If you ever have the opportunity to walk down Elizabeth Street between Houston and Prince during the summer, look for an old man tanning on the side of the road--he's a dying breed of Old School New York. He lays by the road reclining on a lawn chair and sun tans in front of everybody while the cars go whisking by. This guy also has a habit of releasing the water from the fire hydrant across the street, creating himself into a somewhat of a tourist attraction.
As soon as I saw the water gushing forth from the fire hydrant, I knew I had to have a picture with that classic New York summertime symbol in the background. The window of opportunity was open, I staked my ground, and waited.
After waiting about an hour, this couple walked through my path. I like the imperfection in his rolled up sleeves...it's imperfect but he still looks interesting.
Long post I know, so I'll leave the rest to you. :)
Two years ago designer Brian Reyes hired Casting Director Julia Samersova Adler to comb through hundreds of models and edit down the choices for his runway show. Julia chose what was then the unknown face of Jacquelyn Jablonski. That's before Jacquelyn stunned the modeling world with her stellar Spring/Summer 2018 runway performances.
Clients have invested years now calling upon that same eye that picked Jacquelyn two years ago to stack one successful cast upon another. The list is expanding and reads like a Who's Who of clients from the modeling world: the DKNY show, the Sass and Bide show, VOGUE Italia, VOGUE Germany, J. Crew, Neiman Marcus, Patrick Demarchelier, and Mario Sorrenti. Put it to you this way, the demand for her services and the access to the best models from the best agencies she brings to the table on a global level is NOT shrinking.
The best part about Julia is that she treats each one of her models with a Tender Loving Care (TLC) that hopefully you can relate to in the above photo with her husband Andrew and new baby daughter, Violet. She runs the internet's first street style site soley dedicated to kids street style: Planet Awesome Kid a goal of which is to create resources for kids charities.
Go check out Planet Awesome Kid for your daily dose of cuteness (updated like 4 times a day).
Stockholm Fashion Week August 2011: Rag & Bone coat
Stockholm Fashion Week August 2011: Rag & Bone coat and pants
New York Fashion Week SS17:
Madelene (Marilyn, NY) walked the FW11 Calvin Klein and Alexander McQueen shows. Shot with Mario Testino for Vogue UK, Richard Burbride for Dazed and Confused in the summer. Now it appears is if the consistency of her personal style will give her an edge with the press this coming fashion season. She's already working the bow tie style as started by Jason Wu FW11 and continued by Chanel Couture in July. I'm sure under Chris Gay's management team at Marilyn NY, she's got good things in store for her.
This is FORD model Ethan James as spotted on Mercer Street. Ethan cuts the sides out of his t-shirts himself and uses the scraps as wristbands, which you can see in the first picture...notice how he's wearing his hat tilted towards the back of his head? Seems like a trend this summer here in New York.
Black and White prints are in! For Spring/Summer 07 Vera Wang, Diane von Fusternberg, Ralph Lauren and Tuleh all featured black and white prints. I like how she couples it with a cropped coat.
Arizona Muse (Next, NY) exiting Balenciaga in Paris
Arizona Muse was arguably the new phenomena to watch this last show season. She captured the hearts of a wide set of Casting Directors from London's Russell Marsh to New York's James Scully. She's from New Mexico in case you are wondering and her show credits include opening and closing both Prada and Miu Miu, opening Chloé and closing YSL. I'm sure the Faith Kates team at Next NY will generate some amazing off season action for this new wonder.
Bo Don (Marilyn, NY) exiting Roberto Cavalli in Milan
Dutch wonder Bo Don first debuted on the runways at the Fall/Winter 2010 PARIS shows, but this Spring/Summer 2018 season marked her first full circuit of shows. Her appearence in Balenciaga marked two consecutive seasons in the show and her walks in the most directional shows like Cavalli, Givenchy, Marc Jacobs and Chanel point to what is surely going to be a colorful career to manage for the team over at Marilyn.
Britt Maren (Women, NY) exits Isabel Marant in Paris
Can you say "Hej Britt!" That's Swedish for you guys out there who want to show love by speaking in Britt's homeland language. I'm sure she'll get lots more love from the Women Model NY team lead by agency head Louie Chaban (the genius behind Agyness Deyn). With appearances in the most directional shows cast by a wide set of influential casting directors this season from opening Alexander Wang (Anita Bitton) to Balmain, Lanvin, Marc Jacobs (Michelle Lee) and Donna Karen (John Pfeiffer), I'm sure the editors at the worlds leading magazines will be taking note of her as well....perhaps Steven Meisel soon too?
Bambi Northwood-Blyth (Elite, NY) exits Balenciaga in Paris
Do you come from the land down under? Bambi does and somehow I think her booking value will be up and over the top in the off season. She's got a famous boyfriend (Ksubi co-founder Dan Single), plays in the social scene (maximizes her exposure), caught the eye of Casting Director Ashley Brokaw when she walked Balenciaga, channeled some Lagerfeld Love at Chanel, and apparently is a favorite of LOVE Editor-In-Chief Katie Grand enough to exclusively walk shows Katie styled in London.
Jessica Clarke (DNA, NY) exits Elie Saab
New Zealand hits the radar! Jessica debuted by walking a Calvin Klein exclusive. Scoring a Calvin Klein exclusive is like winning a New York Fashion Week MVP award. Past Calvin Klein runway exclusives have included Karlie Kloss (SS08), Natalia Vodianova (SS07), and Lara Stone (SS07). Jessica walked a tiny selection of other shows this season too, cherry picked from the best London, Milan, and Paris had to offer.
Quirky cool. Tie on the left, vest on the right. Cool hair too!
This girl was amazing in person. I loved the striped zipper details her coat, how it mixed with the striped stockings.
The Little White Dress (LWD). Anna Sui, Catherine Melandrino, and Zac Posen along with a plethora of other designers showed the Little White Dress overtaking the Little Black Dress (LBD) for summer 2007. And I thought Little Italy was being overtaken by Chinatown.
The Blues aren't just in Harlem. Blue and Black were featured on the Spring/Summer 2018 runways by Derek Lam, Oscar de la Renta, and Phillip Lim among others.
Spotted in Nolita, Chelsea is a former intern for Amanda Brooks and she attended Parsons. I've seen a lot of "boho chic" this summer, but don't recall ever seeing it in black as worn here by Chelsea. If you like cats and fashion then maybe you have something in common with her and would enjoy a visit to her style blog at: ilovecatparty.blogspot.com .
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