5 Things I'm Rocking Right Now: The Cool Kids

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The long-awaited album from The Cool Kids officially drops in stores today. And what should you do while you jam to When Fish Ride Bicycles? Read about the favorite items of this Chicago duo, of course. Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks are trendsetters. Remember when they made tight jeans cool? Brought back snapbacks? So what are they on this summer? We talked to Chuck and Mikey to find out the 5 Things They're Rocking Right Now because soon, you'll be on it too...

Chuck: Swim Trunks  /  Mikey: Gold Jewelry

Chuck: I like '80s shorts. I like swim trunks; I wear them all the time. When Carmelo played the Heat for the first time, I sat next to Fat Joe in a tank top and some swim trunks. At the game, people looked at me like, "this fool got swim trunks on!" But swim trunks got the drawers in the shorts, you don’t even got to wear drawers. So that’s my logic!

Mikey: Right now, I'm going for a lot of gold—as far as rings and necklaces and all of that. I'm about to be back on some King Tut stuff. Classy though, not just stupid gaudy.

Chuck: Tanks  /  Mikey: Marianni Sampele Custom Clothing

Chuck: Tank tops [are] just summer gear.

Mikey: I found this old designer dude out of Chicago, an older gentleman who has been designing clothes for a while. He makes a lot of custom joints. He takes old store names and basically makes the stuff that they won’t make. Like Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus won’t make a tank top or a varsity jacket, but [Marianni] will still make it in a quality way and now you’re getting stuff that never existed. He’s putting together the stuff that you wish people would make, but they won’t. You don’t know if it’s old, you don’t know if it’s new, you don’t know if it was a sample, you don’t know if it’s something somebody stole off the production line—I like the whole mystery of it. Puff got a sweatsuit from him though. Me and Puff Daddy are the only ones who have a suit by him. He asked me where I got mine from and I put him on. Basically, I found the new Dapper Dan and he’s an older Italian guy!

Chuck: Nautica  /  Mikey: Fresh Haircuts

Chuck: Anything by Nautica. My favorite brand is Nautica.

Mikey: For this summer, I'm trying to get super fresh haircuts, more so than a lot of fitteds. I'm trying to have my haircut game crazy. Like super tight tapers and crispy lining and get the 360s popping.

Chuck & Mikey: Levi's

Chuck: The only jeans I wear are Levi’s. Just the simple ones like 501s and 501 shorts.

Mikey: I’m on the Levi’s, too.

Chuck: Gum Sole Air Force 1s  /  Mikey: Vans and Keds

Chuck: The only shoes I’m wearing right now are Gum Sole Air Force 1s. Only those! I only wear the gum soles.

Mikey: I’m doing a lot of Vans for the summertime. The original canvas joints in different colors. I like the Keds—kind of the same style as Vans, but they got a little bit of different personality to ‘em.