Fashion Nation

So I was strolling through the Union Square craft market this afternoon when a well-dressed Japanese man stopped me and asked if I’d like to be photographed for a magazine article on street fashion.

Um, hi, me?!

I mean, really. I thought for sure they would be disappointed when they got a full-on look, but they were obsessed with my hat and bag. The hat’s a hot pink knit cap that looks like a cross between one of those Billburg newsy hats and a knit rastafarian cap. You may be familiar with it already. The bag is from YakPak, where my friend Esther works; I got it in exchange for modeling the new Levi’s line for the catalog. They loved it! The rest of the crap I was wearing was from H&M and thrift stores — a mix they could have spotted on any street corner in the East Village. But in Union Square, surrounded by bunch of tourists in fleeces from Old Navy, I must have somehow stood out.


6 Responses to “Fashion Nation”  

  1. 1 Kate

    How strange - I was there yesterday afternoon too - having trawled around the flea markets. Post holiday, some tea for sure!

  2. 2 Fran

    Hmm, some other people have told me they were trotting around that area at the same time, too. Why me with all of you fabulously stylish people there?!

  3. 3 ebin

    Fran = supermodel!

    Supercool. I hope they are sending you copies of the mag when it comes out.

    If you guys are in town for the holiday, holla. If not, I think I will end up at some kooky Christmas Eve party at Filter14.

  4. 4 Fran

    Ebin! I’m out on LI for the next few days, but we should catch up this weekend. I’ll ring you.