Time Warp

 

Just when you thought you had MyXXFLY all figured out we throw you a curve ball. “I thought MyXXFLY was about fly fat babes and dudes!” you say, “This week’s models are by no stretch of the imagination double-x (except maybe in the booty), what’s up?” I hear you. Well, the thing about MyXXFLY is, sure, we’re all about plus-sized babes and double-XL bros, but beyond that, we’re about body positivity and sustainable fashion in every incarnation. The XX is a reference to bigger and better everything; XX bodies, XX attitudes, XX flyness. How fly do we strive to be? Not just fly, not just mad fly, but motherfucking double-extra fly.

Aside from reinventing the wheel, the MyXXFLY team absolutely loves playing dress-up. This week, we’ve got the added bonus of two fresh, flesh and blood human mannequins to play with. The XX bonus? These looks are time warp versions of our models Cindy and Patrick, and what they may have looked like in high school in a parallel universe. We transformed Patrick into a grungy Nicaraguan Chris Cornell/Chris Perez, and Cindy into a coquettish bad girl who flirts with fire to watch shit burn. Cindy’s top is a South Florida thrift store purchase, and Patrick’s band shirt is an original vintage concert tee (message us on instagram for pricing info!). In keeping with our time-warp to high school theme, we shot this set at Miami-Dade Regional Public Library, in a different reality where they would skip classes to meet for a tryst by the swing-sets.

Cindy is a John Mayer loving unicorn queen, total brain, and all around good-girl. She’s got the husky voice of an old Hollywood starlet, and the foul mouth of a NYC cab driver. On any given day you’ll find her in racer-back tank tops, sports bras, and PINK sweats. She’s a certified personal trainer and studies nutrition at Florida International University. Her hobbies include booty-building, concocting healthy and delicious recipes, and being a full-time mommy to her and Patrick’s fur-baby Lily. She’s an inspiration to all who strive to make fitness and wellness a priority in their lives by being cognizant of the struggles we all face in body acceptance. She shares her own struggles candidly, is a total babe, hilarious company, and can probably (most definitely) kick your ass. Seriously, I challenge anyone to keep up with her sets at the gym. #BeastMode

Patrick is all hip-hop and comic book heroes. A total audiophile, he’s heard the new mixtape before you have, guaranteed. Every comic book hero, origin story, television series, movie franchise; he saw it on opening weekend. His general aesthetic? Superhero t-shirts and DBZ printed tank-tops. Neon? On sneakers, shoes, shorts, you name it, this motherfucker glows in the dark. Flawed and imperfect, but deeply compassionate and caring, he’s the hardest worker you’ll ever meet, and a genuinely all around, great fucking guy. When he’s not at the gym, at the movies with Cindy, or lounging in bed with their dog Lily, he’s holding it down in stock-rooms at Bed, Bath & Beyonds across South Florida (and letting his big sister take pictures of him in Pearl Jam shirts and combat boots).

We had mad fun hanging out with these two #swolemates who are engaged to be married and wish them all the best. They’ve figured out what it takes people twice their age to realize; in order to make a relationship work, you must be supportive of your partner, attentive to their needs, and continue to remain passionately in love. Join us next week for our most experimental shoot yet. Location? A neo-noir parallel universe in Frank Miller’s Sin City. Until then, stay MyXXFLY.