“In terms of style I typically veer toward a certain masculinity. My style inspirations range from images of my father in his 1970s suits, to Tilda Swinton, to Hugh Hefner, to Sharon Stone and her ferocious sexuality, to handsome men I see on the streets of New York.” MenInspirationCertainFatherTermStreetsStyleNew YorkStonesSexualitySuitsRangeMasculinityHandsomeSharonHandsome Men Author:Rachael Taylor
“I would say that I definitely play a different role with my style; I like to mix it up a bit according to wherever I am. I dress differently in New York, L.A., Paris and London.” DifferentPlayBitsRolesStyleNew YorkDressesLondonParis Author:Rachel Zoe
“London Fashion Week is so different from any of the others. Compared to the strictness in New York, London seems freer from commercial constraints. Truer to the process, to street style, to a sense of humour.” DifferentSeemsProcessWeekStreetsFashionStyleNew YorkHumourLondonConstraintsFashion Week Author:Alexa Chung
“West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York.” ImportantStoriesSidesStyleNew YorkDancingWestGangWest SideWest Side Story Author:Vincente Minnelli
“Canada is one of the few places left where the small decencies are observed. If, as a young man, I was scornful of the country because we always seemed so far behind style-setting New York, I now thank God for the cultural lag. Ours, after all, is the good neighbourhood. A society well worth preserving.” IfsMenWellsCountryYoungLeftBehindsStyleNew YorkSettingSettingsYoung ManCanadaThank GodDecencyLagNeighbourhoods Author:Mordecai Richler
“If properly dried and trimmed, New York-style pizza could be used to make a box for Chicago-style pizza. I love a slice when I'm in NYC, but it's like eating a Slim Jim compared with a filet mignon. One slice of Gino's East stuffed sausage pizza is a bigger meal than an entire New York pie.” IfsUsedStyleNew YorkEatingBiggerBoxesEastMealsChicagoPiePizzaSausageSlimNycFilet Mignon Author:Nick Offerman
“I started my blog as an online diary. I moved to New York for a job, and I kind of wanted to keep my pictures all in one place. Also, I just love style blogs and wanted to join in on the fun!” KindWantedJobsFunStyleNew YorkMovedOnlineDiariesBlogs Author:Ashley Madekwe
“Big Star invented a vision of bohemian rock & roll cool that had nothing to do with New York, Los Angeles or London, which made them completely out of style in the 1970s, but also made them an inspiration to generations of weird Southern kids.” MadeBigsInspirationKidsStarsVisionGenerationsRocksStyleNew YorkLondonLos AngelesSouthernBohemian Author:Rob Sheffield
“I think me leaving Detroit shaped my style. Me leaving, going to New York, going to L.A. and seeing what they were doing there. I think that inspired me more than what people were doing back home.” PeopleThinkingHomeSeeingStyleNew YorkInspiredLeavingBack HomeDetroit Author:Danny Brown
“While I'm working on a book, I rarely read anything more than The New York Times. Which may have the long-term effect of flattening my style.” MayLongBookTermEffectsStyleNew YorkLong TermNew York Times Author:Norman Mailer
“As a young kid I was in love with breakdancing. I practiced the uprock style, which is a battle style of dance that looks like fighting. It comes from the gangs in New York in the 1960s and '70s. It's beautiful, almost like a martial art, and it can be funny, too, because you make fun of each other.” LooksArtKidsBeautifulYoungFightingFunStyleNew YorkBattleMartial ArtsGang1960sBreakdancing Author:Jose Parla
“How does the [New York] Times treat White pathology? They reported an epidemic of heroin addiction in the Philadelphia suburbs. which included emergency admissions and overdoses; these White people in the suburbs were doing heroin like it was going out of style. I counted the words: the article consisted of 200 words. "Heroin Epidemic" in the back section. Out here in California, the typical drug addict is a housewife or suburban White woman.” PeopleDoeWhiteStyleNew YorkDrugTreatsAddictionCaliforniaArticlesGoing OutTypicalSectionsAddictEmergenciesNew York TimesSuburbsEpidemicsHeroinHousewifePhiladelphiaAdmissionDrug AddictPathologyOverdoseHeroin Addiction Author:Ishmael Reed
“I like the fact that I can rep New York, but my style does not - I'm not trapped in a New York thing. I can do art songs with other artists and it's seamless.” DoeArtI CanFactsArtistSongCan DoStyleNew YorkTrappedSeamless Author:Talib Kweli
“I love jezebel.com for the latest on fashion, style, and celebrity gossip. I also love gawker.com for New York celebrity sightings, and galleycat.com and trashionista.com for book news.” BookFashionStyleNew YorkNewsGossipFashion StyleCelebrity GossipJezebel Author:Meg Cabot
“When I did get married, and specifically after I got married and the New York Times style section featured my wedding in the vows column, which is really traditionally kind of seen as an elitist column, and it is, but I was happy to be in it. I thought it was good that they were covering a feminist wedding.” KindStyleNew YorkMarriedFeministSectionsVowCoveringColumnsNew York TimesElitist Author:Jessica Valenti
“Downtown New York, I'm within certain styles of music and I'm also within certain cultural, you know, and literary context. So DJ Spooky was meant to be a kind of ironic take on that. It was always meant to be kind of a criticism and critique of how downtown culture would separate genres and styles because it was ambiguous. You couldn't fit it into anything and that was the point.” KnowsCertainStyleNew YorkDowntown Author:DJ Spooky
“In New York, it's a little bit more formal, a little bit more decorated, and there's a real appreciation for traditional style. Out here, it's casual, fresh, new, and almost humble.” LittlesRealBitsStyleNew YorkLittle BitAppreciationHumbleTraditionalFormalCasual Author:James Pearse Connelly