Island of Misfit Looks

The Story

Hi! It's me--Lindsay--writer, beauty enthusiast, and spoonie extraordinaire. Growing up as the daughter of a fashion executive, I have been immersed in the world of editorial artistry and trend my entire life. I have traveled the world with some of the best in the business and fell in love with the industry at a young age, which ultimately led me to pursuing a post-grad fashion career of my own.  Unfortunately, not long after moving to NYC to pursue those dreams, my professional aspirations were cut short by the culmination of ever-worsening health issues that had plagued me for most of my life. I was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE), and my life was over as I knew it.

I was too sick to work, so pushing myself to maintain a grueling, fast-paced schedule in the high-intensity NY fashion world was out of the question. I was immediately put on a variety of serious medication with debilitating side effects that changed me inside and out. My body changed, my skin changed, and my relationship with the outside world changed. 

  • Blog
  • About
  • Images
20130731_Trade 100_0196.jpg

SoHo, NYC

SoHo
November 09, 2013 by lindsay sustarsic in Streets

SoHo is home to the world’s greatest collection of cast-iron architecture. But more than that, SoHo is unique among New York’s neighborhoods for its classical French and Italian architectural designs. It simply doesn’t look like anywhere else, not even the neighboring West Village or Lower East Side. 

20130731_Trade 100_0202.jpg
20130731_Trade 100_0220.jpg
20130731_Trade 100_0229.jpg

For one thing, the colors are much more distinct in SoHo. They’re brighter. Perhaps that’s a reflection on the people living here. But for many of the cast-iron buiildings that give SoHo it’s unmistakable character, the reason for their bright coloring is actually pretty obvious: whenever you construct anything from wrought iron, it’s going to look like, well, wrought iron.

So the colors of SoHo as they’re known, or at least as they ought to be known, the colors that are just a street photographers dream come true (where else can you find so many amazing backdrops?), are actually the result of many, many coats of bright paints. And they light up a photo in ways even a flash cannot.

November 09, 2013 /lindsay sustarsic
Streets
  • Newer
  • Older

Powered by Squarespace