On the Street.....Fay, NYC
I hope you recognize Fay from this London shot I took back in May - because I didn't.
When I took this shot I had no idea that the bowtie-collar-dickie was an accessory.
To me, that is truly inventive and a great, low-cost way to change up lots of different looks.
Now I am curious to see what she has up her sleeve for the rest of the week (no pressure Fay)
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post a commentShe has such an unique style!
I love Fay's bag. Where can I get one just like it?
I also think Fay looks adorable in the second photo. Her hair is very chic, very young and fresh. The hair and the black bowtie make the outfit work.
Thin
I'm going to be honest here - sometimes I look at fashion and wonder how the people wearing it can keep a straight face. I don't understand a grown person wearing a 'romper' like the one in the top picture. The under two set, though, that's a different story. What am I missing? And don't even tell me it's a sense of humor.
WOW. She definitely knows how to work a look.
What a wonderful idea for an accessory!
I had always wondered whether these could be worn outside of a black tie event, but as I am only fifteen I have only ever seen my father wearing one, and he is a very classically stylish man who rarely moves off the traditional path. However, Fay has taught us all not to ignore the dickie and to embrace it as a new neckpiece!
Mr Sartorialist, have you ever considered visiting Australia? Particularly Perth, we are the fastest growing city in Australia at the moment, but unfortunately we are also the most isolated city on earth! But we do have some beautifully dressed people and some incredible local labels who are taking an international stance such as Aurelio Costarella and One Fell Swoop.
Happy travelling Mr Sartorialist,
Xanthe
Wow - Fay is one cool hot chick! Is she a stylist or designer?
Wow! So beautiful. It's all I have to say.
Wow she has superb style! :)
(no pressure Fay): streaming_LOL'z
BOTH looks are great!
The "shirt" in the NY shot is different - it's made of/from finer material (also, in the London shot, you can see that the shirt she's wearing is fuller/thicker/wider), so I'm guessing she cut up a different shirt/blouse and then simply used the bow tie (again!) as an accessory.
Either way, great style!
Wow.
I love how versatile she seems to be, taking the same accesory and using it as a center piece in two completely different outfits.
Gorgeous.
love the second photo's dress
Fay is one of my favorite people that you have shot :). Very creative.
Yes she is inventive. I thought the London look was flawless. This one is a bit riskier. In the end this one fails (just barely) for me because I can't get "art student" out of my mind.It's a little too self-consciously wacky. I do admire her creativity- see, this is even beginning to sound like an art school critique. Okay, I do like it (I wonder if she is in art school?)
oooh pretty, i love her bag, does anyone know where it's from?
Cute!
I appreciate the fact that she makes her outfit so full of personality and fun. The romper could have gone in the direction of too revealing - but the way she paired it with the tights and what might be her constant accessory of the collar the outfit becomes a unique thoughtful statement perfect for fashion week!
The dickie thing is cute, but I'm not so sure about the whole outfit--to me, it looks too costumey and impractical. If it's hot enough for bare shoulders, isn't it too hot for heavy black tights?
The fashion week outfit feels so costumey ... I prefer the London b&w look - still stylish, very individual, very chic, but also wearable and approachable. In bryant park she looks like a circus burlesque hipster.
nice.. really individual
First shot: As a costume for a dance number from a Broadway musical, sure. As streetwear -- um, no. Looks like she got lost on her way to rehearsal.
Second shot: Playful and interesting. Not something I could wear to the office -- not sure exactly where it would fit in -- but strangely it all seems to go together. Better still without the oversized flowered bag. The purity of just black and white is enough.
It's not only what's she's wearing, but the way she's waring it. That outfit on some people I know would be hard to take serious.
that is bloody stylish. great shot too!
WOAH
What's her profession? She looks like a hostess to me. She's the kind of girl that can pull almost any look off i guess... pretty face, slim and a cocky attitude. I'd like to listen to her thoughts about her style.
The London shot is still lovely, but the latest NYC ensemble is far too precious for my taste. Nevertheless, I always enjoy seeing people have fun with their clothes, a need the Sart blog fulfills for me!
Maybe I just don't understand fashion, but I don't like the collar, it is just if she trying too much to be ... creative and different, which she is, but, for me, at the same time, bit tasteless.
She looks like she's walking on a rope in a circus...I'm sorry, I just don't get it, it seems all wrong.
