Name: Jeanette Izdabes
Age: 24ish
Occupation: Writer/Activist-in-training/Hustler.
Home Base: Bed-Stuy.
What's your guilty pleasure?: Tyler Perry movies and Viacom reality TV.
Dealbreaker for a guy/girl: Poor hygiene and self-righteousness.
What is your go-to drink?: You could mix vodka with cooking oil and serve it in a shoe and I'd still drink it and like it.
What is your best date?: We met at the library in the morning, walked in the park in the afternoon, made out at the crib, then went home.
Biggest turn-on: Knowledge of self and nice teeth; a gap is a huge plus.
Biggest trend turn-off on a guy: At the risk of sounding like someone's grandma, I don't want to see your drawers homie. Pull your pants up!
Favorite rap song of all time: The Notorious B.I.G. "I Got a Story to Tell"
Favorite basketball/baseball/football team: Knicks fan for life. They need all the support they can get.
Who/what inspires your style?: My mother and my aunt.
What city/country has the best style?: New York.
What movie best captures your style?: She's Gotta Have It, with a pinch of B.A.P.S..
Who has wack style?: Your mother.
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What trend do you want to see die?: Anything hipster. Death to Urban Outfitters!
Last clothing item you purchased?: I don't remember.
Most money you ever spent on a single item of clothing?: $2,000+ on a jacket.
Favorite website?: dlisted.com.
What do you collect?: I collect the hearts of all my lovers after I eat them. Also, I collect Josephine Baker memorabilia and elephant statues.
What is your favorite brand?: I don't have one.
What is your favorite tech gadget?: My vibrator.
What do guys/girls dig about your style?:The person underneath it all.
What's the most common statement people make about your style?: "You appear not to give a fuck and it works."
What's the item currently in your closet you most regret buying?: In order to survive you have to learn to live without regrets, so nothing.
What do you see as the next big trend?: Over-sized monochromatic "Mad Max" inspired nonsense.
What is your favorite city?: New York City.
What is your dream job?: Eccentric trillionaire philanthropist.
What/who is your dream date?: A helicopter ride to a shining beach off the coast of West Africa with Aaron Jamal Crawford and Sanaa Lathan...Yes, I said it.
Last book read: "Giovanni's Room" by James Baldwin.
What is your trend proof style advice for our readers?: Don't cop it if it's on the mannequin, unless you like it.
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