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Street Style: 2013 AfroPunk Festival

The annual Brooklyn AfroPunk Festival attracts the most creative, unconventional trendsetters. This year's mix of vintage vixens and bohemian beauties made this the hottest festival of the summer.
By Celia L. Smith · Updated October 27, 2020
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Funkadelic Fashion

Desiree Venn Frederic from Washington, DC at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Free Spirit

Carla Lopez from Brooklyn at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Flower Child

Tashawna Tarrant from New York at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Blue Babe

Kichelle Webster from St. Thomas at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Sweet Style

Carla Lopez from Brooklyn at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Pretty Prints

Lacey Watts from New York City at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Grunge Gal

Maia Johnson from Brooklyn at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Tied Up

Taiwo Akande from Brooklyn at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Stylish Overall

Dayo Johnson from New York City at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Creme of The Crop

Elouinia Exantus from Brooklyn at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Sporty Spice

Queen GodIS from Brookyn at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Effortless Cool

Ni’ma Ford from Brooklyn at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Chic Captain

Khalab Brooks from Chicago at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Hippie-Chic

Shawntoi Drakes from Toronto at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Black Power

Adeuwa Paryasay from Nigeria at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Easy Breezy

Nikki Kynard from Ohio at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Seventies Style

Ariel Le Grul from Brooklyn at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Calm, Cool & Collected

Lydia Marie from St. Louis at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Parisian Chic

Jennifer De LaCruz from New York City at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Gypsy Queen

Celia Faussart from Paris at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Waist Deep

Stephanie Jimenez from New York at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Vintage Vixen

Tasha Beltran from the Bronx at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Natural Beauty

Cassandra Thomas from Queens at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Punk Princess

Beagy Zielinski from New York City at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Rockstar Chic

Jada Pinkett-Smith at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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With The Band

Kadesha Smith from New York City at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Indigenous Designs

Whitney Richardson from Brooklyn at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Short Stuff

Dominique Davis from Maryland at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Well Red

Shakiya Green from Philadelphia at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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“It” Brit

Michelle De Swarte from London at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Top That

Merie Subryan from Brooklyn at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Mix Master

Charlyn Buchanar from Brooklyn at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Eclectic One

James Catherine from Brooklyn at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Laced Up

Dress Sharp from Philadelphia at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Batik Beauty

Erin Howey from California at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Draped Drama

Taiwo AnJorin from Nigeria at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Cali Cool

Chanel Jimenez from Brooklyn at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Leather Love

Sula Pereira from Brooklyn at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Boho Beauty

Jessica Guillaume from Brooklyn at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Skirt The Issue

April McMillan from the Bronx at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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To Dye For

Antoinette Stewart from Canada at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Bright & Beauutiful

Jazmin LaBrie from California and a friend at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Athletic Touch

Megan Tatem from New York City at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Batik Beauty

Brittany Duck from Washington, DC at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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Haute Hippie

Pierre Baguell-Green from New York at the 2013 Afro-Punk Festival.

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