Individuality!!!!!!!
love it!
eccentric!!
eclectic!!!!
electric!!!!
Brilliant, she's like just walked out from a fashion magazine... I really love the first one, although I feel the shoulder bag gave too much points overall...
Thumbs up for the bow-tie collar, did she make it herself? It looks pretty anyway, even though I do not approve of the outfit.
creative and silly.
Aw, Sartorialist, Fay is fabulous but that first look is not workin' for me. It seems somehow costumey.
I love it. She is just so lovely! And where can I get that collar?
long live Audrey Hepburn takes; outstanding.
Wow! Very cool lady. I like it.
hot damn! what a lady. i wish i had the confidence to put together and pull off outfits like that. i feel inspired by these shots, maybe coming cooler weather will let me be free.
lastly, her shoes are awesome in the bottom picture.
love, beck
how perfect that her name is Fay, and she is Alice in Wonderland, or Fay in New York City, so interesting to look at, in a way i would never do but am glad other people do, because i get to look at it...
Girl's got moxie.
she is lovely - with inventive style.
I'm not a fan of her style, but I recognize that she is very creative and does great things with it.
Perhaps the bow tie is her trademark like Alber's? Will she be sporting it all week?
Well, she certainly has a sense of personal style. It's not one I would ever choose . . .
But on pure technical merit, I imagine that is really quite difficult to consistently say, "circus performer influenced," or "high-carny style" without ever looking like you just got off the bus from Burningman. Points for that, definitely.
high five for Fay and the mindful camera.
love it. love her hair too
I'm sorry. She just looks so sad in the first picture. I don't know why.
What the...? You've GOT to be kidding, right?
wow, nice pictures!
finally something fresh.
Life is a cabaret, old chum...
Really, she's captured that look perfectly. She could even pull off a spit curl or two.
She is so striking, and what a strange/cool way to accessorize.
Cabaret meets Doris Day! I love that the shirt front is frayed not hemmed. Just all ingenious. t.x
I consider myself to be open-minded about style and previously commented favorably on her first look. I have looked closely at this picture, trying to find something positive in it....she wears the hat well, and I appreciate the repetition of black throughout the outfit. But for the most part, I badly dislike this. The romper is just awful in many ways, but I particularly dislike childish looks on women. And it seems that the dickey has raw edges, as if it was just cut out of shirt with a not-too-sharp pair of scissors. Maybe someone else can say something to convince me otherwise...
Whoa, I love this. Very eccentric.
i don't think it's a dickie....it looks like she cut it into a dickie - super fab though!
wow now this is what the sartorialist is all about!
she looks like a hipster playboy bunny. i think this look is just stupid. also, onesies like these belong on infants.
This is just brilliant. I love how quirky her look is... an innovative approach to retro x
So Tove Jansson-esque!
/Sofie
i like the b/w look better, but she does well.
i absolutely love the first look.
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How interesting that a lot of the same pieces are present in both shots - the shoes, tights, dickie accessory, bag - and yet she looks like two totally different people. The creativity and bold individuality is inspiring.
That bowtie-collar-dickie is brilliant! I'm dizzy with imagining the possibilities for it. Wonderful idea!
Now this is why I want to live in New York; I'd love to see people really express their personalities in what they wear. Your photo even makes her DHL bag look like a well chosen accessory.
Are we going to the circus?
I wish I was in NYC right now. I miss home.
Dear Sartorialist,
I got her first! ;)
She was my fashion disaster for this week:Cool or Fool?
Bravi! Many aspects to appreciate. I disagree with the term romper. Is it possibly a vintage bathing suit she has sewn black buttons to and belted? I am awed by the completeness of her look. From the hat to the stockings. That she is wearing this on the street with such poise is enviable. Yay Fay!
To tell you the truth...i actually like the "original" Fay than the "progressive" Fay. but i admire her creativeness with the signature bow-tie and colorful monogrammed bag.
Not only the girl and the bowtie are the same. Also the shoes, the bag, and I bet the black jacket she's carrying, too. And probably (what's left of) the white shirt. That's the kind of talent in admire most in truly stylish people: the ability to achieve totally different and creative results with limited resources, instead of simply asking 'where can I get those [shoes/bag/shades/whatever]'. I don't like her most recent look, but that's completely irrelevant.
