Comments on: Bushwick Street Style: ‘I Love the Ghetto’

By: bobbi

bobbi — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:53:15 +0000

bushwick will always belong to anyone who been there since the 70s i left but i love my old neighborhood and i always felt safe and as far as fashion its whatever as long as it is not pajamas thats chicken head shit lol i love bushwick and if you over 20 no mini skirts or door knockers ladies please dress like an adult oh but what is up with the muffin tops ?????????if you have skin or fat that hangs over your waist please dont wear half shirts please

By: chuck

chuck — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:34:11 +0000

Greetings,
Briefly, I’ve lived in Bushwick for 35 years and, depending on the age group, most dress the same. But I will say this, over 50 percent is bootleg when it comes to the pre 30′s. The blatancy! Right out of storefronts!

By: Dresden

Dresden — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:42:45 +0000

The two in the middle are locals – and they’re the most “natural” of them whole thing….

I have a lot to say about fashion, and I’m sorry if it comes across as angry, but seriously –

if you can’t carry it with some organic style, then you’re left sucking on a straw with your hand in your pocket, or massaging your bald spot…….

because you’re insecure…. which is THE ANTITHESIS OF STYLE.

By: pixie

pixie — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:28:38 +0000

Amy and Ace are teenagers, which means they probably still live at home and were probably raised here. Obviously ABM didn’t pay much attention to what was written and made some unfounded assumptions.

By: Dresden

Dresden — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:46:06 +0000

The point for me is less “Bushwick originals” and much more the fact that they are dressed like shit.

The two on the sides look more like child refugees from Bosnia than young urban professionals.

Oops, I forgot, professionals have jobs not called “mom”.

I like to see grown up people dressed like grown ups, even if it’s stretched ear lobes and tattooed forearms, at least that’s valid – we’re not 4 year olds – you’re going to fucking retarded when you’re 40 still dressed like a retard.

By: Jay2Dee2

Jay2Dee2 — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:10:22 +0000

Sweester – very well put. Its amazing how the people who claim to be Bushwick orginals dont even realize how many people were there befor them!

I would have said something more like “yo ABM, your a looser, get over yourself, stop living in the shadows and try to make a friend or two… jeez!”

By: sweetser

sweetser — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:55:19 +0000

ABM – you make a fair point that most of the “young professionals,” “new residents,” and “hipsters” (all of which are pretty much euphemisms for white people) are not people born and raised in Bushwick. However, I think you should “get real” about the fact that regardless of where we’re from, we’re here now. Most young people I meet anywhere in New York are not actually from the city, and may not still be here in ten or fifteen years time. However, that should not and does not prevent them from feeling a sense of pride and community in the neighborhood they live in. Bushwick has changed many times since the days of the Canarsie Indians, and the influx of young white people is just one more in a series of transformations that have occurred to the population of the area. The people living in any region do contribute to the style of that place, regardless of where those people or styles originated. Would you say that immigrants do not add to the styles of American clothing, food, music or art, because they were born elsewhere? That would seem like a foolish conclusion, and likewise you cannot make the claim that the white community in Bushwick is not a part of the local style.

By: ABM

ABM — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:51:23 +0000

Are any of these people born and raised in Bushwick? I assume not. So how can this be “Bushwick style”.

Second, I am sick of everyone throwing the word “Ghetto” around. It does not appear to me that any of these people would know ghetto if hit them in forehead.

I am sick of all of these people moving to this city and trying to co-opt the culture. Most of these “artists” are trendy d-bag trustafarians. Come on people get real.

By: mopar

mopar — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:02:34 +0000

This is awesome, Sarah. I’ve seen some amazing outfits and people in Bushwick. So great you’re documenting them. Cool!

Hey, did anyone catch the rap battle on Myrtle last weekend? When I passed by there was a woman rapping and one of her verses mentioned her “period.” Unfortunately, I couldn’t stay. Does anyone know how this slam came to be?

By: Dresden

Dresden — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:20:55 +0000

Fashion blog Dresden IDEA.

But Dresden UNABLE to say single nice thing about style of B-wick people.

Dresden walk up to skinny-jeans lesbian. Dresden ask:

“Do you like the Ramones?”
Yes, lesbian responded.
“I thought so.”

And Dresden walk away. End of story.

Fashion here, like, uhm, not so stylish. More like style-less.