Hopping on the bandwagon is a good thing for a change. In this hybrid, composting and tofu-eating day in age it’s no surprise to see the fashion industry hop on board in order to save dear old Mother Earth. Fashionistas
of the world have joined their needles and patterns in an effort to produce eco-friendly clothing. Using organic materials, recycled buttons and re-designing old clothes, fashion designers have begun to snap and cut away in order to help us live lightly on Earth without sacrificing and inch of style.

It is time to put all doubt to rest. Due to some minor similarities, many “non-indies” and “non-emos”, for lack of a better word, have characterized indie and emo fashion as one. Although both groups wear similar pieces of clothing like the popular “skinny” jeans, nothing can be farther from the truth. But who better to put this confusion to rest than members of each of these scenes? We’ve asked two representatives of each scene to better describe their fashion style and to tell us how they would make the “skinny” jeans a style of their own.

En un café situado en la ciudad de Hollywod, Tony Aguilar y Vanessa “Vane” Alonso, diseñadores de ‘Ton y Van Van’ y ‘Notavaz’, nos platican un poco sobre sus logros como jóvenes diseñadores, las malas influencias y su esfuerzo para seguir en la onda ‘indie’.