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ALEXANDER VOUNISIOS, 19
I AM IN High Street, Northcote
I AM a student.
I AM WEARING a Cretan outfit as I just came back from a commemoration of the Battle of Crete, where Anzacs fought alongside the Greeks against the Germans. I'm wearing this handmade headpiece that represents the tears of the Cretans when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Empire. I'm wearing a black shirt in honour of the fallen men, cargo pants made in Crete and boots regularly worn in Cretan villages. They're locally made and very comfortable. I assembled the outfit at the Cretan Brotherhood in Brunswick. I feel comfortable wearing this because it's Northcote and you can wear what you want. I didn't bring a change of clothes but I was like, you know what, it doesn't matter. This is who I am. I'm not embarrassed.
MY STYLE IS traditional casual.
I ADMIRE THE STYLE OF European bloggers. I think a lot of unique stuff comes out of Greece, Italy and France. I like that it's not stuff they would have here, so I'll be different from everyone else.
MY FAVOURITE PLACES TO SHOP ARE Chapel Street, Lygon Street and those small shops on Smith Street. My favourite brands are Diesel and Ralph Lauren.
MY BIGGEST FASHION MISTAKE WAS wearing shorts at a formal dinner. Everyone said I pulled it off because I had a nice shirt and shoes, but it was a bit embarrassing at the beginning.
WHEN I WAS A KID I WORE a lot jumpers and skivvies. I'd like skivvies to come back in fashion.
I WOULD NEVER BE CAUGHT DEAD IN I'll try to make anything look good. I think it depends what you wear it with.