Street Style in Brooklyn: “Every Time I’m Walking Down the Street, I’m like, ‘She Ate That’”

[Speaker 1] Brooklyn style is unique.

[Speaker 2] There s the huge renaissance of individuality.

[Speaker 1] very artistic and eclectic.

[Speaker 3] We re so like honest and free

with how we dress and you can really do whatever you want.

[electronic hip-hop]

My style is being classic and just comfortable.

I like to match her so my style is comfortable, as well.

Comfortable and fly.

I love my glasses because they remind me of me.

They look like a flower, and my name is Camilia.

They re definitely an expression of who I am.

Brooklyn style is experimental.

We have a whole bunch of artists, artisans, makers,

and the best way to express yourself without saying words

is through what you wear.

I m normally gravitated towards things

that have a little bit of texture,

and, like, that 3D element.

This is my baby, my little Coperni. [giggles]

It s so sleek, and fun, and it goes with so much stuff.

When I m going shopping, I just try to be super intentional.

When I buy a piece,

it s something that s gonna be in my closet for a long time.

I kind of wear this uniform every day.

Basic white tee, essentially.

Definitely like a baggier pair of pants,

and some comfortable shoes.

Jewelry from my jewelry company, Her Children.

And, I get so much inspiration daily from people.

My favorite is, just, seeing,

like, super fly, like, grandparents walking around Brooklyn,

that have been here their whole life.

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I like to dress comfortably,

but also I want to avoid any rules

that may have to do with my age.

And, I also always want one little twist on it.

Today the twist was putting the pin on the T-shirt,

because this is strapless.

This my mother-in-law actually picked up for me

in the antique shop, so I wear it a lot. I love it.

Every single thing has some sort of a meaning.

This has my daughter s names on it.

We have matching IDs.

My personal style is I wear what I m allowed to wear.

She controls my closet,

so I can only pick out what she s curated.

I do that because he does not have any interest

in anything he has on, so I just lay it out

so he looks as cool as he can be.

I feel like I ve just been dressing like this for forever.

My style s a little quirky.

Things you d normally wear,

but with a little bit of a twist to it.

Junya Watanabe shirt, little patchwork elbows,

scalloping on the hem, Bodie pants with little embroideries,

Hender Scheme leather shoes.

Not too in your face, but it s like a nice little,

elevated everyday look.

With my jewelry, it really has to be something meaningful

and important to me.

I have a ring from my grandma

that I had to bother my mom for for, forever.

A lot of my inspiration for how I dress,

usually comes from seeing how old people dress.

They have, like, the best style cause they really don t care

and they ll be wearing something for decades

that they just own, and it s really them,

like, intrinsically them, and I love seeing that.

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I feel like Brooklyn is, kind of, the epicenter of style,

so you ll find so many flavors here.

I like things that are a bit colorful,

but still, like, kind of, neutral in a sense.

There s so many transplants, that I definitely think

they ve had like an influence on that playfulness.

Young people are just, like, a lot more expressive

with color, and fits, and shapes.

I grew up in a very like Afrocentric, like, household,

so it was always African things around me,

like statues and stuff.

So, kind of, seeing that was my source of inspiration.

Usually with my outfits and proportions,

I would do, like, baggy or wide pants, shoulder or crop top,

and I love deconstructed things,

and why I like the back as well.

And, the skirt is Plein Sud, and I, kind of like it,

cause it has, like, a mud wash to it.

So, my style is usually a mix of like Japanese fashion,

like, American fashion, also afrofuturism,

things that inspire me, things that I studied.

[electronic hip-hop]

I ll show this Junya Supreme.

I always love a good button up on a Sunday.

Cap is from the deli down the block from my crib.

White tee is from the deli, as well.

I gotta support the Hawks.

B.B Simon Belt from Caps USA, you know, Harlem World?

Pants are from 18 East, they always got some good shit.

Nike Foamposites, not the most comfortable shoes,

but I love em to death.

Right now, Brooklyn is, like.

Sorry, the homies.

Right now, Brooklyn s like switched up,

especially, like, compared to when I was growing up.

I feel like I always gotta make sure I looked the part.

Brooklyn is always evolving.

There s always so much transience coming and going,

and the style reflects that.

The people who ve been in Brooklyn for generations,

and also people like myself that moved here recently,

anything goes, really.

Everyone s, kind of, just, like,

mixing up really nostalgic style.

There s not, like, one sort of broad stroke

for Brooklyn style, which I think is really cool.

Everyone has a real sense of themselves

in what they wear here, too.

There s like a real personalization and, like,

self-expression to the way that people dress.

People just, like, aren t afraid to wear what they want.

I feel like the biggest trend I ve noticed

is, like, the,

[car horn blares]

[Camera Person] They don t want you to talk about this.

What is the trend that you notice?

The honking! That s New York! [laughs]

[Camera Person] Yeah.