Shopping with Levi Johnston

“I must really piss you off, don’t I,” says Levi, whose name, by the way, has nothing to do with the brand. “You make me look underdressed all the time. We go places and people think you look like the celebrity.”

Levi’s uniform back in Wasilla consists of Carhartt work pants, flannel shirts, and cowboy boots. Or, when he’s hunting, boots that correspond to the type of animal he’s hunting. With sheep, for example, one of the toughest animals to hunt, according to Levi, because of the steep terrain they inhabit, you need boots with more grip.

Has he ever made any clothing out of something he’s hunted? “I made a blanket once,” he says.

“Levi has his own style, and it works for him,” says Tank. “But, if he’s going to go into the entertainment field, he has to be versatile. That’s one of the things I want him to start seeing—feeling those colors, and feeling those textures. That’s a lot for him, especially when you’re used to doing something a certain way.”

Just so you’re clear, when Levi Johnston is in L.A. with Tank and running around shopping with a reporter, trying on sequined jackets and pink fedoras and wearing bedazzled T-shirts that say “Go Girl” on them, that’s not Levi you’re seeing.

“What we did was, we came up with an alter ego, Ricky Hollywood,” explains Tank. “Ricky Hollywood would iron his shirt.” Levi looks at Tank and raises his eyebrows. “Yeah, right!” he says. “OK, well, I’d iron it. He doesn’t know how to iron.”

“We’re not going to find my style out here,” says Levi rather contentiously.

“Oh, yes, we will,” says Tank. “We’re going to find Ricky’s style!”

“Levi is not lettin’ the cat out of the bag,” teases Tank. “He is fightin’ the stuff that he really loves, because he wants to stay cool for Wasilla.”

“My boys are gonna be so mad at me when they see me in this stuff,” says Levi. “My dad is going to make fun of me, he’s going to shake his head.”

Tank isn’t buying his protests. “Well, let him shake his head!”

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Renata Espinosa is the New York editor of Fashion Wire Daily. She is also the co-founder of impressionistic fashion and art blog TheNuNu and a sometimes backup dancer for "The Anna Copa Cabanna Show."

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