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Brooklyn style is eclectic, creative, and distinct from neighborhood to neighborhood. It's not about chasing labels. It is stylish on its own terms, and it's about dressing for real life. Brooklyn Street Style: The No-Rules Guide to Fashion explores what has made the borough a global fashion mecca and presents style advice from a host of Brooklyn tastemakers. This diverse crew of notable women in the design, fashion, food, and entertainment worlds includes style expert Mary Alice Stephenson, Girls costume designer Jenn Rogien, Urban Bush Babes blogger Cipriana Quann, Sleigh Bells's singer/beauty-industry activist Alexis Krauss, and award-winning actor/playwright Eisa Davis. Chapters distill what's happening in the borough todayfrom the maker movement to eco-conscious fashionwith more than 175 striking street-style photographs. Full of suggestions for both visitors and locals alike, the book's Brooklyn Guide offers a curated listing of the essential shops, markets, restaurants, and bars.

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Publié par	ABRAMS BOOKS
Date de parution	08 septembre 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781613128169
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	11 Mo

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Yara Flinn of Nomia in Williamsburg
Jessica Richards, owner of Shen beauty boutique, ties an Herm s belt over her Marni skirt in Red Hook s Louis Valentino, Jr., Park and Pier. The mural, Some Walls Are Invisible , is by Groundswell, a youth-based organization dedicated to public art for social change.
Contents
Introduction What Is Brooklyn Style?
1. Make Your Own Rules
Interlude Mixing Prints
2. Mix It Up
3. Dress for Life
Interlude Shoes
4. Wear Your Tribe
Interlude Hats
5. Wear Your Conscience
6. Make It Yourself
7. Don t Fuss
Interlude Beauty
8. Embrace the World
Interlude Accessories
9. Have Some Fun
Interlude Headwear
10. Love the Street
Postscript Style Knows No Age
Brooklyn Guide
Thank-Yous
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
I n 1990 there were rumblings about Brooklyn s ascension to global style capital. The media were buzzing about the nascent art and music scenes in Williamsburg. Dank warehouse parties and dark makeshift bars warranted frequent visits to the neighborhood.
Still, if anyone had said, In the twenty-first century, women will pay one hundred dollars for yoga pants with lemon in the name, and a store dedicated to such yoga pants will sell them on Brooklyn s Smith Street, it would have seemed absurd. Back then, Smith Street was to be avoided for its dodgy storefronts and illicit activities happening on corners and in back rooms on behalf of drug lords or the mob.
By 2000, Smith Street was coined Brooklyn s Restaurant Row, and you d happily go there for a good French meal at the pioneer restaurant Patois. Even devoted Manhattanites started to brave the F or L subway lines to the outer borough for dinner out in Brooklyn-something that was still all a new adventure, with maybe the exception of a historic visit to Williamsburg s Peter Luger Steakhouse or Lundy s seafood restaurant in Sheepshead Bay.

A D tacher designer Mona Kowalska and her daughter, Claire Linn, share a moment on their Clinton Hill block. Kowalska, a master of the layered look, wears a vintage fur coat over an A D tacher front-tie cotton dress, RRL jeans, and Isabel Marant suede heels. Linn, a student at the Art Institute of Chicago, wears her own vintage finds with A D tacher leggings.
Who knew that so many of us reside, in our mind s eye, in some hipper-than-hip outpost of Brooklyn?
- Anna Wintour , Vogue
Brooklyn s food revolution had yet to catch fire. Once it did, the borough s gastronomic fanaticism captured the attention of trendsetters who hadn t already converted to the church/synagogue of Brooklyn via Spike Lee, Erykah Badu, Paul Auster, or the Beastie Boys. Ultimately, some combination of art, music, food, and cheap rent (the siren song for artists, musicians, and chefs) propelled Brooklyn to the center of the fashionable world, at least in the mind s eye, as Anna Wintour declared.
Based on the astronomical coffee and real estate prices, new boutiques and boutique hotels, the sound of jackhammers ricocheting across the borough, and the three-Michelin-starred Chef s Table at Brooklyn Fare, we can say that the borough s star is still rising. People the world over look to Brooklyn as a beacon of design, art, pop culture, and fashion. This is not your grandmother s Brooklyn, however, or even the dustier, more economical Brooklyn of a decade ago.
We say this as lifelong New Yorkers. Our writer, Anya, a third-generation Brooklynite and cultural reporter, has watched the Brooklyn phenomenon happen from Brooklyn itself. During the 1980s, her mother owned two vintage clothing stores on Park Slope s Seventh Avenue. Our designer and project editor, Shawn, has been working on photography, fashion, and style books for almost as long as the twenty-five years she has lived in New York. An excellent seamstress, she often makes her own clothes. Fashion, beauty, and portrait photographer Sioux Nesi lives on Brooklyn s Smith Street and has photographed many iconic women, including Oprah Winfrey, Marianne Faithfull, and Tracee Ellis Ross. Sioux s work appears in magazines and advertising campaigns worldwide.
In creating Brooklyn Street Style , we wanted to explore how Brooklyn came to be so influential to fashion and style and portray it with authenticity. The center of alternative-youth culture is no longer Williamsburg, which instead is now Brooklyn s version of a luxury district with swanky shops, restaurants, and the boutique Wythe Hotel. That energy and edgy fashion have pushed their nexus south and east to Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Crown Heights. At the same time, the adjacent neighborhoods of Brownsville and East New York are still among the poorest areas of the city, despite the influx of capital just a few miles away. Brooklyn is a complex living place.
A sense of confidence grows on a person when they re living in Brooklyn. It just happens, because you see other people wearing what they want to wear boldly, just blatantly expressing themselves. And you think to yourself, Why not? Why can t I dress in my own version of that boldness?
- Eniola Dawodu , designer

