Face it: If you're going out, you gotta wear clothes (except in certain areas of Pasco County). So, for our Style Issue, we asked some of the area's leading fashion visionaries to show their clothes against a backdrop of six iconic local destinations — all places where people put some thought into how they put themselves together.
While dress codes are a lot more relaxed in 2011 Tampa Bay than in, say, Mad Men-era NYC, we've got our own kind of style. Find it in the stories listed below: in the work of talented designers like Ivanka Ska, Dali Hernandez and Kimberly Hendrix, and in fashion resources like Urban Body, MISRED Outfitters and The Disco Dolls; enjoy it in our photos of Tampa Bay at play; find it in the writings of local fashion bloggers; and shop for it using our selective guide to local indie retailers, from one-of-a-kind boutiques to top thrift stores.
Then wear it — and go.
This article appears in Aug 11-17, 2011.