Sweet Detail: Maria

Name: Maria

Occupation: Illustration student

Home Base: New York

What’s your guilty pleasure?: Photoshopping people out of my pictures.

Dealbreaker for a guy/girl: Guys who are shorter than me.

What is your go-to drink?: Amaretto sour.

Biggest turn-on: Tattoo’s and a good sense of humor.

Biggest trend turn-off on a guy: Bootcut jeans.

Favorite rap song of all time: “Sunshine” by Common.

Favorite basketball/baseball/football team: Spanish futbol teams.

Who/what inspires your style?: Everyone and everything. I love to incorporate whatever I see into what I wear.

What city/country has the best style?: Daikanyama, Tokyo.

What movie best captures your style?: 500 Days of Summer

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Who has wack style?: Anyone in Ed Hardy.

What trend do you want to see die?: Jean skirts over black leggings and Uggs.

Last clothing item you purchased: Pork pie hat from Topman

Most money you ever spent on a single item of clothing: $250 for a bag that wasn’t even for me.

Favorite website: cgunit.net

What do you collect?: Business cards.

What is your favorite brand?: Vivienne Westwood.

What is your favorite tech gadget?: My good ol’ Nokia music phone.

What do guys dig about your style?: That I don’t care about impressing.

What’s the most common statement people make about your style?: “I hate how you rock everything I can’t.”

What’s the item currently in your closet you most regret buying?: This gray futuristic robot skirt with wiring.

What do you see as the next big trend?: Anything made by Karl Lagerfeld.

What is your favorite city?: Tokyo and New York.

What is your dream job?: Illustrating whatever I want and getting millions of dollars for doing it.

Who is your dream date?: Travis McCoy or Daniel Henney.

Last book read: “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger.

What is your trend proof style advice for our readers?: Anything goes if you make it work.

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