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Real Skaters Wearing This Summer’s Most Excellent Clothes

Slacker steez and high fashion collide on the ramps and half-pipes of Southern California.

By Deidre Dyer

Photographer Sandy Kim

June 15, 2015

Real Skaters Wearing This Summer’s Most Excellent Clothes

Shirt Quartersnacks, t-shirt Patrik Ervell, shorts Patrik Ervell, sneakers Vans.

With the crossover success of brands like Palace, Supreme, and Stussy, now more than ever the fashion world is looking to merge its tailored aesthetic with sk8r vibes. For our Summer Music issue, we dispatched photographer Sandy Kim and stylist Ian Bradley to capture sun-kissed slackers—including skaters Nico Chiat, Ade Greenidge, Amos Trujillo, Levi Kortez, Rashad Meighan and Aidan DaRe—in their natural habitat, wearing the season's tightest looks.

T-shirt Babylon LA, jeans Levi's, sneakers Converse Cons One Star Pro.

Shirt Comme des Garçons SHIRT, tank WeSC, shorts Rocawear BLAK. Jacket Calvin Klein, shorts ONLY NY, hat Supreme, socks HUF, sneakers Supra. Shirt Proper Gang, t-shirt Vans, pants Dickies, hat ONLY NY, sneakers Supra. T-shirt Adidas, pants Saturdays, hat Saturdays, sneakers Nike.

Shirt Stussy, shorts Public School, sneakers 3.1 Phillip Lim. Shirt Quartersnacks, t-shirt Patrik Ervell, shorts Patrik Ervell, sneakers Vans.

T-shirt Dior Homme, pants Eli Reed, hat ONLY NY, sneakers Puma.

Shirt Off-White, hoodie 10 Deep, shorts WeSC, sneakers Supra.

Shirt Stussy.

T-shirt Bianca Chandon, jeans Dior Homme, sneakers Supra.

Pre-order a copy of the Summer Music issue of The FADER now. It hits newsstands July 7th.

Correction: A previous version of this feature stated that the editorial was shot in Orange County, California.

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