Mia Domenica, Style Consultant at Pablo Home and Aaron Shields, Investment Adviser.
What are you wearing?
MIA: The jacket is a wee fake biker-girl moment from an op shop. The skirt is also from an op shop find, which I find very sweet, and the top is from an op shop too! She’s a lovely little button up vesty number.
AARON: Huffer denim blue cotton short sleeve shirt and shorts and Diesel Bully shoes.
What is your style?
MIA: I’d say, “probably should be living in Welly”.
AARON: A modern version of an 80s/ 90s classic.
What is most of your wardrobe made up of?
MIA: A lot of old lady, floral printed, button-ups and high-waisted altered, men’s trousers. My Nana helps with a lot of the tailoring for me.
AARON: Blue shirts and suits. Can’t be too edgy in my game.
What are you loving at the moment?
MIA: A 70’s and grunge 90’s love-child vibe and a balance of masculine and feminine. You have to have fun with your gender expression.
AARON: Being able to wear shorts until dark. That’s why I live in Nelson.
Where do you buy most of your clothes from?
MIA: Op shops and Facebook resale groups.
AARON: Nelson Tailors Menswear, Barkers and Sidecar.
What is your approach to shopping?
MIA: I don’t do big, seasonal retail shops anymore. I love picking up a few new cheaper pieces every other week from op shops. Also, learning to alter my own clothes has helped me to shop more ethically. I go through stages of craving a certain colour, fabric or shape and the beauty of second hand shopping is being able to be impulsive most of the time. Plus I prefer owning a piece that’s already had a life with someone else. If I get sick of a piece, my wardrobe turns into my friend’s own personal op shop.
AARON: I let my partner take the wheel on shopping, she is a natural and great with colours, but I am not impulsive.
What is your all-time favourite purchase?
MIA: My denim jacket.
AARON: White chinos from Zara — the ultimate power pants.
What wardrobe item should everyone invest in?
MIA: Doc Martens! You simply won’t regret it.
AARON: A set of double denim or white chino’s.
Is there a style rule you always obey?
MIA: I must be able to be recognised as queer from the first glance.
AARON: Tight and bright is never okay.
If you could raid one person’s wardrobe who would it be?
MIA: Harry Styles.
AARON: Toby Munro’s extensive loud shirt collection.
Finish this sentence — You would never catch me wearing...
MIA: Skinny jeans.
AARON: A cardigan.
