Julie Ragolia
Job?
Fashion Director, CITY Magazine. Co-curator, Playground
Best Sartorial advice from your parents?
Always double check that your buttons are lined up correctly before leaving the house
Style Icons?
Bob Dylan, Alain Delon, Karl Lagerfeld
Describe your personal style?
Proper school marm meets early Rolling Stones
I build my daily look around...
The song usually stuck in my head when I wake up.
Personal Style quirks?
As much as I shop, I don’t like when my clothes feel too new
Most cherished item?
A Chanel black high-collared cropped jacket with extra-wide sleeves.
It’s perfectly elegant, but made of nylon so can just as easily crumple into a purse. Genius.
I feel best wearing?
My vintage boy’s tuxedo jacket. It’s as if it was perfectly tailored for my body.
The first thing I look at in another
Sartorialist’s outfit ...
Proportion and color scheme
Never caught wearing?
The season’s identifiable “it” item. I prefer understated designer luxury
Dress to impress who?
Myself. Admirers can only come after that.
Shine your own shoes?
Nope
Shoetrees?
No
Favorite stores?
Zero Maria Cornejo, IF, Martin Margiela
Your next "must have" purchase?
Martin Margiela padded shoulder blazer
I skimp when buying ...
Jeans – Cheap Mondays are my favorites
I splurge on.....
Shoes
Favorite item of clothing?
The perfect white t-shirt
Guilty pleasure?
Felt hats
Cologne, skincare?
La Labo, La Mer
When I was high school I wore?
A mix of everything: I was preppy, Goth, grunge and hip-hop at once
Sports?
Yoga