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Street Fashion: Silver Lake

"It's all pretty much vintage," Janet Schultz, 26 of Los Feliz, says of her wardrobe. "I always show at least one pop of bright color." MORE FASHION SCENES: Westfield Century City shopping mall Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade Santee Alley Old Pasadena Los Angeles' Third Street neighborhood Abbot Kinney, Venice Melrose Trading Post

“It’s all pretty much vintage,” Janet Schultz, 26 of Los Feliz, says of her wardrobe. “I always show at least one pop of bright color.”

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Sept. 16, 2014 6:42 PM PT

Street Fashion: Silver Lake

“I like old lady glamour,” says Simon Haas, 25, of downtown L.A.

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Emily Ateninson, 19, of Los Angeles, says she’s a “bohemian mess. [A] free bird.”

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“I literally rolled out of bed. [My style is] punk rock?” says Diana Taylor, 22, from Maui but living in Silver Lake.

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Marcus Paglialonga, 25, of Silver Lake on his look: “I would have to say comfortable and easy. And stack your wrists with 925 L.A.”

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Jaclyn Jonet, 25, of Hollywood goes for “comfort and sex appeal.” How does she define sex appeal? “Be yourself, that will be the ultimate sexiness.”

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Geno Rozelle, 31, offers L.A. style advice: “Your swagger goes a long way. Fashion is good.” His personal asthetic? “Casual, R&B, hip-hop.” He’s wearing polo, leather jacket and a biker chain.

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Dinah and Dolores Yorkin, 2 years, 5 months, from Hancock Park, are dressed in “camouflage chic,” according to their mother Alix.

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“I’m a dancer,” says Harlem Lee, 42, of Koreatown. “I just got out of Sweaty Sundays dance class.” On his slick ride: “I’ve been riding this scooter since 1999. This is basically my car right here. This and my bus pass.”

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Laura Houghton, 24, from Oregon, but living in Riverside, goes for “next-door vintage. Grandma and Grandpa chic. I like anything that’s bright and cheesy.”

She’s hugged by Becca Flaiz, 26, who says, “Honestly, I love bustles and Victorian styles -- [my look is] modern Victorian.”

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Misha Boskovski, 25, from Venice, has eclectic taste that includes “Ukrainian gypsy fairy attire; acid-freak fashion.”

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Jamal Dawda’s “lazy chic” style makes the 26-year-old Silver Laker have “a hodgepodge” wardrobe. Meanwhile, 25-year-old Teresa Gay’s two style adjectives are “comfy and hip.”

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Tuck John Porter, 52, of Los Angeles -- a.k.a. “L.A.’s No. 1 go-go dancer -- says “I make a lot of my accessories.” His vinyl gauntlet wristband is inspired by street fashion.

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“Most of my outfit is from Santee Alley,” 27-year-old Jacqueline Nguyen of Silver Lake says of her “eclectic-modern” wardrobe. “There should be no rules in fashion.”

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Natalie Rodgers, 23, of Melbourne, Australia, is wearing “Sunday casual.”

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Angeleno Peter Hooks, 21, sports an “urban functionality” style.

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Bree Bonneau, 22, of Silver Lake, says her look is “comfortable, black, mysterious.”

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Greg Reeves, 25, of Silver Lake, says his style is “casual, like my sailing shoes.”

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“Today is a mixture of ‘50s cafe racer and grabbing a cup of Joe,” says Trevor Navarra, 29, of Los Feliz.

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It’s “comfortable, soft knits, fantastic colors,” for Diem Tran, 29, of West Hollywood, seen here with Mochi, a Labrador mix.

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Rebekah Parr, 34, of Silver Lake, describes her style with one word, “Love.”

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Stacey Spencer, 25, of Santa Monica, has a “classic, independent” style. Her favorite accessory? Her 1-year-old Jack Russell mix, Beta.

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“My style is whatever my roommate gives me to wear,” says Annie Hardy, 28, from the band Giant Drag. “I’m not used to being awake this early.”

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