It's not for me. I'd be embarrassed to walk around in outfits like the first one.
UGLLLYYYY! sometimes i think people think they HAVE to like something even though it's crap and they would never wear it.
I saw when the photo of Fay was posted months ago and it struck me as brilliant. Her hair and demeanor in the look exuded all that embodies chic. I love the direction fashion is going right now, toying with the boundaries of masculine and feminine. Fay's London look encapsulates that beautifully. However, her New York look doesn't quite do it for me. It borders on the costumey. Actually, I think it goes there. All I can see is the Playboy bunny costume as I look at her New York look. Another thing I love about fashion now is its reinvention. Everyone agrees that the 80s are back with a vengeance, but with modern alterations. I love where Fay is going with her look, but, and it's hard to believe, she's not going far enough. The silhouette belongs to Hugh Hefner. The look would have looked amazing had she been wearing perhaps a high-waisted pant. There are several things she could have done, but the problem for me is that she looks like a Playboy Bunny going to a garden party. However, I LOVE Fay, and her ability to work very creative looks.
I guess I'd like to respond to all the circus people... some of us like our outfits to be a little costumey, but I feel like it's almost a dirty word in fashion. Isn't that, though, what high fashion and couture is all about? And that's considered the height of glamour.
Okay, I admit it, I work in theater and am imagining writing a character based on this girl's style. BUT! That does not change the fact that I still think these two outfits just WORK.
Two great pictures to contrast. In the second one, she is wearing the clothes while in the first one the clothes are wearing her.
Also it is not the same cut up white collar with a clip on bow tie in both pictures. In the second you can see the shirt underneath is wider than the handmade "dickie" in the first.
The first picture is far too costumey, it's a great look for fashion week where she want to be photographed and get noticed but outside of that and the party scene, this outfit would not work in most settings.
i heart~~ her!!
shes terribly stylish and funky(without being frumpy)
errmmm, eccentric? yes. flattering? no.
how cool she is
wonderful
there should be more speciaal people
I prefer the London Mary Poppins look with the flat shoes and fun socks. That bag is a great accessory - it will complement so many different looks.
I love the anonymous comment that says she looks like hipster playboy bunny and implies this is a *bad thing* - are you kidding? What a fabulous concept!
The bag has the same "I love you" colorful pattern that my stroller has. The stroller I am referring to is a MacLaren limited edition Lulu Guinness. So I guess the bag is either a stroller accessory, or something by Lulu Guinness herself.
I follow this blog for the inspiration I often find here. But get-ups like this last one, although reflecting creativity and confidence I suppose, offer nothing to me.
I usually respond badly to this kind of romping around, but in the case of Fay I make an exception. Her wit is so well grounded in a knowledge of style, and she is so beautiful that, like Picasso, she can do no wrong!
This looks like a nightgown my grandmother wears to sleep, sans the bowtie and bag. She's beautiful but this costume does not flatter her, I honestly don't see the beauty in this. I refuse to believe NY streets can't provide stylish people to photograph.
Her best features are (1) the way she carries herself - subtle confidence and (2) her haircut - genius. The London look, as someone else observed, is very Mary Poppins-eske but still playful enough. I am sorry to say that I don't find the NYC look a success. This 'barboteuse' is better left to toddlers, or if she MUST wear it, it should have been better tailored. If anything, it makes her legs look short. Not very flattering on HER. It's possible to look playful and gamine, but this is not it. Nevertheless, I can appreciate someone stepping out of the norm. I just think she can do better.
i LOVE that top outfit. sure, it's circus-y and costume-y, but in my book that only adds points. i couldn't pull it off, but Fay finesses it. We need people who don't play it safe with their clothing - they make a simple walk down the street a much more interesting prospect.
I am going to echo a lot of the comments on here, and say that while I adored Fay's first outfit from a few months ago, I really don't like this one. As it was mentioned, I suppose the first outfit was unique yet approachable, whereas this look is unique and iconoclastic. She is somehow cold in her boldness.
I see NY Spender got her first:)
most of us dress with a 'measured' sense of adventure everyday. fashion week is an amalgamation of creative professionals.. stimulating and electric... where the purpose is to stretch conventions. so why not go the extra mile?
i particularly like the combination of the same accessories with different outfits- she uses her imagination well, and is wonderfully comfortable with herself.
