hunter
One of my recent design inspirations. Her typography and illustrations are something I’m very intrigued with at the moment.

Shadowplay
You may have seen their work in the introduction to Juno.

Hola, comme estas? Mi nombre es Cayley James… and that is the extent of my conversational Spanish. I’m a recent graduate from University of Guelph with a degree in English and Theatre Studies. Since leaving the Royal City for the T.Dot, clutching a BA in my sweaty palm, I’ve been repeatedly faced with the terrifying question: “So what are you going to do now?” The truth is, I haven’t the faintest idea.

I’ve spent the past twenty-two years on this planet consuming culture at an insatiable rate — anything I could glue my eyes to or get my hands on — I devoured it. My first introduction to fashion was probably Funny Face with Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. Audrey and Fred were swell in their sweet little romance, but it was Kay Thompson as a Diana Vreeland-esque editor that made the movie soar. Spouting names like Dior, the New-Look and couture, it was like mid-century fashion Cliff Notes to 9-year- old me. My risky sartorial choices at that point had only really gone as far as OshKosh and Land’s End jeans with an elastic band in the waist. Funny Face led to the opening of many a Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. It’s films that have always been a touch-stone for my sense of style. The meticulous, character-conscious costumes that populated Hollywood’s Golden Age continue to inspire and educate.

Current Inspirations

Les Garcons de Glasgow
A friend of mine moved to Glasgow in January and had been raving about this site. A classic street-style blog, it celebrates the civic pride of Glaswegians and their irreverent fashion flair.

Green Wedding Shoes
Weddings are fun. So why not revel in other peoples’ hope and enthusiasm? Especially when those people have impeccable taste. Green Wedding Shoes covers everything from invitations to engagement pictures to the big day. Everything is “aww” inducing and most of the ideas can be parlayed to any old dinner party or birthday celebration. It’s totally worth checking out.

I Am Donald
I am a comedy nerd. I love me some Thursday Night TV and Community is one my current 22-minute obsessions. One of the show’s stars, Donald Glover, happens to have a kick-ass Tumblr. He’s a jack of all trades; film-maker, writer, actor, stand-up, rapper etc, and his site is a fantastic testament to that. Full of mix-tapes, fashion and music videos — it’s a very entertaining collection to say the least.

Mad Men Unbuttoned
This site combines two of my favourite things: Mad Men and intertextuality. When the show is in session, this site not only engages in criticism but plumbs the show for its inspirations; compiling real ads and LIFE photo essays and providing even more context for the show. More then a fan-site, it’s a self-described “cultural catalogue.”

Hark A Vagrant
I can’t draw to save my life, but I admire people who can conjure something on a piece of paper that actually resembles a human form. Kate Beaton’s web-comic is a combination of scathing humour injected into historical and literary moments through time. It’s so funny and so smart that it makes you wonder why there haven’t been more comics made about Diefenbaker.