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The tell-tale click-clack-click-clack sounds of skate wheels and the sanity-threatening jingles of ice cream trucks herald the arrival of summer. It’s time to trade in your cold-weather drabs for some fresh summer duds. From flip-flops to slip-ons, shorts to shants, we rounded up summer styles that are both cooler and sweeter than a tiger’s blood snow cone. So put your beanies and puffies in with the mothballs and choose some threads fitting for your haze-filled summer.

Oh-So-80's

From your G.I. Joe Big Wheel to the Commodore 64, you just can’t let go of the eighties. And why should you? We’re talkin’ about the decade that brought us Thriller and the rise of what could arguably be considered film’s greatest on-screen duo—Coreys: Haim and Feldman. Peg those pants and crimp that hair, because its time to get back to the future.

Men’s: Burton Jonestown Jacket Ambiguous Chenelle Jeans Anon Rico Sunglasses Vans Classic Slip-On

Women’s DC Superb T-Shirt Volcom Grrrr Cropped Pants Nixon The Loft Watch Gravis Lowdown Slip On

Pretty in Prints

You don’t eat the garnish at a fancy restaurant, so why would you eat a printed T-shirt? Wait, what? Oh… right, well prints are pretty much just like garnishing—they make you look all that much tastier.

Men's: KR3W Radscript Tee Analog Imperial Jacket Matix Belstone Short Anon Rufus Leather Polarized Sunglasses Duffs Barletta 2 Skate Shoe

Women’s Roxy Josh Zull-Zip Split Dreamer Tank Roxy Tiki Pattern Short Roxy Jagger Sunglasses Roxy Arigato Sandal

Coffee Shop

Keep your aloof appearance while you sip your joe and put people-watching and procrastination atop your Sunday afternoon to-do list. It’s summer and you ain’t got shit to do.

Men’s: Von Zipper Amazing Fleece Matix Gripper Denim Von Zipper Rockford Sunglasses Gravis Kingpin Casual Shoe

Women’s Volcom Destroyer Vest RVCA Save Her Saber T-Shirt Split Piper Denim Pant Hoven Baron Sunglasses Nixon The Metric Leather Watch Volcom V1 Creedler Slip On

SoCal

Duuude…. Yeah, dude.

Volcom Werks Polo Shirt Volcom La Jolla Plaid Short Fox Eyewear The Meeting Sunglasses Nixon The Midnight Channel T Watch Volcom V1 Creedler Slip OnLongboards

Brilliantly Bitchin’

Desperately searching for some clothes to match your blue eye shadow? We’ve got you covered.

Element Ziggy Shirt Nikita Mango Skirt Anon Luce Sunglasses Vans Classic Slip-On

Gangstar

Standard urban fare isn’t enough for your ghetto-fabulous look, so we’ve pulled together some fresh threads for your life on the blocks.

Volcom Stone Bedroom Slippers Volcom Friggin Chino Short DC Cue Camo Zip Hooded Sweatshirt Zoo York Allman T-Shirt Burton Polka New Era Cap Anon Convict Sunglasses Nixon The Score Watch

Plaid Radness

Whether you’re looking to blend into your grandparents’ wallpaper or you just want to go undercover at the hoity-toity country club across town, plaid gets the job done.

Volcom Poison Oak Casual Tank Volcom Poison Oak Short