While Prince has passed to the next funky dimension, his music and fashion legacy continue. This week we’ve rounded up 5 funky fashion pieces you can wear whenever you want to channel some of Prince’s sexy, fashion greatness.

1. Funky late-‘70s jacket

Prince has been a fashionable man since he began making music. Case in point: this Prince photo shoot in 1977. While we love everything going on in this shoot, we are specifically smitten with Prince’s jacket. The above washed blazer is priced at $148. While it doesn’t feature Prince’s jacket’s gorgeous collar, its buttons and structure are reminiscent of something the Purple One would have considered wearing.

2. Funky bodysuit

Prince was very good at turning heads with his fashion choices. Those assless pants? That leather thong? All glorious and so very Prince. So, why don’t you turn heads this summer by just wearing this shimmery, purple bodysuit? This piece will leave you a bit more covered up than Prince, but you’ll still get across the message that you are fierce and will wear whatever you want. Priced at $58.

3. Funky heels

Prince knew the power a pair of heels could have. So, he wore them without shame. Be like Prince and wear a pair of purple heels whenever you can this summer. You’ll be amazed at the power you feel when you wear them while grocery shopping. Priced at $69.95.

4. Funky blouse

Prince loved blouses. So much so that Dave Chappelle made a skit about Prince and his propensity for flowy tops. Well, we get why the Artist wore blouses—they look really polished… and can be unbuttoned so effortlessly. This purple blouse with a subtle tie is priced at $98.

5. Funky sunglasses

Prince was very good at wearing sunglasses inside. So much so that whenever we saw him donning a pair of circle frames, all we could think was, “damn where did he get those,” rather than “why is he wearing sunglasses inside?” Be like Prince and get this pair of circle sunglasses. You can wear these all year and at $20 the price is right.

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We’re still mourning the loss of Prince over here.

How do you work through sadness? By remembering the good times. One of those good times was this interview that Prince did with MTV. Watch it below.

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An exclusive EcoSalon playlist for setting the mood.

We normally do 10 songs for your weekend playlist, but we figured with the purpose of this musical compilation you might need an additional dose of luck, so we went ahead and made it 11.

Check out the music videos for some of the songs below, or instead of clicking play every time one music video ends and you need to start the next, go even further ahead and listen to all of them nonstop on our The Lucky 11 Songs to Seduce Someone To playlist on 8tracks.

1. Here, My Dear – Marvin Gaye

2. A Funky Space Reincarnation – Marvin Gaye

3. Physical Love – Eddie Hazel

4. Feel Like Makin’ Love – D’Angelo

5. La Ritournelle – Sébastien Tellier

6. I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Baby – Barry White

7. International Lover – Prince

8. Feeling Without Touching (Instrumental) – Glass Candy

9. Physical Motion – Jimmy Edgar

10. Feel It All Around (Toro Y Moi Remix) – Washed Out

11. Divina – Toro y Moi

Like this playlist? There’s more where that came from. Check out our full 10 Songs series.

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Perfectly Paisley: Stella McCartney shows us a fresh, modern way to wear the print for spring 12.

Fashion’s swirling tapestry of theme, color and fabric all come together to tell a very particular story each season. The emergence every five years of the – similarly non-linear – paisley print allows fashion detectives like myself to ponder the clues to its most recent return route.

Print in abstract, Celia Birtwell for Ossie Clark, 1969.

Were spring’s psychedelic 60’s-style silhouettes a foreshadow? Is it a dandyish reaction against all the recent prim ladylike looks? It’s hard to know, but paisley may well be around for a while if Frida Giannini’s darkly glamorous collection for Gucci last month is any indication –  with its overt references to the Pre-Raphaelites and William Morris-ish plushness. Whatever it took to reawaken this time around, the sentimental and eccentric pattern is never far beneath the surface. As Prince’s 1985 anthem attests, “Life won’t be so bad/Paisley Park is in your heart.”

The first paisley shawls were worth more than a London townhouse. Hand embroidered by Indian artisans, they sometimes took up to 5 years to be completed. 

The well-loved teardrop design originated from Kashmir, India. The motif is thought to be taken from the early shoots of the date palm, which is known in India as the symbol of fertility. Hand embroidered paisley shawls were brought to Europe by the East India Company in the seventeenth century and were all the rage, especially in Britain. To keep up with the demand, the Scottish town of Paisley began to mass-produce the print, hence the name “paisley.”

You can’t help but think of Oscar Wilde in the print. It was as much a symbol of the Victorian aesthetics movement as peacock feathers, sunflowers, lilies and cattails, but the fever for paisley dried up by the late 1800’s.  It wasn’t until some 20^th century Wildean creatures claimed it as their own that it reemerged. Worn by icons of counter-culture rebellion such as Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger and the Beatles who, no doubt, admired the “pickled pear” for its eastern exotic heritage and freethinking provenance.

She’s with the band: Marianne Faithful in Paisley.

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An exclusive EcoSalon playlist that will help you feel good and get your love on.

If there was ever a month to feel sexy, it’s February, and what better way to get you feeling good than a sexy playlist?

Check out the music videos below, or instead of clicking play every time one music video ends and you need to start the next, go even further ahead and listen to all of them nonstop on our 10 Songs to Make You Feel Sexy playlist on 8tracks.

1. Orange Blossom – Gardens & Villa

2. Sticky Like Glue – Prince

3. Don’t You Evah – Spoon

4. Feeling Without Touching – Glass Candy

5. Bad Girls – Blood Orange

6. Lofticries – Purity Ring

7. Infinity – The xx

8. Wolf Like Me – TV on the Radio

9. The Hearts Filthy Lesson – David Bowie

10. Red House – Jimi Hendrix

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