In the end of the day, tired of fruitless searching, I was walking somewhere on 14th Street near the

New York, New York…. Sexy, dirty, inspiring, energizing… As you know, recently I went to New York. My boyfriend attended a programming conference, and I tagged along. The conference hold place in Manhattan, so we stayed close to it in an AirBnb apartment. My NYC plans included some shopping, enjoying city and of course doing fashion photoshoots. I did two, and here I will show you the first one.
In this outfit I wanted to create an effortless yet ultra modern look. I combined a coral fluffy coat with a black vintage top, bold black and white pants and a pair of Jeffrey Campbell booties. The vintage top was the same one I wore in one of my Christmas outfits . It is a perfect basic item that goes well with the majority of my clothes. It was made in late 80s or early 90s by a Montreal company in Montreal, and I feel good thinking that I wear a piece of Canadian fashion history.
The coral fluffy coat, I actually brought it with me from Montreal in my suitcase. It took maybe a third of the space in my suitcase, but I so vividly fancied strolling in it on the NYC streets that I could not just not take it with me.
As of the booties, I bought these ones the day before in one of the small boutiques in Manhattan next to the Union Square. Below in the post I will tell you the story about how I bought them almost by accident.
How To Get The Look Coral faux fur coat: Urban Outfitters ( a working link for my Quebec friends ) Ankle booties: Jeffrey Campbell ( similar rue 21 , a cheaper alternative ) Black velvet top: vintage ( similar ) Black and white geometric pattern cigarette trousers: Forever 21 ( similar , similar rue 21 )
We did this photoshoot on the street right in front of our AirBnb apartment. The black-n-white picture below was actually taken in the little space under the stairs of the apt building. The space had concrete walls and metal bars on the window that gave it a distinctive look of the urban slums. I have a soft spot for such places, so I could not miss an opportunity to take photos there.
I also did a few shots of the neighbourhood. We stayed in the area that was 5 min away by foot from the Union Square, and it was pretty hip and at the same time crowded and cramped. You can see snow on the streets, and indeed the winter in NYC is almost as cold as in Montreal (ok, maybe here in Mtl we have more snow). However, on the day of the photoshoot I got lucky: It was above zero, warm enough to wear a fur coat on top of a tank top.
In fact I wanted to take sexy pictures with a bit of skin showing off. But the weather forced me to cover up. So, instead of undressing outside, I undressed inside! I took a few provocative self portraits wearing nothing else but a vintage slip and posted them on my Instagram (yep, you can totally follow me on IG. and I will follow back ;)
Every time I go to the US, I go shopping, and in most cases I buy shoes. Every fashionista from Montreal knows how disappointing the choice of footwear is in our stores, while few styles that are available cost a pretty penny. Given that, I could not miss yet another opportunity to extend rue 21 my shoe collection for less.
I made a list of Manhattan stores that sell the boots I was interested in (mainly Jeffrey Campbell and T.U.K. Shoes) and planned to visit them all. However, after visiting rue 21 a few, I got greatly disappointed. Despite the fact that the brands had sales in their online stores, the local “independent” stores did not want to keep up with it and had the prices unchanged. I did not want to pay the full price, so I left buying nothing. Some of the stores on my list were actually closed – right, I was not the only one who knows how to find good deals on the Internet. rue 21
In the end of the day, tired of fruitless searching, I was walking somewhere on 14th Street near the Union Square when I saw yet another shoe store. Its window rue 21 was showing off a pair of pretty JC booties. I came in, and a nice girl greeted me. I looked around and noticed that the shelves in the back had some pieces of paper attached to them. The numbers hand written on the paper suggested that the racks had shoes on sale, so I headed right there. The back shelves contained mostly the summer shoes I was not interested in, so I turned to the girl and asked her: “Do you have any other JC on sale?” Gosh, was it a simple question to answer. But the girl just mumbled something incomprehensible and turned away. O-o-ok, you do not want to help me… I wandered about a bit more, failed rue 21 to find anything exciting and headed toward the door. Then I saw a bootie standing on the shelf next to the door, probably the one I noticed from outside earlier, and the bootie had a white label attached to the heel. On the label there were two prices, and both looked appealing. I asked the girl which price was valid. She did not know and went to ask the cashier guy. Turned out the booties were on sale for $90. Nice! Let