"My friends and I will wear high heels and our regular boy clothes, and go down the street just doing runway."

"I think that one quirky piece on a background of basics is totally the way to go."

Performance artist Francesco Vezzoli has his celebrity cake and eats it, too.

"Even if I don’t have anything else going on, I have my hair."

"The most important thing to me is being happy every single day, waking up in the morning excited."

Kids in casts, frocks, and Barbie gear, parents of all stripes: the scene at Village Preschool Center at 9 a.m.

"Colors are becoming to anyone. Even a little puppy, when it has a coat on, is very nice."

Farmers to artists, skaters to Mormons: the subsets of downtown’s playground.

"I think it’s important to have a sense of humor about all things, but maybe that’s just me."

"I definitely used to be a little bit more crazy with my style. Now it’s like, am I comfortable and can I get my boob out?"