Beauty story inspired by what we love about New York City.
Trash
There’s a bit of magic in everything,
and then some loss to even things out.
from the song Magic and Loss by Lou Reed
Subway
Listen, All You New Yorkers
Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten
From the Battery to the top of Manhattan
Asian, Middle-Eastern and Latin
Black, White, New York you make it happen
Brownstones, water towers, trees, skyscrapers
Writers, prize fighters and Wall Street traders
We come together on the subway cars
Diversity unified, whoever you are
We’re doing fine on the One and Nine line
On the L we’re doin’ swell
On the number Ten bus we fight and fuss
Cause we’re thorough in the boroughs and that’s a must
Dear New York, I hope you’re doing well
I know a lot’s happened and you’ve been through hell
So, we give thanks for providing a home
Through your gates at Ellis Island we passed in droves
The L.I.E., the BQE
Hippies at the band shell with the LSD
Get my BVD’s from VIM
You know I’m reppin’ Manhattan the best I can
Stopped off at Bleeker Bob’s got thrown out
Sneakin’ in at 4:00 am after going out
You didn’t rob me in the park at Diana Ross
But everybody started looting when the light went off
Dear New York, this is a love letter
To you and how you brought us together
We can’t say enough about all you do
Cause in the city we’re ourselves and electric, too
from the song An Open Letter to NYC by Beastie Boys
I Love NY
“New York is the thing that seduced me. New York is the thing that formed me. New York is that deformed me. New York is the thing that perverted me. New York is the thing that converted me. And New York is the thing that I love too.” said Patti Smith
Wallstreet
“The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind.”
from the movie Wallstreet
Chrysler Building
Hindsight, foresight
Sometimes we’ve got no sight at all
New love, true love
Sometimes we’ve got no love at all
But the New York Skyline
It’s calling me home tonight
Female, feline, feminine,
She’s been making my world so bright
from the song New York Skyline by Garland Jeffreys
Statue of Liberty
The first time I saw you standing in the water
You must have been all of a thousand feet tall
Nearly naked, unashamed like Herod’s daughter
Your love was so big, it made New York look small
You’ve been the subject of so many dreams
Since I climbed your torso
Oh, my statue of Liberty
Boo boo
Impaled on your hair
What do you do, do, do to me
Boo boo
from the song Statue of Liberty by XTC
I LOVE NY team
photographer Danielle St. Laurent
creative director Emilie Chanin
stylist Masha Orlov
make-up Allie Smith
hair Sean Bennett
nails Mar y Sol Inzerillo a.k.a Mar y Soul
props Meghan Duran
digital tech Jeri Lampert
models Gwen c/o WOMEN @womenmanagement, Annahstasia & Fred c/o NYM @newyorkmodels