6 things we learned from new york

Switching from thirty degree weather to twelve within a six-hour time frame is quite an adjustment. And though New York is extremely cool (and currently very nice and warm), it’s always great to be homebound and to remember all the things that New York taught us this time around.

BYOB

I learnt this new word from makeup artist Dominique Samuëls. BYOB stands for Bring Your Own Booze. Very ideal cause ordering a bottle of wine in New York comes with quite a hefty price tag. You might think you’re ordering a twenty dollar bottle, but reality taught us, that that is merely the price for one glass. Restaurants that allow BYOB are therefore a heaven sent, albeit, we didn’t visit any of these places during our stay in the city since we were glued to the seats of good old Morandi and The Standard.

Russia Rules

Evidently the Dutch girls are still the queens of the runway (Maartje Verhoef, Imaan Hammam, Julie Hoomans, Lauren de Graaf, Vera van Erp, Marte Mei van Haaster), but this time around, the biggest heard of beaut’s came from Russia. The Irina’s, Waleska’s and the Anka’s were everywhere.

Multicultural runways

Culture wasn’t the only theme we saw during NYFW, the runways were (finally) filled with girls of all colors. Especially DvF and Tommy Hilfiger had beautiful color pallets from various ethnic backgrounds. Have we finally learned to add more dark skinned girls on the runway? Who knows, maybe the hip confection size will finally rise to at least 90 centimeters.

(still) mesmerized by kale

Kale chips, kale shakes, kale ice cream; pretty much anything you can think of with kale.

New York in september is way more fun than in the winter

Back in February we dealt with a treacherous -25 degrees, and this time around were greeted with a humbling 28 degrees. Typing away in The High Line Hotel garden, cycling through Soho, jogging to the top of the East River or drinking a cocktail on the Wythe Hotel’s roof terrace (pronounced Whit and not Wait). It was all so comfortable and amiable.

the helicopter has competition

It’s great and all, flying above the New York skyline in a helicopter. But according to our editors Liesbeth and Jet, jetting across the Hudson on the Beast (at about 90km an hour) is even more impressive. And cheaper. Music blaring, passing by Lady Liberty. As long as you don’t mind getting wet.