6 THINGS WE'VE LEARNED FROM NEW YORK

From thirty degrees back to twelve in six hours, that's quite a switch. But even though New York is super cool (and thus wonderfully warm), it's always nice to be home and think about what New York has taught us this time.

BYOB

That's a new little word that makeup artist Dominique Samuëls whispered to me. BYOB stands for Bring Your Own Booze. Ideal, because in New York you think you're getting a bottle when you order wine for twenty dollars, but the reality teaches (and we have extensively tested this) that you just get a glass. Restaurants with BYOB are therefore a blessing although honesty compels me to say that we did not visit these restaurants this time, but were firmly attached to goed oude Morandi and The Standard.

Russia Rules

Of course, Dutch girls are still the queens of the catwalk (Maartje Verhoef, Imaan Hammam, Julie Hoomans, Lauren de Graaf, Vera van Erp, Marte Mei van Haaster), but the largest delegation came again from Russia. The Irinas, Waleskas, and Ankas were truly everywhere.

Multicultural on the catwalk

Not only were multiple cultures a theme, we also saw a lot of coloured girls on the catwalk. Especially DvF and Tommy Hilfiger showcased a beautiful palette of different ethnic streams. Are we finally going to learn with dark girls on the catwalk? Who knows, maybe that hip size will eventually go down to 90 centimeters.

Under the spell of kale (still)

Kale chips, kale shakes, kale ice cream; think of something and it's there with kale.

New York is really more fun in September than in winter

In February it was -25, now plus 28 and I can tell you, we liked that much better. A little tapping in the garden of The High Line Hotel, biking to Soho, running in a tank top to the East River or having a cocktail on the rooftop terrace of the Wythe Hotel (pronounced: Whit and not Wait), it was all so comfortable and pleasant.

The helicopter has competition

All nice and well, that helicopter flight over the skyline. According to Jet and Liesbeth (and they should know), the trip with the Beast (a 90 km per hour raging monster that tears across the Hudson) was even more impressive. And cheaper. Think hard dance music, a boat that screams across the water with the Statue of Liberty on the right and the skyline on the left. You just have to not mind getting wet.