Tag: street style

wearing his heart on his sleeve

I’ve written a lot about my love for all-black outfits that feature some kind of eye-popping accent. Shadowy clothes with a weird detail say, “I can’t be bothered to think about colors but you’d better not think I’m boring,” or “I’m dark, but not that depressing.” Sometimes the detail …

In our weekly ‘Art of Style’, Kit Mills sketches two mysterious elderly women, sauntering through the East Village wearing matching zig-zags.

Kit Mills spots a woman in a sensational backless dress and big floppy hat in an unexpected place—the West 4th Street subway station.

Kit Mills spots a gold onesie on an otherwise professional-looking woman probably on her way back to the office after a coffee break in NYC. Is this the future of business-casual?

In this week’s Art of Style column, Kit Mills illustrates a spring trend with puckish charm: the cuffed pant leg.

Art School Cute Weirdo is a definite “type,” but they come in infinite variations and color varieties. Kit Mills illustrates an example of this curious species.

Kit Mills has a Baudelairian moment, spotting a girl in polka dots passing quickly through a crowd near Gramercy Park.

 I like American music, do you like American music?

I’m not trying to capitalize on the spirit of Independence Day. This is an actual human I saw on the subway (probably the F, probably in Brooklyn) a few weeks ago, way before Fourth of July festivities kicked off. There’s something to be said for …