Model & Actor. Los Angeles
The drive to Vancouver-born, L.A.-based model and actress Noot Seear’s home in the Hollywood Hills fittingly felt like something out of Twilight. Seear’s is vampire royalty after all (she played Heidi in New Moon and reprised her role again in Breaking Dawn), and as we drove around and around trying to find her little bungalow all we could see was black. When we finally reached the end of our haunting drive we were greeted by a glowing log cabin; we soon found out that glow was from a newly lit fire. With Edith Piaf on the record player, we all sank into her massive couch that anchors her cozy living room. Like kids in a veritable candy store (only the candy was a whole lotta vintage, no really, like, everything vintage), our eyes darted between her cozy record nook (complete with a pink couch and haphazardly placed mirrors), a gun motif that kept popping up everywhere (her door locks are guns!), and a whole host of vintage furniture and clothing –including a pile she is hoarding for her future offspring. Needless to say they’ll be rocking that same off-duty model uniform of nonchalant cool (simple tee, skinny jeans, not a hint of makeup) that Seear’s pulls off without batting an eyelash. So serious about vintage that Seear’s never let it slip once where her favorite vintage haunts are (“I’m not revealing my favorite, you’ll have to find them yourself!”). All we could get out of her was that most of them are in the valley and that she looks for velvets, silks and printed cottons, “everything should be handmade and the classic the better." Surprised Seear’s is a music fanatic? Us neither. And if her recent collaboration with Keir Dillion to make the ideal set of headphones, Frends, isn’t indication enough, thumbing through her record collection we found a host of style icons in the form of Kurt Cobain, Debbie Harry and Stevie Nicks. It all makes sense now, doesn’t it.
I met [snowboarder] Keir Dillon one night at a dinner where we had mutual friends. We really hit it off and when he told me about this idea of making his own headphones. The best part about the collaboration has been seeing the company built from the ground up: from the first sketched idea to seeing it on a shelf in an Apple store. We are a small company so we don’t have a huge marketing budget like other larger companies, so we have had to really work hard to get the product noticed.
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I bought a pair of rainbow Dr. Martens when I was still in school, I loved those things! Beside those, my vintage leopard-print brocade loafers are an all-time fave; my family calls them "old man shoes." I've also had these little brown Isabel Marant booties for years.
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Snake Skin Brogues, Christian Louboutin; Red Raw Silk Loafers, Haider Ackermann
Headphones, Frends; Shirt, Balmain; Pants, Richard Kidd; Shoes, Isabel Marant
All, Vintage
Slip, Vintage
I’m hippie, a rocker and I need a little comfort thrown in. I change my look to fit how I feel; some days I want to put on ripped jeans and hoodies, other days I pull out my black suede Miu Miu pumps and put on a mini dress. My family says I dress like a man; I’ve always worn what I feel like wearing and not tried to follow trends. My go- to outfit is skinny jeans and this black silk button-up shirt with my Rochas flats. My style has evolved from Kurt Cobain grunge chic to incorporating more high heels... I’m still pretty grungy, though.
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Blue Patterned Shirt, Creatures of Comfort; Black and White Shirt, Chelsea Flowers
My style icons are Stevie Nicks, Debbie Harry, Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell and the Wilson Sisters of Heart. Music and musicians have definitely influenced my style. I’ve already mentioned the grunge movement of my pre-teen years. I love the aesthetic of outdoor music festivals, which channel the free loving hippie days, as well as all the leather, studs, asymmetry and genuine indifference to fashion of all the rockers. I would trade closets with Florence Welch!
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Leopard Shirt, Vintage; Dress, Equipment
I’m not revealing my favorite vintage stores; you will have to find them yourself! The secret to finding good vintage pieces is to go for good fabrics: look for the velvets, silks and printed cottons. Those are classic and never go out of style in my books. Also things that are handmade but not too tacky, like crochet pieces and embroidered things...
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Dresses, Vintage; Boots, Unknown
I love N.Y. and L.A. for different reasons. I’m definitely having a love affair with L.A. right now. I surf as much as possible in the mornings and love all the sunshine and access to mountains. N.Y. is great because it is so much smaller, and you don’t need a car and all the hassle that goes with it. This house was previously owned by a famous opera singer who lived there for fifty years or more, I had to take down a bunch of lacy curtains and pull up some light pink carpet, but besides that all the woodwork is original. It feels like you are in the country, even though you are so close to all the action. I have a citrus tree in the front yard and things grow so well here; it's a big change from my 800 square feet of N.Y.
