Thursday, July 17

Mexico City: urban style guide



Our first morning in Mexico city, we left our artsy hostel located in Roma in search of the boutiques I'd read about on superfuture.com's mexico city guide. Based off of the pictures id seen in various Mexican party and art blogs, mexico city 20-somethings have a vivacious sense of style and i couldnt wait to see it for myself.


Almost immediately, we spotted a guy wearing pink sunglasses with coordinating Vans and thought that shadowing him might lead us in the right direction--- to the boutiques of Condesa I'd read so much about. Before we could even follow him the length of a cross walk, we spotted another Nike wearing, Ray Ban clad hipster heading the opposite way. We quickly realized that in Mexico city's stylish Roma and Condesa neighborhoods there is not just one path that leads to the numerous unique boutiques and restaurants. You do however, have to know exactly what you're trying to find. If you ever have the chance to visit Mexico City, here are the shops you need to check out.


Sicarios


located at Colima 124 in Roma


As soon as we walked in this split level boutique, we were aknowledged then left alone to explore. The smaller first level offered a fantastic collection of jewelry, sunglasses, magazines, and hand drawn postcards.



Following the muraled walls along the staircase upstairs, we found a small but well-laid out second floor, complete with artistic fixture displays and hand made tables. The only clothing line I recognized was Diesel, but they had a large selection of t shirts, jackets, and accessories to compliment the major label. After listening to my broken Spanish, the girl at the counter gave us a free bottle of water on our way out and wished us a good trip.




www.sicario.tv


Shelter


located at Colima 134 in Roma



Although the exterior of this shop is dark and mysterious, the inside is full of elite boutique lines and great spacial design. Focused on nike sneakers, this specialty shop offers collections by Fuct, The Hundreds, and Futura Laboratories that complement the extensive footwear available.




www.shelter.com.mx


Kong


located at Colima 143 in Roma



Down on the corner, conveniently located by a little old man who sold delicious fresh mangos for $100 pesos was Kong. Brightly decorated, this art-focused shop was full of graffiti books, design magazines, comic decorations and creative journals and figurines. A back room focused on gallery pieces by local artists, and all the employees were very helpful.




www.kong.com.mx

Fabrica Social


located at Tamaulipas 66. in Condesa



Specializing in handmade, socially conscious clothing and accessories that are oh-so-cute, this small boutique stands out on a block of bars and nice restaurants. All the products are locally made, and this place is conveniently located next to a coffee shop called Momo that would be easy to hang out in all afternoon.




www.fabricasocial.org

Ocho


located at Nuevo Leon 8 in Condesa



Although Echo is another sneaker focused streetwear boutique, this shop stands out for having a very decently sized female section. Of course, like most other sneaker focused boutiques, Echo offers great displays of Nike shoes.



However, what stood out the most to us was a female line of casual dress shoes by Melissa. I'd seen the collection online but never in person, and I wanted to take home every pair.



www.ochostore.com


Fre de Sang



This small boutique stood out from every other for 2 main reasons: they didn't carry Nike and they had equal focus on male and female product. They offered artistic Adidas and Reeboks with correlating tshirts and bags, and they carried a unique line called Fat Cop that I hadn't seen anywhere before.





DRGN


located at Alvaro Obregon esq. Merida. in Roma




By far the most outstanding, not to mention the most secretly located, was a fashion focused, skateboard oriented boutique called DRGN. This multi room boutique takes up the entire second floor of what seems to be a very homey apartment building, and it features a decorative yet definitely skateable ramp.



This mystery store carries shoes that are coveted in Mexico such as Vans, DC, and Alife, as well as hard to find clothing collections by Perks and Mini, Henrik Vibskov, Wood Wood, Penfield, In4mation, ANYthing, and Upper Playground. However, these unique items sold for a pretty price; a pair of Italian Pharmacy Industry mens jeans will set you back $196 US while we have them generously priced for $96 at Richmond's very own Rumors.



DRGN also offers an extensive assortment of books, sunglasses, and skateboards by Shut. I hope a store this impressive isn't going unnoticed; we were the only visitors throughout our one hour long exploration of the place.




Youthful street fashion in Mexico City embodies elements of style that most US hipster kids lack. While style inspiration is easy to come by in any major US city, these kids really connect with their fashion expression. They have to seek out, create, and dedicate themselves to mix together individual pieces to complete and create a cohesive look. I absolutely love it.



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