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Cara Nicole as AZ Powergirl at one of the many comicons she attends each year.

If you've attended Phoenix Comicon at any point over the past couple years, it's likely you've seen Cara Nicole dressed in costume in the Exhibitor Hall, probably as her best-known alter ego AZ Powergirl.

Frankly, she's pretty hard to miss, even among the crowds of countless cosplayers that regularly attend the four-day event each year, as the statuesque blonde bombshell is fairly unforgettable when wearing the wowie-zowie red, white, and blue ensemble inspired by the DC Universe's Power Girl.

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Ken Hyder and Michael O'Mara

Tempe native Brennan O'Mara is passionate about two things: music and art. The 27-year-old ASU fine arts graduate and drummer incorporates elements of both in his daily wares.

What are you wearing right now?
The weather is great right now, so I am wearing some frayed, purple corduroy shorts. A vintage-style gray t-shirt with a Mayan calendar graphic. Some faded black Vans sandals. For jewelry, I'm wearing, as I usually do, three silver bengals on my left wrist and my favorite turquoise ring on my right ring finger. Finally, my Oceano sunglasses.

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Susan Roach

Kelley Roach is motivated by creativity. Following her interior-decorating dreams, the 25-year-old spends the nine-to-five shift at Jaime Herzlinger Interiors in Arcadia, a safe haven where she can use her talent for domestic touch.

When Roach isn't transforming homes, you can catch her (and her trendy threads) at shops and venues around the Valley. Roach says fashion influences her mood and that she finds confidence in her own duds. She defines her attitude toward style as one of confidence and reinforces the everlasting concept that says you only look as good as you feel.

What are you wearing right now?
I am currently wearing a long fur vest, loose-fitting white shirt and motorcycle leggings with flat black ankle boots.

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Ali Matthews

With Spring Training right around the corner and warm weather on the way, the people of Phoenix are trading in their winter layers for some serious skin-exposing ensembles.

Rachel Barbos, the promotions coordinator for the Oakland Athletics during Spring Training is inspired by fashion and dishes her ideas on her articulate wardrobe coordination.

The 21 year old ASU senior reveals that she has finally pinned a style that makes her unique and dedicates her in-vogue closet to lifetime of research and dedication to fashion. Selecting quality over quantity pieces, Rachel tailors her fashion inspirations and creates a chic, youthful look that is both inexpensive and accesible.

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Jaime Meraz is professional in pastel.

Businessman by day and Old Town socialite at night, Scottsdale's Jaime Meraz demonstrates his professional and domestic twist on style. The 26 year-old real estate agent maintains his lean physique by consistently staying active.

Whether it be his polished, career ensemble (sports jackets and blazers) or his weekend warrior gear (Toms, H&M slim-fit jeans and a T-shirt), Meraz suits up for every occasion.

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Brenna Rupert

Grow Op owner, Joshua Hahn. Sporting the Pendleton Portland Collection, Donegal trousers and J.Crew Camp Socks

Just south of downtown's colorful, in-vogue strip, Roosevelt Row, sits GROWop, a beautifully maintained historic house engulfed by a well preserved community garden. This little gem harbors the corner of Roosevelt and Sixth streets, where Joshua Hahn and Kenny Barrett began their non-profit community garden and vintage fashion boutique.

Hahn, owner and operator, is the epitome of a "sharply dressed man." Each piece of Hahn's apparel is strategically coordinated to reflect on his "duck-hunter chic" style. Paying tribute to his hunter-esque style, Hahn incorporates the Portland collection into his daily garb.

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Photos by Karly Koren

Sheila Missy Lectro

Sheila Missy Lectro is something of a quadruple threat.

Over the past few years she's organized and performed with cabaret troupe the DeViltry Dolls, designed her own line of dancewear and racy couture, starred as a go-go girl at local EDM events, and worked as fashion photographer. (This Friday, you can see her perform with her fellow dolls during Vince Neil's After-Party at 910 Live in Tempe.)

Oh, and the 27-year-old also writes poetry and aspires to be a vocalist to boot.

Fashion work is what takes up the bulk of Missy Lectro's schedule, however, as the graduate of the Academy of Design Tampa spends most of her time creating costumes for her fellow DeViltry dancers as well as for her own label Dolls R'nt Dead.

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Andy Hartmark

Suzy Homewrecker: Roller derby queen, fetish model, go-go girl, and shoe freak.

By day, Suzy Homewrecker is the supervisor of a local laboratory that studies pathology and immunohistochemistry. At night or on the weekends, however, the 30-year-old crimson-haired vixen becomes a tough-as-nails roller derby queen, a tattooed punk princess, an industrial music DJ, or a gothy go-go dancer. It all depends on her particular mood or whatever event she's planning on attending.

Fortunately, the fetish model and onetime Suicide Girl is more than fully prepared for any and all occasion, as her red-drenched closet is packed with plenty of outfits -- running the gamut from sexy to chic to surreal -- as well as hundreds of pairs of shoes of every shape and size.

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Katie Johnson

It wasn't that long ago that Katie Beltran, then pregnant with her now 2 year old son Roman, pursued her desire for painting.

Joining the colorful cast of other 16th street artists, Beltran and designing artist Amanda Adkins are currently painting their first mural adjacent to the The Hive.

Alongside the art on her body and the art on her canvas (or any surface she can get a hold of really), there's plenty of art to see on her clothing racks (admittedly an addict of all things vintage) . . .

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Photo Courtesy Keith Ebenholtz

When it comes to finding the right look, it's best to seek out a professional opinion -- cue Gigi Cardella-Arredondo.

As a stylist for Scottsdale's Salon Tru, makeup artist for a photo shoot turned Valley Ho ad campaign, model, and occasional beauty bloogger, Gigi Cardella, doesn't just follow style; she lives and breathes it.

Rocking a tattoo sleeve that could best be described as couture and a fashion style inspired by 1960s Barbie (if Barbie drove a motorcycle and sported more leopard prints), she walks that stiletto-thin line between simple and chic.

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