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We've picked the highest-ranked Street Scenes subjects of the past five days from Racked LA and Racked NY; you decide which coast has the best style this week.
[Left photo by Christina von Messling; right photo by Krieger; click to expand]
On the left, we have our LA contender Roman (51.1% Perfection!/18.9% So close/18.9% I feel strangely ambivalent about it/11.1% Who did this to you?) wearing a Cotton Club shirt from Paris; Diesel jeans; a Ralph Lauren vest, hat and shoes; and a Cartier watch.
On the right, we have our NYC contender Liisa (44.3% Perfection!/38.6% I feel strangely ambivalent about it/17% Who did this to you?) wearing a jacket from a thrift store in Seattle, Uniqlo jeans and Two Lips boots.