Whew that was a lot of photos, including two outfits you haven’t seen before. Hope you liked it!
New York Fall Photo Diary
Whew that was a lot of photos, including two outfits you haven’t seen before. Hope you liked it!
Whew that was a lot of photos, including two outfits you haven’t seen before. Hope you liked it!
The Other Black Dress
This is my original black jersey Alexander Wang dress from the F/W 2010 collection. I hugely regret not buying more of this collection. I don’t know what I was thinking. I clearly was not because I’m still trying to track down pieces of that collection.
I actually like this dress better than my other one, but I wear it less. This one always seemed a little bit fancier to me. I love the built-in scarf– so many ways to wear it, and it’s also just fun to play with. This is the first time I’ve worn something over this dress. It turned out much better than I thought it would, so I’ll have to style it again with one of my other black sweater things.
Francesca’s Collections open cardigan, Alexander Wang dress, MIA boots (DSW.com).
Other ways I’ve worn this dress:
Old and New Things on my Vanity
Are you guys tired of seeing my face? Sometimes I get tired of seeing my face… I have way too many photos, most of them of myself.
My father found this old Polaroid and now it keeps some of my jewelry company. It apparently takes a three volt battery. I don’t even know what that looks like. One day I’m going to dust it off, put it together, and see if I can get this thing to work.
Getting Lost in the Park
The black dress appears again! This is not really one of my better or more interesting looks. I just decided on something easy. And I’m notorious for wearing sleeveless things even in the dead of winter. I’m not really in a park– it’s Stuyvesant Town. Stuyvesant Town is a pretty old development so the trees are very tall, like in all the older parks in New York. Hardly any of the city is visible, so it barely even feels like Manhattan. It’s interesting to step off the street and immediately be somewhere so quiet.
And okay, seriously… you see all those green trees? It’s barely even fall. But yeah, these photos are from October.
Later on after I got lost in the park I met Nnenna to take some photos before having pho for dinner. We went inside the courtyard of St. Mark’s Church. It’s not a high traffic area and a good place for a photoshoot.
On Alex: London Fog trench, Alexander Wang dress, Target boots, Martine’s Dream scarf (Brooklyn Flea), Longchamp bag.
On Nnenna: Target Trench and Tights, Forever 21 Dress (underneath), Steve Madden Flats, Lulu’s Bag.
Other ways I’ve worn this dress:
The Cove
Well look what I found during my recent journeys around New York.
All this time, and I had no idea Stuyvesant Cove Park was such a nice place to go.
There are even some well-cared for gardens. Berries on the bushes are one of the only visible signs that it’s fall in New York.
And there’s even a tiny beach. I would have gone down, but I don’t think I would have been able to get back up. One must leap the fence.
Gap blazer, H&M dress, LOFT belt, MIA (DSW.com) shoes, Longchamp bag.
City of Letters
Just a short post for today, I’ll be back with something a bit better tomorrow. If you follow me on Instagram (alexshook), you know that I’ve really been getting around New York. I’ve been in Williamsburg twice in the past month and DUMBO for the first time. I really can’t believe I’d never been in Brooklyn Bridge Park before.
I’ve been spending more time in Alphabet City as well. I don’t know how I’d never been there before last month either, especially because it’s so close to my neighborhood. It’s quite a good place to wander around, especially on a Sunday after a jaunt to Brooklyn Flea. Only one stop on the L.
It’s officially coat season in New York. London Fog trench, J.Crew blouse and skirt, Cole Haan shoes, Longchamp bag.
Manhattan from the East River Waterfront, Williamsburg.
