Christina, 18
(taken on St Marks Place on the Sunday morning ... a nice sunny
autumn day. funny thing was I had approached St Marks from the
opposite side and didn't realise I was there because I was entering
from the bottom of the street (and for some reason I thought it was
a dead end street and you couldn't even enter from another side?!)
anyway within a second I realised where I was. saw Christina and
went on over. soon as I saw her I thought you'd like her Marlena(!!)
shirt: good-will
trousers: from Hot Topic where I work
jacket: thrift store
boots: from a thrift store round here called NO RELATION
bracelets: the one with the not so pointy spikes I made ... the
other I got from Hot Topic. the bondage bracelet I got from a
thrift store - which is kinda weird because it was used(!) but
whatever ... it looks cool!
arm warmers: this one (above left) I don't remember where
I got it from and this one (right) was like a sock ... I cut it out
style inspiration: I don't really know ... I just wear what I like
I guess. I don't really like ... look to other people
last song you listened to: Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
because it was playing in Search and Destroy (good answer
but I wondered what the last song she purposely listened to
was) ... probably Saturday Night by the Misfits because it's
been stuck in my head all week.
last album you bought: something by Bad Brains, I can't remember
last gig you saw: oh my god, I haven't been to a concert in forever
I think it was Green Day when I was like 13!! in Connecticut. they
were my favourite band when I was younger but not anymore!!
side note> during the interview, Christina told me she had cut her
own hair!!
Nikolai, 31
(1. how cool is this dude. exactly. and 2. yes finally a picture of a guy)
this was taken on the saturday morning ... between 9-10 ... around 5th
avenue on my way to the apple store (I was having a problem with my
mac importing pictures from flickr) ... very cool looking store but very
rude guy serving me. it was a pretty cold morning, probably 10 degrees
colder than the day before. so cold, that walking down the streets I could
kind of envisage what it must be like to be there in the winter. I didn't
realise before I left how much colder it was. hence still wearing my knee
length dickie style shorts and 'Unbroken meat is murder hoodie. and why
mid-conversation Nikolai said to me (in an american accent don't forget)
'I do believe your lip is bleeding from the cold' - making it the singular
most coolest thing I heard my whole trip there.
jacket: all saints
sweater: asos
suspenders: zara
jeans: all saints
boots: all saints
cap: new york hat company
style inspiration: I forgot to ask this!! yes.I know. I went straight to
'last song you listened to. it's the first time I've ever missed a question
out. kinda bummed cause I'd like to have known his answer. how could
this have happened? I'll put it down to a/the cold ... b/general tiredness
from non-stop walking and constant worrying the moz gigs would be
cancelled ... and c/just the shock of finally getting a cool dude for this
feature.
last song you listened to: (right before I stopped him!) Johnny Cash
The Fourth Man In The Fire
last album you bought: Johnny Cash box set - Unearthed (where the
above song is from)
last gig you saw: The XX at Terminal 5
Hayley, 20
(taken outside FIT building, 7th Avenue on the Friday morning. I had just
been to the Post Office (very impressive building - THOSE STEPS!!) on 8th
avenue to post a postcard to my cousin in Italy. when I went in it was all
bright sunshine, when I came out it was grey and overcast and it was like
everything suddenly changed. buildings now seemed overpowering, tall
and imposing. I walked onto 7th avenue, passed the FIT building and saw
Hayley. first thing I said to her was how the weather had suddenly changed.
... it was nice speaking to her at that moment)
jacket: Forever 21
dress: Urban outfitters
socks: Forever 21
boots: Frye (a gift from my cousin)
bag: from a company my sister works for called Derin International
style inspiration: I get a lot of inspiration from the 40's + 50's ... I'm
very into the whole kind of rockabilly pin-up girl ... with a little bit
of a like punk rock edge to it ... definitely comes from music like you
were saying (I had said how this feature was about how the music
you listen to can influence what you wear) ... I just really like that
kind of vintage 40's/50's look ... that's like my main inspiration
last song you listened to: Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
last album you bought: I don't remember the album, but I'm pretty
sure the last artist I downloaded was Pennywise (nice answer!)
