The Style File: Is This Organic?

by Taylor St. John

We know our staff is stylish. That’s why we opened the Style File.

Meet Caleb.

An expert buyer and assistant manager at Other People’s Clothes, an Aquarius, and crop top enthusiast from Phoenix, AZ.

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Living between Phoenix, Tucson, and NYC, Caleb pulls inspiration from his connection to music, city life, Yaqui heritage and the organic elements of his hometown. Scroll to learn more about his style + creative process.

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Caleb studies videos of the NYC Latin music scene of the 1970s. He attributes elements of his style to this movement.

Caleb's Style Holy Grails:

✮ Jewelry

✮ Cowboy Boots

✮ Good Pants

A member of Los Esplifs and solo artist MCHL, Caleb’s creative approach is centered around fashion, history and earthy organic elements. Water, dirt and vegetation are seen and heard throughout. When creating the first sounds of his new project, he used field recordings and percussion.

“I found an abandoned warehouse in Tucson and started recording in there. I collected those sounds and collabed with other NY artists,” he shares while giving credit to Evan Wright and Dion Kerr, who helped develop the sound of his new project.

In addition to music, Caleb draws inspiration from Indigenous Mexican folklore and Caribbean garments.

“My mother is Indigenous Mexican. Yaqui—they’re a desert tribe.”

Earth tones, heat-conscious garments, and cowboy silhouettes are the bones of Caleb’s style. He builds his outfits around a great pair of pants and, typically, a crop top.

“I crop every shirt that I have, even if it’s designer or true vintage.”

His day-to-day looks are colorful, sensible, masculine and adorned with a carabiner of curated keys and utility tools.