While Jakarta is having its own fashion week, in New York right on our independence day of August 17th, there was a street fashion show featuring collections from several stores and boutiques around Lower East Side (L.E.S). New York fashion week itself will be starting really soon in September. Lower East Side is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of New York City, home to numerous contemporary art galleries, independent designers’ boutiques, vintage stores, and hip restaurants and lounges.
( Photo courtesy of lowereastsideny.com)
This year, L.E.S. Fashion Flipside is going green *the theme that everyone seems to be having lately ;p*. The fashion show is mostly focusing on eco-friendly and vintage clothing from numerous local brands including David Owen’s Vintage, Kaight, Lolli By Reincarnation, Hairy Mary’s Vintage, Moo Shoes and fetish apparel from Demask.
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Eco chic is not the only theme on this event, the show also showcased collections from centennial stores like Orchard Corset, Zarin’s Fabrics and Harris Levy alongside cutting edge menswear from 20 Peacocks and Ted’s Formal Wear. Outrageous one of a kind design from Apollo Braun and House De Lux’s Free Your Ass jeans collection were also on display.
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This street fashion show was opened to the public. A runway was set in the middle of the street in the intersection of Orchard and Rivington streets. I came there by accident, trying to pick up my coat in a nearby alteration place. This event also provided an interactive beauty lounge with free eyebrow threading, beauty consultations by Make-up Mania, free massages and complimentary beverages by Fizzy Lizzy. Not to mention an array of Orchard Street merchants bringing their merchandise to the street. It looked like a typical Sunday street market but instead of having veggies and foods on display, this time was mostly clothing and accessories.
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Unfortunately most of the clothing shown on the show was not what I have expected from the beginning. But the crowd who gathered around the runway was the one that intrigued me the most. I love strolling around this neighborhood just to get styling and work-related inspirations, and especially watching the Lower East Siders in their individual fashion statement passing by. Each individual seems to have their very own Sartorialist moment and it was really tempting to take their snapshots. I wish I could get more photos of the Lower East Side’s street fashion, but sadly my hubby’s camera died shortly afterwards ;(
Sources and images courtesy of: bust.com, lowereastsideny.com Photos by ZA
Random Street snapshots around L.E.S
*click on thumbnails below to view more street style photos:
Rizal F.
Photographer
Jakarta citizens are getting more stylish nowadays and I will try my best to document the different styles with all of you here.
I'm just getting started, both in photography and in the fashion industry, so please be nice with me :)
Equipment: Canon 500D
wow looks like you had a fun day! and so much work put into this blog, keren, seneng deh buat kita cuci mata
artikel yang seruu sekali.
ga kebayang kalo fashion week kmrn di jalanan kaya gini. yang sedih panitianya atau modelnya yahhh….??
Dys..I love this picture heavy post..suka banget yang tulip pants with tank top, banyak juga yang pake tulip skirt or anything balloony sama tanktop gitu, lucu yaa. You should snap more streetstyle photos Dys..:)
wow, excellent snap shots
am enjoying every single of photo
lena, cresentia judith, hanzky, djoelia:
glad u enjoy this post 
iya niat abis niy.. as always i lovee posting tons of pics instead of writing ;p a single picture could speak a thousand word hehe 
hehe jd diniatin deh ngedit nya ;d walau asal crop mana kamera nya mati pas lg seru2 mau foto street style ;(
tenkyuuu temans2
han, iya niy dr dulu benernya pengen bgt foto2 streetstyle nya nuyok.. insyaallah niy bakal jadi bareng si purplerebel huntingnya.. setelah doi balik liburan paling
Thanks buat Blog yang ini .. everything is so cool keren bangett gue suka tiap potonya.. jadi inspirasi buat gue juga.. Go Street style! Love it so much!!
Wah bagus2 nih street stylenya.
Makasih yah DYS buat sharing the pics
aww….
dress nya lucu2…
waa seru sekali!!! DYS, if I were you, gua akan bawa kamera beserta batere cadangan plus chargerannya skalian dehh biar bisa motret banyak ahaha.. keren2 skali di sanaaaa!!!
I loove this entry, very thoughful. Thanks for sharing all the pics. I wish I was there….
keren2 sekali gayanyaaaa
dys…keren2 snapshot nya..
inspiring banget buat gw siy..
cool pic…!
very inspiring!
Yvonne, Durian, dsply, cheyqua, azeline, itie, rully: thankss so much temansx.. sebenarnya ms byk foto2 yg lbh seru esp yg street style, sayang bgt kesana jg ga sengaja niatnya ambil coat yg uda berbulan2 ga diambil dr winter ;p, ,jd ga siap kamera dan batre yg uda di charge
nxt time di usahakan lbh seru.. dhyta purplerebel yuksss hunting nya !!
this weekend, dys! kita poto2in tuh orang2 keren n aneh di NY hehehe…