What’s your all-time favorite score from the store?
"This printed Japanese kimono. The styling possibilities are endless!"


Do you have any insider vintage shopping tips you care to share?
"If you’re prompted to ask, 'Is this hideous or beautiful?' then you should most definitely go for it!"

What do you love about Oakland right now?
"That I never cease to find new people and places that make me smile with the ways they own their Oakland-ness without subscribing to any notions of being 'the next Brooklyn' — or whatever the city planners and loft builders would have us believe!"

What are some of your favorite local haunts?
"Grizzly Peak, for its pristine view of my favorite city, Issues for its exhaustive supply of printed inspiration, Actual Cafe for a cup of coffee and an inevitable run-in with a neighborhood friend. Camino for its mouth-watering menu and unpretentious atmosphere, and Urban Ore for its acres of junk just waiting to be rescued."

Prints on prints!

Photographed by Maria del Rio