Hey, I Like Your Style! Inside the wardrobe of Sydney-born, LA-based musician, Evie Irie
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WORDS BY CAIT EMMA BURKE
“I have extremely particular tastes (it’s either a hard yes or a hard no).”
We know personal style is a journey (I’m looking at you, Tumblr years) and our series Hey, I Like Your Style! dives into the fashion psyche of our favourite creatives. We’re talking the good, the bad and the 2007.
While the internet has made our fashion icons feel closer than ever before, even the most effortless of outfits came from a closet with some (well-dressed) skeletons. Clickable product tags, photo archives and lives chronicled in 30-second clips just don’t tell the full story.
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These are the stories behind the wardrobes, exploring how we develop our own personal style. There’s a brilliance behind the way we choose to express ourselves and at FJ, we know every outfit has a story. For this instalment of Hey, I Like Your Style!, we enter the wardrobe of Sydney-born, LA-based musician, Evie Irie.
A fan of comfort-focused outfits and late ’90s Gwen Stefani, Evie’s always been drawn to tomboy aesthetics. Lately though, she’s “in an era of trying to bring out my feminine side more”, but always with the end goal of feeling free and confident, particularly if she’s on stage performing. Read on to hear about her style journey so far.
Who are you and what do you like to wear?
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Hey, I’m Evie Irie, a singer-songwriter/artist and if I’m not in something comfortable and colourful (or black), it’s definitely not me.
What has your style evolution looked like? Do you feel like you’ve gained confidence in the way you dress?
I’m currently in an era of trying to bring out my feminine side more in my fashion choices. I’ve always been a bit of a tomboy and influenced by late ’90s Gwen Stefani’s style, but right now I’m really enjoying wearing dresses and heels.
Personal style is a journey. Have you ever felt like you needed to fit into a particular fashion box?
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The only box I feel the need to put myself in is the box of trying to better my style and be more creative and curious in the physical manifestation of my self-expression. I have extremely particular tastes (it’s either a hard yes or a hard no).
Take us back to those awkward teenage years. Do you have any fashion regrets?
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Omg please, this unlocked the horror of my early high school years of hand-me-downs and legitimate colour blindness. My style at this time consisted of striped Cotton On shirts, genie pants, maroon jackets, greasy slick hair and always Ugg boots. I definitely think I was onto something with the Uggs, but the rest can stay in 2015.
What are the most expensive and least expensive items in your wardrobe?
The most expensive is my Balenciaga bag. She’s pink and sparkly and perfect. It was my first ‘big girl purchase’ when I moved across the world to LA and started living by myself. The bag represented the start of womanhood for me, and I knew there was no chance of me walking out of the shop without it. On the flip side, I have a lot of cheap items or things that have just appeared in my closet out of thin air somehow.
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My favourites would have to be items that my eldest sister gifted to me because they were rotting away in her closet and my dad’s old orange and blue long-sleeved ice hockey jersey with my last name on the back. It’s so incredibly iconic, vintage and meaningful to me.
What is the most meaningful fashion piece you own?
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I have another meaningful fashion piece that comes to mind. This isn’t an item of clothing, but as a performer, it is as much an accessory as a musical accompaniment. And it’s my first ever electric guitar, a used Danelectro 59 xt. White and glittery black. Once I put the guitar on, it changed the trajectory of where my style would evolve to.
Who or what influences your style?
Playing live and performing influences my style extremely! Being on stage, I want to feel a certain way in my clothes and shoes. It’s important that I feel free and confident, and my fashion choices have to reflect that.
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Once I’m on stage and the lights are on, and I have my guitar on, it brings out a different side of me and everything has to authentically represent that. So by nature, a lot of the pieces of clothes I own are more ‘performance’ pieces. Now my casual style is a mish-mash of loud big pieces and basics to try to tone down the looks.
What fashion piece are you saving for right now?
I’m saving for a big closet reboot. Like donating/selling everything and replacing with new and fresh pieces. I need some more staple jackets and fun knee-high boots to wear out. And, of course, jewellery. I’ve always been a silver girl, but I’m thinking it may be time to go gold.
What are the wardrobe items you wear on repeat?
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Lots of two-piece sets from Named Collective, Basketcase and Racer Worldwide. I like to be in sweats but also feel like myself. There are so many brands that I wear that do sick lounge wear really well.
Who are your favourite local designers?
These are my favourite local Aussie plus LA designers. So extremely talented, creative and killing the game! Sweet Dreams Bitter Reality, Nevereevern, Left Hand LA, Flux.2.0, Ramp Tramp Tramp Stamp and Sacreflux.
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