Watching New York
Street Style A to Z
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
With nearly two million followers on social media, the go-to street style authority—known as “The People’s Paparazzi”—Watching New York’s first book highlights the best in NYC street fashion.
Foreword by Gigi Hadid
Watching New York is an A-Z visual exploration capturing the best street style New York City has to offer. Dubbed the “The People’s Paparazzi,” Johnny Cirillo has been making a name for himself with his candid shots of everyday people walking the streets of NYC—from Williamsburg to Soho—and capturing their creative, one-of-a-kind looks on his popular Instagram and TikTok accounts @watchingnewyork, where he has amassed millions of dedicated followers.
The book is a continuation of Johnny’s mission of highlighting the best, quirkiest, and most authentic looks and the incredibly creative minds behind them. A combination of Humans of New York meets The Sartorialist, Watching New York includes new and old photos and is organized by look or style from A to Z (from accessories to zebra stripes) with a heavy emphasis on interviews and quotes appearing throughout to showcase the people who make NYC the fashion capital of the world.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Photographer Cirillo (Watching New York) delivers a sumptuous visual feast of New York City street style. Drawing inspiration from "legendary" street fashion photographer Bill Cunningham, who died in 2016, Cirillo wanders the streets of New York daily, capturing some of the city's quirkiest characters and the style that sets them apart. Arranged in brief sections, including "Accessories," "Fishnets," "Gothic," and "Zebra Prints," the fashion Cirillo highlights isn't exactly haute couture. More often subjects upcycle, wear vintage, and otherwise innovate: a pizza box repurposed as a handbag turns up, as does a seat belt used as a belt. Elsewhere, designer Monday Blues models cargo pants and a jacket they crafted from burlap coffee bags, and designer and student Israel Yanir wears huge, futuristic-looking shoes handmade from a material called vernum. Going light on words and heavy on images, Cirillo lets his subjects' style speak for itself, both in the photos and the accompanying text drawn from brief interviews. Expertly capturing the eccentricity and creativity of street fashion, this eye-catching volume, which contains a preface from model and influencer Gigi Hadid, will delight fashionistas and those drawn to the energy of New York.
