WEST SIDE STORY

a collection of photos featuring the city i've called home for almost 10 months.

my first i <3 NY bag.. i turned it into a shirt, obviously.


spotted @ my first NY fashion week, another stylista with my vintage chanel bag



central park in the winter knows best

st patricks day parade " if all the cops are here.."


finally saw my favorite painting in person @ the MET


my favorite nyc building, the chrysler



on top of the world

zing zang zoom, i <3 the circus


wall street pillow fight



day dreams on the brooklyn bridge


someone was bored in brooklyn


america, the beautiful


@ MET

 

marilyn lives on in meatpacking


einstien knows best


midtown for peace


lady liberty

 

tavern on the green




a very short, but beautiful spring


"A woman with good shoes is never ugly" - Coco Chanel

 
scoping out the sunshine at central park

 dead man walking loving


fly away with me


bonjur brooklyn


olive brooklyn




shadows cast in the brightest of lights


goodnight nyc

grand central

 

 my secret garden

 

magical summer

 

greenwhich village


lovers in central park

 

snow leopard @ the central park zoo


strawberry fields forever


construction site of hearts

mini messages in my neighborhood

 

meatpacking

 

roof top @ my first nyc apt

 

no, hes not.


alice in new york city

xx Lola

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DESIGNER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Abaeté: Ah-bye-ah-tay

Alejandro Ingelmo: Allay-handro In-gel-mo

Andrew Gn: Andrew Jen (rhymes with “pen”)

Andy Thê-Anh: An-dee Tay-Ann

Anya Hindmarch: Ahn-ya Heind-march

Arthur Mendonça: Ar-thur Men-doe-sa

Badgley Mischka: Badge-lee Meesh-ka

Bebe: Bee-bee

Bottega Veneta: Bo-tega Ven-e-ta

Bulgari: Ball-gah-ree

Burberry Prorsum: Bur-bur-ree Pror-some

Carolina Herrera: Caro-leena Hair-era

Cesare Paciotti: Che-sah-ray Pah-cho-tee

Chaiken: Chay-ken

Charriol: Sha-ree-ol

Christian Louboutin: Loo-boo-tin (“tin” rhymes with the French word “vin”)

Dries Van Noten: Drees Van Know-ten

Ermenegildo Zegna: Er-men-a-geel-do Zen-ya

Gareth Pugh: Gareth Pew

Giles Deacon: Jy-els Dee-kin

Givenchy: Jhee-von-shee

Giambattista Valli: Gee-ahm-battista Valley

Hedi Slimane: Eddy Sli-mahn

Hermès: Air-mez

Hervé Léger: Air-vay Lay-jay

Joeffer Caoc: Joe-fur Kay-ock

Junya Watanabe: Joon-ya Wah-tah-nah-bay

Lanvin: Lon-vin(“vin” also rhymes with the French word for “wine”)

Loewe: Low-ev-ay

Louis Vuitton: Loo-ee Voo-ee-ton

Madame Gres: Madame Gray

Marchesa: Mar-kay-sa

Mainbocher: Maynbo-shay

Moschino: Mo-ski-no

Monique Lhullier: Mo-neek Loo-lee-ay

Narciso Rodriguez: Nar-siss-so Ro-dree-gez

Nicolas Ghesquière: Ni-co-la Guess-ki-air

Olivier Theyskens: Oli-vier Tay-skins

Pierre Cardin: Pee-air Car-dain

Proenza Schouler: Pro-enza Skool-er

Ralph Lauren: Ralph Lauren (as in Lauren the girl’s name, not Sophia Loren)

Rei Kawakubo: Ray Kah-wah-koo-bo

Rodarte: Ro-dart-tay

6267: Six-two-six-seven (not Sixty-two-sixty-seven)

Sonia Rykiel: Sonia Ree-kee-eel

Sophia Kokosalaki: So-fee-a Ko-ko-sah-lah-kee

Thakoon: Ta-koon

Thierry Mugler: Tee-air-ree Moog-lay

Tibi: Tbi (not Tee-bee)

Tocca: Toe-ka

Vionnet: Vee-oh-nay

Yohji Yamamoto: Yo-jee Ya-ma-mo-to

thanks to theblayreport , my old stomping grounds. 

XX Lola 

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xx Lola