“I didn’t plan any scenic journey,” concedes Kylea Borges when I find her and her white ’64 Ford Ranchero, Mona, posted up in a parking lot in Oakland, California.
We climb in and she starts the engine; it revs with a perfect deep, old-car grumble, and then we’re off.
Borges grew up in San Luis Obispo, and at age 18 moved to the San Francisco area, where she began working in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood’s famous vintage stores and studying fashion design. It was during these early days that Borges used her knowledge of textiles and design to transition into self-taught fine arts, meticulously crafting the intricate collages and mixed-media pieces for which she has become known (and which have won her collabs with companies like RVCA).
But lately, Borges has been expanding her artistic horizons. “I’ve been doing interior design over the past three and a half years. I just recently left my job and am working on developing my own business. I want to bring everything together and infuse it with interiors, because I do use some of my patterns as wallpaper or textiles, so it kind of translates,” she says. And in taking stock of her aesthetic vibe, from her goth-Western-tinged ensemble to the Dolly Parton cassette propped behind Mona’s retro cup holders, that all sounds just right.
I’m sure you were turned on by this car’s interior.
This story is from the January 2017 edition of NYLON.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the January 2017 edition of NYLON.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
Dana Trippe And Her 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle
“The best part about my car is the bench seat,” Dana Trippe tells me as we glide down the Pacific Coast Highway in her light blue 1972 Chevy Chevelle.
Changing Lanes
bridgit mendler is taking her genre-fluid sound on the road.
Boys To Men
The killers come full circle on their fifth album, wonderful wonderful.
Mind's Eye
Hannah gross doesn’t yet see herself as a professional actress, but with a major part in a hot new netflix thriller, that’s about to change.
Singular Mom
Frankie Shaw mined her ups and downs as a young single mother to create one of the most refreshing new shows on television.
Born To Ride
Journeying to South Dakota’s buffalo chip campground during the legendary sturgis motorcycle rally, where—increasingly— women take the lead.
Alanna Pearl
Out-of-the-box is the only way to be for this l.a. multihyphenate.
Steph Stone
One of l.a.’s—and instagram’s—favorite nail artists is our inspo for overcoming the odds.
Dreaming Of Dior
Dani Stahl gets a behind-the-scenes look inside the two-day luxury experience that was the fashion house’s cruise ’18 runway show.
Honor Hamilton
this stylist’s l.a. digs do the time warp.