In the first picture, it looks like she's trying too hard. it doesn't look particularly comfortable with a belt that you'd have to adjust to make sure it stays in place, and a romper that looks like it would easily slide down, unless she'd sewn it to the...whatever you call that white strip of leftover shirt.
She obviously put some effort into this and it still looks sloppy.
Don't people realize that fashion can be alienating? Why would you want to present yourself in such a way? So you can feel like you're better than them? Eccentricity for eccentricity's sake is not that interesting to me. It's just gimmicky.
The second photo is infinitely more flattering! She managed to carve out a look for herself which is distinct and strong yet not obnoxious.
she is too good to be true
The first style looks like something straight out of post-impressionism. The second: urban gardner.
i love how she looks in the first photo!
For the top photo, I really like how the framing is a bit off center and there's all this space and background behind her. It gives a sense of motion, drama and performance. Although the outfit is a bit costumey, it's really fun. Reminds me of a summertime cabaret if it were outdoors.
Ooooh, ouch - on the romper photo.
I really admire when someone can use a simple accessory to determine the end result of an outfit. She did it so well you don't even recognize any similarities between the two looks at first. Genius!
Nice haircut. Personal look. Nice.
that girl's got impeccable taste and style! very whimsically chic
Oh no!In the second picture she's managed better, though.
At first glance I assumed Fay was a street performer. She is divinely gorgeous. Doll like. In the first picture it looks as though she is not wearing a real dicky but in fact a cut up shirt! I like her naive talent and inventiveness. It makes me wistful and bored with my workaday attire.
Indeed! Love her long, long legs.
Delightfully hideous. There's enough boring tastefulness to go round. Fay gives us something to look at.
Wow. Judging by all the naysayers, punk seems to have never happened in some quarters. Lighten up, you squares--you sound like bumpkins.
I love individuals who express themselves through the way they dress. She has the confidence to pull it off. FABULOUS!!! Love it!
I feel a little torn over these images. Of course, she is beautiful and her bold style suggests a creative, exuberant mind. But these seem very much like clothes for children to me. I would like to know if she feels she is taken seriously when dressing this way--but then, maybe she doesn't care about that.
In the end, I have to be in favor of experimentation and risk-taking with style, so props to Fay!
It doesn't really matter whether it works or not, it would be fun to see what she wears every day. It's more about art & entertainment than looking "good."
She has such a great sense of style! I love the colour palette in the first shot.
I think Fay needs a fan club! She can really pull off some daring looks and she does it SO well!!!
Brillant!! She works it like ONLY she can, thats why it looks so good!
the epitome of the St.Martins student! maybe unique in the US but in east London this 'crazy thrown together' look is rife and sadly comical!
London pic slightly better but still trying too hard.. sorry!
she is excellent and i would like to see more. i love her blazer.
She's very creative indeed! Love the way she wore socks and stockings in the second pic, great idea! How she wore the same collar piece in such different ways is enlightening..
there's style, and then there is trying too hard.
i dont think people should wear something to the point where it's a signature.
we get it. you cut up shirts.
move on.
Meh, she looks like every other artschool hipster on a night out.
I do appreciate the effort, but... dunno, it's not beautiful.
She's absolutely beautiful. I think her style is marvelous - ignore all these nay-sayers, Fay. You're fabulous!
I'm going to feature her on my Sunday Showcase Seven on my blog, to be posted on Sunday. All credit to you, of course!
http://wolf-whistle.typepad.com
That outfit screams "PAY ATTENTION TO ME"
I love it. It's a total Katy Perry-80s inspired look, from her ray-bans to her romper.
Fearless and fierce.
Fay is a model and formerly a student of Parsons. As long as I've known her she's had an incredible sense of personal style. Good find, Sart.
It's like she's from a pop-out book.. very cool
The exposed romper looks strange to me. Too exposed.
It doesnt compliment the rest of her outfit... a bit of an Aggyness Deyne look~
It looks like she is going to a costume party .. but for an Aggyness that would be when she is "best dressed"
I love her outfit!
Très joli!
mad points for being confident enough to wear what every you want. and i thhink that this is a woman who could wear a garbage bag and make everyone believe in it. ...but because one can doesn't mean that they should.
leshner, you beautiful girl
STYLISH!!!
Susan,Designer&Writer
Toronto