Collina Strada

Collina Strada is the loudest, most joyful label here, and its fans dress like a community rather than a customer base. Hillary Taymour started it around 2008 while living in Los Angeles, and the New York label now mixes clashing prints, deadstock fabrics and materials such as Rose Sylk, a fiber made from rose bush waste, with a frank climate message. Expect tees from about $160 and pants around $400 to $500; jewelry is the easiest entry at roughly $125 to $150. The label's own site offers free US shipping over $500, and SSENSE carries it too. Buy for the print and the attitude: this is clothing that wants to be seen, so it suits a wardrobe with room for a statement.