Fashion Week Street Style

Fashion Week Street Stylin’

Our street style photographer, Kate Seward a.k.a. The styley, took to the skreets of New York to

Capture What the Fashionistas Are Wearing to the See and Be Seen Shows.

Alix Brown

Ab: I’m a musician and a DJ. Ts: What instruments do you play? Ab: I play bass and drums. Rhythm section. Ts: Who’s your bass inspiration? Ab: Tina Weymouth, from Talking Heads, and JG Burnell from The Stranglers. Ts: Where can we come hear you perform next? Ab: Every Thursday night my friend Tennessee Thomas and I DJ at the Tribeca Grand. Ts: What’s the most stressful thing about your job? Ab: You have to hustle--you’re an artist, and artists know it’s a struggle. Living in New York, though, it’s easier than most places, because there are opportunities. Ts: What’s the best thing about your job?

Ab: I get to stay out late and sleep in. Ts: What’s an album that you’re into right now? Ab: Tame Impala, Lonerism. They’re the best band to come out in the last ten years. Amazing. They restored my faith in music. They’re the real deal. They’re like the new Beatles. Their songwriting is that good. I said it.

Andrea Monica Hug

Amh: I’m a journalism student and photographer. I have a street blog called Chic in Zurich. Ts: Did you fly all the way here for this?

Amh: Yes, for Fashion Week. Ts: What’s your favorite part so far? Amh: Yesterday I saw Sarah Jessica Parker and Drew Barrymore, and I met many of the bloggers that I’ve been following online for years. Ts: How would you describe your style?

Amh: I try to mix it up a little bit. I try to mix elegant with sporty, and I try to mix materials like leather and knitted sweaters. Ts: What inspired you to start your blog?

Amh: I really admire Scott Schuman, The Sartorialist. There are so many well-dressed people in Zurich, and nobody’s taking their picture. So I thought, “I have to do something like that.” I also love photography, and yesterday I met Scott Schuman and got a picture of him. It was the goal of my whole trip, and it happened on the first day of Fashion Week. Amh: Be grateful every day.

Anthony Urbano

Au: My boyfriend and I have a personal style menswear blog called Closet Freaks Blog. I’m covering the shows, trying to see as much menswear as I can before I have to go to work. Ts: What’s your day job?

Au: I’m a structural engineer. Ts: What’s the connection? Personal style blogger, structural engineer? Not a natural fit.

Au: I’ve always been into personal style. When my boyfriend and I moved in together, we started sharing clothes and thought it would be fun to start a blog about it. A year later, we’re getting invites to shows, so here we are. Ts: What are you seeing on the runways that you’re psyched to try out?

Au: I’ve seen a lot of color-blocking and stripes. Vertical stripes and zipper details. I’m also seeing a lot of drop-crotch pants--”drapey,” as some people call it--and that’s something that’s out of my comfort zone, but I’m seeing it on models and I’m really liking it, so I’m looking forward to trying it. Ts: What advice do you have for people who are trying to define their personal style?

Au: Stick to what you like and then ref ine it in terms of f it f irst. It can be simple jeans and a button-down, and as long as it’s tailored, as long as it f its well, it will look good.

Julia Jacobson

Jj: I run an online marketplace that connects consumer demand to emerging brand supply. It’s called NMRKT. Ts: So you just went to see Richard Chai. What did you think?

Jj: I thought it was very post-World War II. Very industrial. Greys and military greens--very pretty. Some peplums and some Fifties silhouettes. It was great. Ts: Are peplums a style that you rock?

Jj: I don’t do the peplum, but people love it, and I support it, so I like seeing it. Ts: You enjoy it visually.

Jj: Exactly ts: How would you describe your style? Jj: I don’t really follow trends. I like what I like. I’m a little bit eccentric, unique. Ts: You dig leather I see. Leather hat, leather jacket, leather pocketbook, leather pants.

Jj: (Laughs). Yes. Ts: How would you describe your style as a person, in life? Jj: I think I’m just a little giggly and crazy and all over the place, which is style and personality.

Rene Garza

Ts: So, what do you do? Rg: I’m a fashion and celebrity stylist. Ts: How does one become such a thing? Rg: For me it happened by accident. I was studying fashion design, and photographers asked me to come style shoots, and I just ended up doing more styling than design. Ts: So for someone who wanted to do what you do, what is a piece of advice you would give them?

Rg: Just do it. When you don’t know what can go wrong, that’s the best time because you don’t know you can fail. You’re fearless. The older we get, the more we’re afraid to try things, because we know what can happen. Ts: How would you describe your sartorial sensibility?

Rg: My style changes a lot, but it’s usually pretty dark. Usually black. I experimented with color a little last season, in London, but I’m back in New York, so it’s pretty much all black. I work a lot, so I don’t really have time to be fabulous. I go for comfort. I go with things that are easy, more structured. Ts: How would you describe your style in a broader sense?

Who are you in the world? Rg: I’m really trying to live in the moment. And I’ve really been a lot happier.

Mitchell Drinkwater

Md: I live in Portland, OR. I work at the Mark Woolley Gallery as a creative intern. My friend is covering Fashion Week for Societe Perrier, so I’m hopping events with her. It’s a blast. Ts: How does your work in art affect your fashion sense? Are they related in some way?

Md: They are. Fashion is art you can wear around town. Pick your palette. Find colors that you like. Architecture and cut are really important, as well as the way it feels. Ts: I love that you used the word “architecture” just now.

Md: Def initely. Of course, being here in the city is so inspiring.

Md: Be present. Be there in the situation. As the Tao always says, “Be like water.”

Solange Franklin

SF: I work for Giovanna Battaglia. She’s a contributing editor at W, and we also do freelance work for Vogue Japan. Ts: How did you get that job, given that everybody probably wants it?

SF: Persistence. Meeting the right people, and being prepared at the right time. Ts: Did you always want to go into fashion?

SF: Yes, I was always interested in fashion, but I didn’t think of it as a career, given where I grew up (Iowa). I was pre-med in college. When I graduated, I had done an equal number of pre-med internships and fashion internships. I felt like I couldn’t start doing fashion at 40, whereas I felt like I could go to med school at 40 if I really wanted to. So I tried fashion, and it was a great f it. Ts: What’s your favorite thing about your job?

SF: Working with the inspiring people that I get to see everyday on set. Ts: Do you get to travel?

SF: Yes. I went to London, Paris, I went to Moscow right before Christmas. I’m very happy. SF: Eat good food.