Reading a Book by its Cover

No one writes fashion quite like Francesca Lia Block. Taking our cues from Weetzie, Dirk, Duck and My Secret Agent Lover Man, this month’s readerly guide to fashion is straight out of Shangri-L.A.

• Weetzie Bat by formercontender featuring a fringe bag

• Witch Baby by formercontender featuring a cap sleeve dress

• Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys by formercontender featuring fold over boots

Thanks goes to Kelly Schmader for always being slinkster cool.

Contradictions of Looking

"How do we contend with the contradictions inherent to life in an image-mediated world?" Read the introduction to the latest issue of the Full Stop Quarterly.