Uh-mazing.
That's the neatest and most compact summary of my new york vacay I can muster. Inspiring is an understatement. Blazing big city lights, evocative street art, bold and edgy streetstyle and the most mixed society I've come across. It is literally as if you're seeing the whole world, in one place, at once. I don't know if it was the holiday buzz or spring fever, but the city was alive and seemed to welcome all with open arms.
Now to the specifics.
- I went a little mental at the two big Ts (Tory Burch and Topshop), swooned over the feminine details at Alice & Olivia, obsessed over pieces at Acme and tired the fitting room staff out at urban outfitters.
- The shopping highlight was definitely finding my dream ballet lace ups that I've been crushing on since the fabulous Elle Ferguson featured them all over her insta account - Topshop did a pretty sweet copy (see images 7-9 below) of the original Louboutins which was plenty good for moi, and they are SUPER comfy.
- Denim was another highlight in the big city, the high waisted "mom" style and baggy boyfriend types were getting plenty airtime. I think I finished at a sensible 4 pairs between Topshop and Free People, not to mention the buttoned denim skirt I also snapped up from Topshop.
- You've been warned, there will be a motherload of Topshop appearances on upcoming blog posts, with Moss on the design panel and Cara infront of the lens, Topshop is kind of getting it right 98% of the time.
The streets of manhattan are definitely a runway in their own right, kicks and baseball caps seem to do most of the talking for the gents and many New York women fell into categories of "Tomboy" "Boho" and "GossipGirl" and sometimes a hybrid of the three. The vintage hipster glam over the bridge in Williamsburg was pretty potent and yes beards are everywhere my friends, facial hair fashion has officially globalised.
Now the only bad news is that despite foregoing 2-3kg of my baggage allowance for my camera gear, I was about as active behind the Nikon lens as I have been on this blog! So I'm afraid I will have to leave you with what is a very unorganised montage of smartphone snaps of NY moments and some beautiful photos taken by my very talented friend Petra, and yes, I holidayed with some serious babes - exhibits A, B and C below ;).
CM x
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