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We've picked the highest-ranked Street Scenes subjects of the past week from Racked LA and Racked NY; now you decide which coast has the best style.
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[Rebecca Fishman, Krieger; click here for a larger image]
On the left, we have our LA contender Special (43% Perfection/22.3% So close/28.9% I feel strangely ambivalent about it/5.8% Who did this to you) wearing a jacket by American Apparel, a vintage shirt, Urban Outfitters jeans, and glasses from Ray-ban.
On the right, we have our NYC contender Willy (53.3% Perfection/21.3% So close/14.1% I feel strangely ambivalent about it/9.5% Who did this to you) wearing a sweater from Oak, a Rogan shirt, Jil Sander pants, and Martin Margiela shoes.