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HARLEM MAGIC
November 12, 2009
What? Did you think we had died or something. Please. We have merely been spending the past three (okay four) months packing up our atelier (okay virtual atelier) and schlepping it 3000 miles across the great, vast USA from San Francisco to New York. There have been postal addresses to change, brownstones to furnish, and closets to fill (seasons!), and our new nabe to celebrate—Harlem, USA. Besides, if you make yourself scarce enough, people will take notice when you return. Wink. Wink. South Harlem’s Mount Morris Park Historic District is a bastion of new inspiration and a delight to call home. So, gents (and lady gents), when you are next in New York, be sure to make it Uptown. Don’t believe the guide books or boring New Yorkers who tell you not to venture past 86th street (and, especially ignore those passe fools who believe the only culture to be had is below 14th) because Uptown is in the throes of a new Renaissance. Just keep that information on the downlow–we don’t wish to spread the magic too thin. Suit by Harlem resident extraordinaire and designer-to-watch Jose Duran, overcoat by Haversack General Garments (via oki-ni.com), Bolan Boot by Fiorentini+Baker (Gimme Shoes), Heattech Turtle Neck in Brown (Uniqlo), Fred Perry Trilby Hat (via oki-ni.com), and keep an eye on Harlem’s fashion-forward with N Boutique, slated to open this winter at 171 Lennox Ave. For inspiration, check out art by Harlem Renaissance descendent Romare Bearden (his Illusionist at 4pm from 1967 pictured above).
November 13th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Great post! Male-Mode has missed you!
November 13th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Thanks, Cillian!