Just Looking

Swedish girl with red hair standing in front of an aggressively colored wall, purple from Gina Tricot and a few other places. She’d already figured out how the hair and the purple and the wall would all work against each other. The colors didn’t fight.

Guy in a Forever 21 sweater, could be any age. Pretty sure he’s gay. That’s usually the moment someone’s actually paid attention to what they’re wearing, is all I’m saying.

Polish woman who described her style as Katy B feat. Ms. Dynamite and I immediately got what she meant. That jacket she had on was the punctuation mark on the whole thing.

Japanese girl in something expensive from ANAP, dressed like she operates on completely different fashion rules than the rest of us. Or maybe she just does anyway.

Some kid studying design at Saint Martins, eating a banana while we talked. Your brain goes somewhere immediately. Can’t help it.

Kadeem up in the Bronx wearing Cheap Monday and Uniqlo like it was the most important thing anyone could possibly do. He wasn’t thinking about it at all. That’s when it actually works.