We SEE You. Installment #2.

Here it is folks, the second installment of our favorite new blog feature, We SEE You, where our crack team of style pros backs you into a corner and tears your personal style apart. But in a NICE way!

Our latest contributor, fashion stylist extraordinaire and Squint Magazine Fashion Editor Naima DiFranco weighs in on poor little Ryan McKelvey from - where else?- the offices of See Management during our first annual Overdressed Fridays. We thought he looked fly, but you can never tell which way the winds of style will blow each day.

Get out your wetnaps and let's eat this outfit for lunch:



SEE: What do you like about the look?

ND: Ryan is ready for the red carpet. The pointy toe sneakers, the skinny trousers and the bowtie create a beautiful balance of chic, independence, and fashion know-how with a bit of cheekiness thrown in for good measure.

SEE: What would you change about it? Add to or take away?

ND: Maybe the sideburns could be trimmed a little (it's a bit 90210 the first for me), but hey- 90210 is not a bad zip code to have. If I were to add anything it would be John Shegda's glasses for an homage to Victor & Rolf.

SEE: Does this represent any trends?

ND: Bowties are not the fuddy duddy pieces of our grandfathers anymore. For the last few seasons they have been popping up all over the place, most noticeably in Victor & Rolf, Neil Barrett & Thom Browne:

Although the bow tie is not so easy to pull off. Ryan makes the bowtie work by pairing it with the pointy toe sneakers and the skinny trouser which adds a rock-n-roll, indie vibe to Grandpa's favorite accessory- thereby creating a whole new generation of the bowtie.


SEE: Does this represent any trends we should avoid?

ND: I think Ryan has been reading his GQ, he is very current. The sneakers and the skinny trouser tux have worked beautifully on the runways of Dior Homme and it is no different for Ryan on "Overdressed Friday". For all you boys who want to follow Ryan's trendy style, make sure you have a good fit on the tux. Men's suits are all about the fit, if you don't have a good fit, you can't move on to accessories.


SEE: What does this say about him?

ND: Ryan has an indie vibe and is not scared to try new things. He is comfortable with himself and has a cheeky chicness that comes across as effortless.


SEE: Final Judgement?

ND: Ryan is ready for prime time.


SEE: Scale of 1-10?

ND: 9!


Wowsa! That was easy! Naima is in love with Ryan's mod nod to all things black tie. She's positively obsessed with him- and why shouldn't she be?!! Homeboy is killing it. Maybe we need to start getting friends that are a little less cute and a lot more tragic. Next time we're going down to the Fashion Bug or the Dress Barn with our camera.

Many thanks to Ryan McKelvey for being such a good sport and looking so damn debonair getting thrown to the fashion wolves.

We SEE You.

Another new feature from your people here at See Management:

We SEE You.

In this feature, we capture a look on the street and enlist our roster to break it down for you, bit by bit, for better or worse, for richer or poorer. It's a street-level view of today's good and bad trends, seen through the expert eyes of our seriously talented artists. And they're not afraid to tell you exactly what they think. But don't be scared. We'll keep it above board for now.

Our inaugural SEE You is brought to you by stylist Eric Orlando, who is much beloved by such glitterbabies as Chloe Sevigny, America Ferrera, and Javier Bardem. Today he'll give us his take on the lovely Abbey Drucker, who gamely agreed to be our first victim:

SEE: What do you like about the look?

EO: Abbey looks cool - love the layered silhouette with sharp shoulders. The overall look is taking its trend cues from Margiela of the last few seasons - just in a more relaxed and less theatrical way than on the runway .... The vibrant legging - besides adding a jolt of fun to the look-- wryly correlates with the graffiti behind her. (Not every girl can pull that off!!)

SEE: What would you change about it?

EO: My only changes would be to remove whatever the white thing is on her wrist. Is this a bracelet? It's distracting. And an update of shoes. The pump is a bit 80's for my taste - I'd swap those out to something from Margiela or Pierre Hardy.

SEE: Final judgement?

EO: Overall, Abbey has a relaxed sex appeal. Her looks says she's fashionable - but not uptight - someone who understands the trends but finds a way to express her own personality.

SEE: 1-10?

EO: Score: 8.

Well, that concludes our first session. Not so bad, right? Didn't hurt at all. Nothing wrong with a little 'relaxed sex appeal'.

Can't wait for next time, which will be very soon. You never know when we'll strike again.

So you better look cute.

Many thanks to the relaxedly sexy Abbey Drucker, who never disappoints. Please visit her website at www.abbeydrucker.com.