Fashion and surrealism are on the catwalk called NYC with regularity thanks in part to the fact that the city celebrates the art of personal plumage and image making as a matter of course. In fact what struts through the annual fall and spring fashion shows on stage under tents surrounded by walls of flashing cameras is often originated by idiosyncratic street fashion first.

We lead this week with a few fashion-related images including Dee Dee who along with his buddy Dain often collaborates on their pop-scifi-retro-androgen-glam portraits, but also with them we can easily draw for you another 10 surrealists de la mode whom together would make a rocking collection for any designer who is looking for inspiration.

So here’s our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring Appleton Pictures, Beast, Below Key, Dain, Dee Dee, El Sol 25, Jamel Shabazz, Parker Day, Paste Cinik, SMER, Sonni, Sr. Lasso, Stick N Twisted, and VIP Citizen.

Top image: Dee Dee (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Dee Dee (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Parker Day phone booth at take over for Art In Ad Places. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Dain (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Dain (photo © Jaime Rojo)

This piece by Sr. Lasso has many characteristics of Canadian artist Stikki Peaches (including Batman and Robin). (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Appleton Pictures (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Appleton Pictures (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Appleton Pictures (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Sonni (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Jamal Shabazz phone booth ad takeover for Art In Ad Places. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Stick N Twisted (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Beast (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Below Key (photo © Jaime Rojo)

El Sol 25 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

El Sol 25 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

VIP Citizen (photo © Jaime Rojo)

SMER (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Paste Cinik (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. The Last Picture. F Train. Manhattan, NY. August 2017. (photo © Jaime Rojo)