(Photo: Frank Schwere)

Sam Levine, 12
The Lab School, eighth grade
What I Picked:
Quicksilver shirt, $25, Polo Ralph Lauren jeans, $39.50, at Bloomingdale’s, 1000 Third Ave., at 59th St.; 212-705-2000. Vans sneakers, Sam’s own.

What My Dad Picked:
“I like the pants, but I think Sam’s outfit is too pseudo-grunge. You might as well do it yourself.”
—Jonathan Levine, father

Wool plaid suit, $495, orange pin-striped shirt, $245, Swatch watch, $255, straw hat, $125, at Peter Elliot Blue, 997 Lexington Ave., at 72nd St.; 212-570-2300.

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