Tucked into a chaise lounge at Bar Chloe in Santa Monica and clad in a vintage cardigan emblazoned with a bejeweled pineapple, a sunny yellow vintage onesie with a sweetheart neckline - hair curled in fat ringlets, lips painted stop-sign red - she resembles one of Slim Aarons’ St. “I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I’ll pull that ‘80s Brooklyn hip-hop kid with the door-knocker earrings.” “I really like to look like a history book,” says Perry, who talks with her hands - tipped with short nails painted neon rainbow with leopard spots. Her parents - both traveling ministers - kept their kids on a strict diet of gospel music (“New Kids on the Block? They’re still new to me,” she jokes). last month wearing a black cocktail dress given to her by the house (a true fashion fanatic, she breathlessly blogged about the gift on Though Perry’s playfully sexy style is the stuff of pop culture gold, the Santa Barbara native wasn’t allowed to listen to pop music throughout her childhood. Perry attended Chanel’s party for its new boutique in L.A. Shoe designer Steve Madden has tapped the 23-year-old for an ad campaign in conjunction with her album release.
She’s pals with zany T-shirt designer Johnny Cupcakes and dark-and-moody seamster Neil Barrett. “She’s very curvy and pinup looking - a typical Betsey girl.” “Betsey really likes Katy’s appearance,” says a spokesperson for the company. Perry caught the eye of Betsey Johnson after being snapped in one of the designer’s dresses for WWD soon after, Johnson was dressing the singer for various fall fashion shows in New York in February. Designers were calling before her first single even hit the Web, eager to get in early with a potential “it” girl.
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