Secret Photoshop Agent and resident Fashion Icon Zoetica often has the staff at SGHQ asking, "What's Zo Wearing?" Her unique and eccentric style is a rallying call to those who suffer from mainstream malaise. Each week, she tells us how she's combined ordinary items to create her extraordinary look. Undaunted by unusual combinations, "What's Zo Wearing" is SG's answer to middle-of-the-road makeover shows.





















Zo says:A tale in two parts.

Part, the First: Surgical masks.

SGHQ was infected with some sort of death plague most of this week, and measures had to be taken. With two dance performances i have coming up next week, i had to protect my health at all costs, from downing a minimum of two EmergenC packets daily, to wearing a surgical mask. It's rare to see anyone in the States wearing one at work, or in public at all, for that matter. It's simply not common practice here, whereas many people in Japan wear them when their allergies flare up, when they have colds to protect fellow public transit commuters, etc. It isn't only considerate and wise, but makes one look like a super-villain. I'd love to incorporate more lightweight facial appliances into my every day wardrobe, really.

Part, the second: Let me tell you about my jacket.

The first time i came across Mido was in early 2004, at a tent of a street vendor in Camden. The coat was black, ankle-length, flared toward the bottom and had a hood that zipped up over my nose into a ninja mask with two long spook-bunny ears draping from the back of it. It was made made for jumping on rooftops and lurking in shadows, and I spent the last of my trip money of the damned thing. Then and there i vowed to find this Mido brand on eBay and never spend that much again. It was not so easy. In fact, it took ages to find a vendor in America, and even they're based in San Francisco, where now i make occasional Mido-procuring pilgrimages. That is where i acquired the jacket you see in this week's edition of WZW. I intend to collect all things Mido...one day.

Jacket: Mido
Top with princess sleeves + pocket watch print: Smashing Grandpa
Multi-tiered skirt: fromt Buffalo Exchange
Tights: Hot Topic
Slouchy socks: Hot topic
Ruffle belt: Hot Topic [3 in a row. going to hell]
Purse: Forever 21
Platform sneakers: Demonia

Zoetica Ebb is a painter, SG style technician, make up artist, alt. model, photgrapher & occasional cosmonomad. Born in Moscow, Russia, she was raised by a troup of gypsy scientists from space, who coldly sold her to an American technological research facility in 1992. After a daring escape, she graduated from the LA County High School for the Arts, retreated into the rumored underground atelier where she studied with the much-revered fashion guru Madame Von Kuntzertag, followed by a brief stint at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She's traveled the world, gathering fashion expertise and is thrice certified as official Finesse Monitor to the Khan throne. She hates it when humans tell her to smile. For further details, visit Zoetica's member page, or her portfolio website, BioRequiem.