Usual view of a certain segment of young men, ethnic group not specific, as it crosses all color lines, is pants hanging at mid-buttocks with the crotch somewhere mid-thigh. This is often on skinny guys and over these low-riders is a huge tee-shirt or sweatshirt. But today’s took the cake. Imagine if you will, a …
Category Archives: Fashion
The Best
Yesterday, at an audition for a commercial that was searching for a grandmother. What a delicious sight it was to see a room full of women: young to old, tall to short, fat to thin, white to brown, blue, green, brown eyed, long hair, short hair, curly hair, straight hair, silver, white to black hair, …
LOL
These adverts are on the walls in Penn Station, to amuse while waiting for the train. ‘Cute guy on the subway was checking out the map behind you.'[if you happen to sit in front of the subway map… then when someone across the aisle tries to read it, it is as if they are intently …
Fun and Free
Went with a friend last night to the second floor of the Hilton Hotel on 6th Avenue where every 20 minutes another music or dance performance was taking place. The venue was the APAP [Association of Performing Arts Presenters] Showcase 2012. What a wonder! Of course we saw the Dana Leong Trio: electric cello, guitar, …
Chance Meeting
I stared at the ends of his shawl, the tassels were woven with beautiful threads. It was hanging below his jacket, just about eye level to me where I sat on the subway. The car was crowded, so he was rather close, hanging onto the rail above. My fascination with the textile quality of this …
More Than Meets the Eye
The shop draws you in. On a main street in SoHo. Flat against the store-front window glass are bolts of fabric, newspaper clippings and photos. But it is a peak in the open door seeing the vibrant colors and the draped fabrics and ruffles and pleats that begs you enter. Once inside the feeling is …
It All Looks the Same
It’s a lovely upscale nail salon staffed by women from China. There are no younger women, the technicians are all of a certain age. They have given themselves Western sounding names… Grace, Marie, Mary, Susie, and a Jully. Each woman wears a name tag and the letters on the tags are in a square font. …
5th Avenue
One way to experience the Retail Christmas Season is hailing a cab at the Plaza Hotel at 12:30 am and driving south on 5th Avenue, hitting the wave of green lights and thus, not having quite enough time to look both right and left to take in the lights and sights. Your ride begins passing …
Shoes
Consciously noting the shoes on the feet around, in front of, and beside me, is thought provoking. Ballet-type slippers on girls with nimble feet, leopard print flats on sleek, hair-helmeted blondes of a certain age, gucci fabric loafers on moms in tight jeans with four year olds in tow, florescent green soles on sport shoes …