AARON
Occupation: Musician/Radio broadcasting student
How would you describe your personal style?
I don’t really try to emulate any particular style. It’s kind of a fusion of punk and classic rock.
What are some of your style influences?
It’s a combination of A Clockwork Orange and late 70’s/early 80’s rock.
How did you develop your look?
Basically, I’ve been buying second-hand clothes since I was probably 15 years old. I always had a love for 60’s and 70’s-style clothing. There’s a period where I only wore bell-bottoms and t-shirts, and now I’ve got t-shirts and crazy pants. It’s just been an evolution over time.
What kind of reactions do you get?
(The reactions are) pretty positive, except in certain situations. Last week, I went to a bar in Windsor, and I was wearing this top hat and the zebra print pants and the guy was giving me a hard time. He’s asking me, “Why are you dressed like that?” And I said, “Well, why not?” And he said, “I’ll give you 35 good reasons.”
Can you tell me about your hat?
I like top hats and derbies and fedoras. I have a few vintage fedoras that were my grandfather’s. I’ll wear pretty well any hat but a baseball cap. I have berets as well. I’ve been looking for a long time for a top hat — at an affordable price. Usually, you find those satin, classical opera hats and they’re like 200 to 500 bucks, but I lucked out on this one and I got this for like 55 bucks at Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Sunglasess?
These were given to me by my super groovy and special lady friend. I’m a big Frank Zappa fan. I was watching one of his old concerts and the bass player was wearing sunglasses exactly like these, and I was like, “Cool!”
Bandana?
I just have them lying around the house. My dad has a whole collection of bandanas.
Can you tell me about your A Clockwork Orange shirt?
I got this at a store called Darkside (452 Queen Street West). They sell a lot of movie t-shirts — mostly horror movie t-shirts. I happened to be in there and it was the very last one they had and it was in the size that I wear, so that was perfect. I love that movie and I love the shirt, and people like the shirt as well. I’ve received compliments on this shirt.
What in particular do you like about the movie?
I like the style. I like the characters. It’s a 70’s movie. It’s a futuristic movie, but it was made in the 70’s, and you can still see the 70’s look within all the characters, like the hair and the hats. It’s just a really cool movie.
Where did you get your pants?
These pants are probably the steal of the century. I got these for $5 dollars from Black Market (256a Queen Street West). They’re actually ladies pants — I’m not going to lie to you — but the sales clerk was like, “Oh, there were three of us that wanted those pants! They just came in today.” They were my exact waist size, and they actually weren’t too short in the legs, which is always a problem. I have a thing for animal print. I don’t know why. I like zebra, leopard, tiger, whatever I can find. I have three pairs of animal print pants now, but only two fit comfortably.
Studded bracelet?
I got this at a military surplus store in London.
Shoes?
My generic, black shoes are Joe Fresh shoes that I got at a grocery store.
Can you tell me a bit about your music?
I’m a one-man band, basically. It’s called Wild Wild Water Buffalo. It’s an infusion of bass, drums and guitar. I play everything myself. It’s all instrumental rock. I just do it for fun, really. I just love music and I’ve played music since grade 5.
Outside of music, what are your interests?
I like photography a lot. I like to take a lot of pictures. And I just got into this thing now where I’m doing photographic artwork.
What do you want to do in the future?
I’d like to be employed in radio as a DJ. That’s what I’m in school for. My aspirations are within the broadcasting industry.
Check out Aaron’s music at myspace.com/wildwildwaterbuffalo