Fearless dressing is a sign of Brooklyn pride. Everyday People events organizer Saada Ahmed perfects a vivid yellow Zara suit that she had tailored. Ahmed was photographed at the South African restaurant Madiba, which has been a Fort Greene mainstay for nearly twenty years.
Brooklyn is a great canvas for self-expression.
- April Hughes , stylist
The layered, eclectic, and cultural nature of Brooklyn is what makes it interesting and nurtures innovation. We chose the women in these pages-among them a boxer, butcher, DJ, designer, florist, and boutique owner-for how they embody Brooklyn. We looked to them to explain what Brooklyn style is about. And guess what? These chicest, hippest, coolest of women say that anyone can create their own Brooklyn style from any zip code. Brooklyn style is an acceptance of yourself and the daring to be and wear whatever that may be, independent of what is currently considered fashionable. The most stylish women of Brooklyn are from different countries and neighborhoods. They don t wear the same thing or look the same way. Their most common trait is that they are individualistic, comfortable in their own shoes (or sneakers, or boots, or wedges . . .). With that in mind, who doesn t want to be very Brooklyn, regardless of where you re at?

Dossier Journal creative director and photographer Skye Parrott wears mid-waist flared Marc Jacobs jeans. The low-rise skinny cut was fashion s favorite for several years, but in true Brooklyn spirit Parrott mixes it up.
I n this borough of 2.6 million people from all over the globe, there is no singular Brooklyn style. One woman in black skinny jeans and a Rag Bone T-shirt crosses paths with someone sporting offbeat thrift-store threads. The woman standing next to her wears loose layers in neutral tones. And next to her is someone in a vibrant head-to-toe mix of prints. You are as likely to see one style as the other, all within the same city block.
Particular style absolutes that are true elsewhere do not hold up in Brooklyn. White jeans and white dresses in winter are chic. Black and navy pair beautifully. Clogs and sneakers go with everything. Yet, this is not eccentricity for the sake of it. It is well considered, by design. The doyenne of this Brooklyn style is Jennifer Mankins, owner of the borough s small boutique chain Bird. A native of Texas and a Brooklynite since 1999, Mankins has a signature smile that projects her warm Southern vibe. Her bespectacled beauty- she s always found in round Selima Optique blue or red frames-comes off rather Annie Hall, but if Annie had loosened up on a trip to Rajasthan, come back dressed in layers of colorful patterns, and then thrown one of her vests over it all.
I love color, print, textiles, patterns, Mankins says. So I m not your typical stylist wearing black and navy and taking herself and her fashion too seriously. My stores were born out of that, too.
In New York City fashion circles, Mankins (now a Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, dweller) is revered for elevating her arty look and helping to define the Brooklyn aesthetic in the process. She favors all kinds of dresses, peasant-style blouses or tunics, and something she calls the soft pant, which often has an elastic waist and is made of a forgiving fabric, perhaps something in a silk crepe.
At Bird, you will not find anything too tailored, too girlie, or intentionally coordinated. Instead, clothes drape on a woman s form. Colors and patterns reign. Caftans, capes, jumpsuits, and vests are in heavy rotation on the racks. Mankins choice of designers leans toward a look that is cool: the masculine appeal of Rachel Comey, the exquisite simplicity of Maria Cornejo, or anything from bohemian-spirited Isabel Marant. But, above all, pieces must be comfortable and fit with your life.
There are no dos or don ts. Enjoy everything. Love wearing sequins during the day or wearing things that aren t typical. Why have beautiful, special things and only wear them one time? Just wear them. Nothing is going to happen to them. It s OK.
- Jennifer Mankins , boutique owner, Bird

Jennifer Mankins layers on New York designers: Selima Optique glasses, Lizzie Fortunato necklaces, a Rachel Comey jean jacket, and a Zero + Maria Cornejo dress.
If we talk about the ideal in this neighborhood, maybe it s more important to have a nice bike than a high-fashion item. Or, you can have a designer handbag on your bike. Or, you can have a crappy bike and a fancy dress. Or, you can have the opposite. There are no rules here.
- Sofia Hedstr m , fashion director, Women s Health (Sweden)
The word pragmatic is not a sexy fashion word, Mankins says. But there is something about living in Brooklyn-your style has to work and function. In Brooklyn, we re running around. We re jumping on the subway. We re constantly on the go. Until recently, it wasn t like you could put on yo