Food & Drink
Rock Jock
Local musician Mike Marsidi exudes Seattle rocker cool in cardigans and sportswear.
By Seattle Mag December 12, 2011
This article originally appeared in the January 2012 issue of Seattle magazine.
WHY WE LOVE THE LOOK:
Former pro snowboarder turned musician and producer Mike Marsidi has one-upped Grease’s Danny Zuko, managing to walk the style line between sports jock and rocker T-bird with ease (and without the tragic gray sweatpants). While oozing 1950s cool in fitted leather jackets and high-top sneakers, he also blends in slim-cut skater jeans, flat-billed baseball caps and vintage sports jerseys with classic cardigans from his dad’s closet.
“On a style scale with Connie Chung and Barbara Walters on one end, and Forever 21 and Wet Seal on the other, I land squarely in the middle at a sporty Mister Rogers,” he says. “But I rock that Mister Rogers hard, man.”
Mardisi can often be seen rocking his slick pompadour hairdo on stage with his electronic synth-pop band Sports (wearecalledsports.com). Watch one of their music videos here:
THE ENSEMBLE:
Denim aged-washed button-up shirt, AllSaints Spitalfields; white cable-knit button-up cardigan sweater with red stripe detail, vintage Banana Republic; rounded collar zip-up leather jacket, also by AllSaints Spitalfields; dark-wash skinny jeans, Zara; tan leather high-top-style sneakers, Tretorn; hair by Vidal Sassoon.
THE SHOPS:
For V-neck shirts
American Apparel
Multiple locations, including
Capitol Hill
200 Broadway E
206.709.8100
americanapparel.net
For rocker-cool statement pieces
AllSaints Spitalfields
Downtown
1511 Fifth Ave.
206.508.0018
us.allsaints.com
For modern, funky sneakers
store.tretorn.com
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