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Keeping it “A Queens Thing”,  stylist Andy Polanco excavates inspiration from Jamaica Ave, the lifeforce behind Queen’s cutting edge, unadulterated vitality.

PHOTOGRAPHY_ DAVID THOMPSON 

STYLING_ ANDY POLANCO

LEFT: ANDRE WEARS_ SWEATSHIRT_ RAF SIMONS_ DAVID CASAVANT ARCHIVE / DURAG_ SAMS BEAUTY SUPPLY / DENIM ZIP UP JACKET_ VINTAGE_ FRONT GENERAL STORE / T-SHIRT_ VINTAGE_ DEPOP — RIGHT:DEVIN WEARS_ JACKET_ BLUE SPORTS_ EBAY / T-SHIRT_ AIR JORDAN_YEAR_ EBAY / JEANS_ SEAN JOHN_ L TRAIN VINTAGE

DEVIN WEARS_ NECKLACE_ POPULAR JEWELRY / SWEATER_ NEW YORK YANKEES CHAMPION_ EBAY / TROUSERS_ VINTAGE_ L TRAIN VINTAGE — DANIEL WEARS_ LEATHER COAT_ VINTAGE_ L TRAIN VINTAGE / SHIRT_ COMME DES GARÇONS HOMME PLUS_ DAVID CASAVANT ARCHIVE / PANTS_ CARHARTT_ VINTAGE_ EBAY

LEFT: DANIEL WEARS_ SILK SCARF_ STELLA DELLAS / SHIRT_ POLO SPORT_ STYLIST'S ARCHIVE / GOLD JEWELRY_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / TROUSERS_ POLO RALPH LAUREN_ FRONT GENERAL STORE — RIGHT: DEVIN WEARS_ KNIT VEST_ RAF SIMONS_ FW2015_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / JEANS_ MECCA_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE

DANIEL WEARS_ SWEATBAND_ NIKE_ L TRAIN VINTAGE / MOCKNECK SWEATER_ PUMA_ VINTAGE_ FRONT GENERAL STORE / JEANS_ SEAN JOHN_ VINTAGE_ L TRAIN VINTAGE

LEFT: CASSI WEARS_ SCARF_ VINTAGE_ STYLIST'S OWN / TRACK TOP_ VINTAGE_ L TRAIN VINTAGE / TROUSERS_ CDLM_ SS2022 / SNEAKERS_ NIKE_ L TRAIN VINTAGE — RIGHT:DANIEL WEARS_ SWEATER_ RAF SIMONS / BANDANA_ FRONT GENERAL STORE / SUNGLASSES_ STÜSSY X OAKLEY_ MODEL’S OWN / PANTS_ HELMUT LANG_ THE REAL REAL

ANDRE WEARS_ VINTAGE SCARF_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / RUGBY TUNIC_ MADE WITH VINTAGE RUGBY SHIRTS, WOOD, AND BRASS_ CDLM / MOCKNECK SWEATER_ NIKE_ FRONT GENERAL STORE / JEANS_ CALVIN KLEIN 205W39NYC BY RAF SIMONS_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE

MODELS_ ANDRE GONZALEZ / DANIEL AGUILERA / DEVIN RIVERA 

HAIR_ ORLANDO PITA

MAKEUP_ MICAL KLIP

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