on the street: springtime on Newbury St.

It finally feels like springtime in Boston. Sort of. You still need a pretty serious coat but it’s getting there. Here are some shots I took on Newbury Street yesterday.

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 I need a pair of driving gloves. Clearly.

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This guy was wearing a great ivory fisherman sweater (complex cabling, and a color I love) under the leather jacket, the whiskey color of which I also loved.

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Red!

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Loved both of these outfits. So much going on, and so much individuality in each element. Especially like the patterned tights under the ripped jeans and the geometric grandfather cardigan with the leopard headscarf.

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This man standing outside the RH gallery looked so polished.

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This is one block over, but still.

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weekend distraction: ikebana

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Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, is a great metaphor for personal style, I think. You take natural ingredients and mold them into the desired configuration with the help of scaffolding, highlighting and obscuring different elements as you go, seeking balance and harmony. The end result is a unique, purposeful silhouette, natural yet unnatural, tailored to the flowers themselves as well as the environment.

Also I find them a compelling use of space, when I like them.