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Shirt, Isabel Marant; Dress, Vintage; Jacket, Vintage; Shirt, Vintage; Shirt, Oscar de la Renta
Necklace is Low Luv, which is one of my best friend's, Erin Wasson's line.
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Purse, Salvatore Ferragamo; Necklace, Low Luv
Slip, Vintage
Headphones, Frends; Shirt, Balmain; Pants, Richard Kidd; Shoes, Isabel Marant
Vintage slip is self tie-dyed.
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Slip, Vintage
Headphones, Frends
Slip, Vintage
Slip, Vintage
Headphones, Frends; Shirt, Balmain; Pants, Richard Kidd; Shoes, Isabel Marant
There is a photo is of my parents when they were younger on a backcountry ski trip; I carry it everywhere with me. The idea of the women's line was to look like jewelry so they would be functional but also stylish "fashion headphones." My inspiration comes from my experience of working for years in the fashion industry, from my love of music, my interaction with my friends that are artists, and my desire for a pair of cool headphones because I was frustrated with the options out there.
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Shoes, Unknown Designer; Shirt, Wootten
Slip, Vintage
Robe, Vintage; Dress, Kiki de Montparnasse
I met [snowboarder] Keir Dillon one night at a dinner where we had mutual friends. We really hit it off and when he told me about this idea of making his own headphones. The best part about the collaboration has been seeing the company built from the ground up: from the first sketched idea to seeing it on a shelf in an Apple store. We are a small company so we don’t have a huge marketing budget like other larger companies, so we have had to really work hard to get the product noticed.
Headphones, Frends; Shirt, Balmain; Pants, Richard Kidd; Shoes, Isabel Marant
I bought a pair of rainbow Dr. Martens when I was still in school, I loved those things! Beside those, my vintage leopard-print brocade loafers are an all-time fave; my family calls them "old man shoes." I've also had these little brown Isabel Marant booties for years. Snake Skin Brogues, Christian Louboutin; Red Raw Silk Loafers, Haider Ackermann
I’m hippie, a rocker and I need a little comfort thrown in. I change my look to fit how I feel; some days I want to put on ripped jeans and hoodies, other days I pull out my black suede Miu Miu pumps and put on a mini dress. My family says I dress like a man; I’ve always worn what I feel like wearing and not tried to follow trends. My go- to outfit is skinny jeans and this black silk button-up shirt with my Rochas flats. My style has evolved from Kurt Cobain grunge chic to incorporating more high heels... I’m still pretty grungy, though. Blue Patterned Shirt, Creatures of Comfort; Black and White Shirt, Chelsea Flowers
My style icons are Stevie Nicks, Debbie Harry, Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell and the Wilson Sisters of Heart. Music and musicians have definitely influenced my style. I’ve already mentioned the grunge movement of my pre-teen years. I love the aesthetic of outdoor music festivals, which channel the free loving hippie days, as well as all the leather, studs, asymmetry and genuine indifference to fashion of all the rockers. I would trade closets with Florence Welch! Leopard Shirt, Vintage; Dress, Equipment
I’m not revealing my favorite vintage stores; you will have to find them yourself! The secret to finding good vintage pieces is to go for good fabrics: look for the velvets, silks and printed cottons. Those are classic and never go out of style in my books. Also things that are handmade but not too tacky, like crochet pieces and embroidered things... Dresses, Vintage; Boots, Unknown
I love N.Y. and L.A. for different reasons. I’m definitely having a love affair with L.A. right now. I surf as much as possible in the mornings and love all the sunshine and access to mountains. N.Y. is great because it is so much smaller, and you don’t need a car and all the hassle that goes with it. This house was previously owned by a famous opera singer who lived there for fifty years or more, I had to take down a bunch of lacy curtains and pull up some light pink carpet, but besides that all the woodwork is original. It feels like you are in the country, even though you are so close to all the action. I have a citrus tree in the front yard and things grow so well here; it's a big change from my 800 square feet of N.Y. Shirt, Isabel Marant; Dress, Vintage; Jacket, Vintage; Shirt, Vintage; Shirt, Oscar de la Renta
Necklace is Low Luv, which is one of my best friend's, Erin Wasson's line. Purse, Salvatore Ferragamo; Necklace, Low Luv
There is a photo is of my parents when they were younger on a backcountry ski trip; I carry it everywhere with me. The idea of the women's line was to look like jewelry so they would be functional but also stylish "fashion headphones." My inspiration comes from my experience of working for years in the fashion industry, from my love of music, my interaction with my friends that are artists, and my desire for a pair of cool headphones because I was frustrated with the options out there. Shoes, Unknown Designer; Shirt, Wootten
