FAKE FAMOUS: Kelsey Kirkendall

Rock fashionista

Local designer, store clerk, well-dressed girl Kelsey Kirkendall.

I met Kelsey Kirkendall while on a fashion scavenger hunt with our photographer Casey Christie and spotted her right off the bat as a girl who knows her fashion, but I was even more excited when I found out that not only could Kelsey put together a cute outfit she could make clothes and jewerly too.

"I've been doing it for a year now," she said. "Making different things off and on."

One of things that she makes (which I've decided I now MUST HAVE) are her Fender guitar pick earrings. Lightweight, cute and only $15, she sells them out of LoLo's in the Stockdale Fashion Plaza off Stockdale Highway. But Kelsey's fashion sense doesn't stop there, she also makes necklaces and reconstructed skirts made out of old T-shirts.

My butt's way to big for those mini skirts she makes, but I had to admit, it's a clever idea. In the shop, one of the skirts was an old-school D.A.R.E., "just say no to drugs" shirt. Mmmm. Irony.

"I usually go for the most unusual (T-shirts); ones with band's on them, anything that catches my eye," she said. "Something unusual, humorous or funky."

She peddles the skirts for about $30. It's all part of her own line, which she has aptly dubbed "Kirk & Doll."

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