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Once in a while, an all-girl band comes along and leaves a fashionable impression. The
Supremes, The Shangri-Las and The Ronettes immediately come to mind as
definitive fashion icons of their musical era. With the flirty air of a French gamine
and dolled-up like darlings of Carnaby Street, Los Angeles’ The Like revisits this
girl-group glam of the ’60s not only with their look, but also their sound.
“The ’60s were the birth of rock and roll and sexual freedom. It was, all in
all, a time of great taste, excitement and talent,” says lead vocalist and guitar player
Z Berg.
The girls, Berg, Tennessee Thomas, Laena Geronimo, and Annie Monroe,
usually do their own styling, hair and make-up when playing shows—and even while
doing photoshoots. They’re all so good at being glam they can probably double as
a beauty team themselves. This is what happens when you’ve become accustomed
to playing shows in places all over the world since you were 15 or 16 years old,
alongside bands like Arctic Monkeys, Muse and The Futureheads.
To learn a bit more about what makes The Like such a fashionable force of
nature, we photographed Z and Laena in Los Angeles and asked Z Berg to take
RAGGED on a magical mystery tour of her style icons, her love of the ’60s and to
fill us in on her individual take on a throwback lifestyle.
What was the process of reassembling the band after a five-year break
What went into making the last album after such a long hiatus
The process was arduous and maddening, really. Assembling a band is a wildly
difficult task—trying to find cohorts who are both talented and like-minded is not
easy, but we managed! What went into the album If “blood, sweat and tears” wasn’t
such a cliché, it would have made a disturbingly appropriate album title.
What do you find so influential about the ’60s
We are influenced by and love many different eras, genres and artists, but I grew up
listening to The Beatles and nothing else, and I always find I go back to that time.
Tell me a little about your individual style.
I often dress like an 8-year-old. No, actually like an 8-year-old. I make a beeline for
the kids’ section of any vintage store. There’s surely a bit of Twiggy, Edie Sedgwick
and Mia Farrow in my style, but mostly I just look like my 8-year-old self.
“But by the end, winning the crowd over and crumbling
their preconceived notions is a reward in itself.”
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