(Here is a Pennywsise song)
last gig you saw: Angus Stone at The Bowery Ballroom
Rita, 17
(taken on St Marks Place ... just down the road from the old CBGB's!!
one of my favourite parts of New York. It was late Thursday afternoon,
the whole day was very sunny, wandering around lots of leafy streets.
it had a nice hazy feeling to it, like the kind you get when are thinking
back to something nice. a great day)
t shirt: a t shirt that I bought a few years back in 2010 ... and I decided to
cut it up. I've been wearing my t shirts cut up a lot now. I don't know why
... I like to change.
trousers: pleather leggings from eBay
boots: boots ... that are old!!
bracelets: some of my bracelets are hand-made, like these silver ones
which are made out of my bass strings. I don't like to waste ... it symbolises
me being a musician
style inspiration: definitely 70's/80's + european ... like a lot of the stuff
that's going on in Sweden that they call Sleaze is definitely an influence
for me. I usually have my hair all straight and teased up ... I'm lazy today
... today's a lazy day for me! - but that's what's really inspiring me
last song you listened to: Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
last album you bought: Bad Decisions - The Last Vegas (Here is a song
from it)
last gig you saw: Crashdiet at Webster hall ... they're a Swedish sleaze
band, playing with The Last Vegas, Wild street (a local New York band)
... great band, they played with Nasty Hobbit, another New York band
and Wicked, another New York band.
Brea, 19
(taken around Greenwich Village, Lower Manhattan (around the
University buildings) late afternoon.
shirt: Macy's
skirt: Buffalo Exchange thrift store
jacket: Urban Outfitters
bracelets: ... from all over the place
necklace: H&M
style inspiration: umm ... Beyonce, Rihanna
last song you listened to: Sara Bareilles - Vegas
last album you bought: it might have been Chris Brown's new one
(Here is a song from it)
last gig you saw: it's been a while, I can't even remember. I don't
really go to concerts a lot.
Robin, 23
(taken after I'd left 7th Avenue on my way to Lower east Side,
a little street somewhere around Greenwich Village/Soho**)
**it turned out to be a mild day so I'd taken my (Unbroken Smiths
Meat Is Murder homage) hoodie off. but I spilt pumpkin spice latte
down my white t shirt (yeah, I know - so.cool.) so had to spend the
day with the hoodie back on zipped up. otherwise it'd be 'hi I do a
style feature on my blog ... coffee stain on full display. I told Robin
about this ... she laughed!! ... even after washing it there is still a
faint mark on the t shirt ... I kind of like that I know which is the
exact t shirt that I was wearing that day ... my first proper day
wandering around new york.
shirt: my little brothers!
skirt: American Apparel and ... I shoplifted it (laughs)
jacket: a goodwill in Alabama
boots: I found them outside somebody's apartment ... and I stole
them!!
style inspiration: I think today I thought it was going to be fucking cold,
so I wanted to wear as much as I could. I was like, what is going to match
with this coat ... so I wore all black and then I wore the coat
last song you listened to: The Rolling Stones - Laugh I Nearly Died
last album you bought: I don't really buy albums. it's mostly just the
songs ... I guess The Marvelettes greatest hits or something (Here is
a Marvelettes song)
last gig you saw: I saw my friend's band. it was really bad - so probably
not that one! I saw Phish recently, that was good, in Maryland, Baltimore
Jennifer, 19
(taken outside FIT building, 7th Avenue)
dress: 'I got the dress from H+M ... it's actually a shirt and I got
it in a size 12 because I like oversized things'
shoes: Toms
bag: Marc Jacobs
style inspiration: Rachel Zoe ... or Kate Middleton
last song you listened to: Matt and Kim - Daylight
last album you bought: Lightning - Matt and Kim (Here is a song from it)
last gig you saw: Taylor Swift at New Jersey Prudential centre
