We had another day of freedom today so we did what all good fashion students do and we went shopping! First however we decided to visit the museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) to see Japan Fashion Now and also 'His and Hers'. The exhibitions were entirely different and I definately preferred the His and Hers section. This was dedicated to show casing matching his and hers outfits throughout the ages and eventually his and hers outfits compiled by designers. It was interesting to see the male progression as I never really think about male fashion and I especially never think about have far it has evolved! As for Japan Fashion Now, there was two sections to this exhibit. The opening room was dedicated to showcasing Comme Des Garçons designs. This room was much more exciting than the second room however as much as i respect and like Comme Des Garçons it is not my style and thus i didn't love it as much as I loved Balenciaga. As for the second room it was very harajuku with bright colours and baby doll dressing etc. It was all very over the top asian schoolgirl/even prostitute which I am really not interested at all unfortunately. It was cool to see the elaborate outfits up close though, Personally I never realised how much detail goes into each of those outfits.
After the exhibitions we hit the town!
Today we reserved our dollars for only the 'necessities'. (Necessities was a system of purchasing we devised which entailed questioning every purchase with "Can I live without you or are you a necessity?" It's genius). We ventured through NoHo again and it was really nice becuase Em had been shopping with Diani and Emma and had found a whole bunch of cute vintage stores to take us too.
We walked past a bakery and couldn't resist but to eat some of these macaroons - ahhhmazing!
Today was much more reserved which was really nice after our hectic run for the last couple of days. After Noho we walked to the west village where we visited Bookmarc, which is Marc Jacobs personal bookstore and was absolutely incredible! After that we visited Magnolia bakery from sex and the city then headed home to 'Lasagne' our gorgeous little italian resturant on the corner of the hostel. The food there was indescribably delicious and whats better -the door girl commented on our superb outfits evey time we walked past - Bellisimo!
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