HOLD ON YOUR HAT

For those unfamiliar with what the “Urkelization” of Memphis, Tennessee’s Westside Middle School was all about, here’s a quick recap: When boys are caught wearing baggy pants in the hallways, prosecuting teachers are required to make the pantaloon perpetrators pull their slacks on high and fasten them up with twist-ties…just like Steve Urkel did many, many years ago. Aside from this form of discipline being absolutely hilarious, the consequences sound like total fashion nightmares. We thought we’d throw some fashion sense into the pot by featuring some smokin’ hot modern day he-geeks. Their stylish twist on Urkel’s signature look avoids humiliation and let’s you go to science class in style.

Fashion Face-Off is dueling with split personalities today.  Do you sound the call of the wild when you dress for battle? Or are you drawn to cunning filigree and lace tactics? Scan a critical eye over these worthy opponents and select the winning look.

On the left there’s Katie from Luv is the New Black wearing a Forever 21 lace dress (NOW BACK IN STOCK!)… On the right Jenny from the Block’s Jenny in Forever 21 leggings.

Hats are widely recognized as an extension of self. You are the hat you wear. With no hat, The Mad Hatter would just be Mad. His profession would be storybook myth if his hat weren’t so fly like a 10/6. And Seattle? Grunge was practically born inside a beanie. What would the Queen of England do? *Gasp*
The spring shows gave us a variety of styles from Junya Watanabe’s faceless femmes to Galliano’s gilded beekeepers to the more apropos everyday hat per Anna Sui and Charlotte Ronson. This is a hats off to hats. What’s your extension?
Shop! 1. colorblock floppy hat $12.80, 2. wool bowler hat $12.80, 3. colorblock straw fedora $13.80– find more hats here.

Meet Katy Perry’s stylist slash bff- Johnny Wujek. He’s the guy who squeezes her into all the body-con gowns for the red carpet, and has acted as lead style authority for almost all her music videos, including “Firework”, “Teenage Dream” and “I Kissed a Girl”. Follow Katy on Twitter and you’ll get a first-tweet account of just how hard these two love each other. Johnny’s other style credits include Zac Efron, Anne Hathaway and Zooey Deschanel, but we think Katy’s still his number one girl.