The Way We Dress Now: Flatbush Street Style
For our September print issue—the Style Issue—we sent our photographers to ten Brooklyn neighborhoods (from Greenpoint, to Flatbush, and eight others in between) to document the way Brooklyn is dressing now. Style is different than fashion, and our goal was to capture the highly individual, creative, and inspiring styles representative of the people who sported them, and the spirit of the neighborhoods in which they walked. This is Flatbush.
Eazy-BmG ENT, 24
Where do you live?
Flatbush Brooklyn
Where are you headed?
To the store
Store where most of your clothes are from?
Get set
Kenny Mathieu, 18
Occupation
Don’t Work
Where do you live?
652 East 79 street, Brooklyn, NY, 11236
Where are you headed?
Photograph PR
Tell us about your outfit?
Really skating style
Favorite item of clothing?
Hhm Zummies
Store where most of your clothes are from?
hhm, Zummies
Raymond “Sunny Rays” Connor, 21
Occupation
Photographer
Where are you headed?
ASAP Ferg Album Release Party
Tell us about your outfit?
Trapping Sailor Chikk…Nah just something I put together from my closet.
Favorite item of clothing?
Fossil Shoes
One piece you covet more than any other?
Hermes Belt
Store where most of your clothes are from?
Thrifting
Style icon?
Russel Brand, Kanye and Pharrell
What other decade and city’s style do you most wish you
were around for in its original iteration?
London
Tyler Haylock AKA Wicked Swami, 20
Occupation
Videographer/Photographer
Where are you headed?
Asap mod BBQ
Tell us about your outfit?
Black scale shirt, drop crotch shorts, Jeremy Scott sneakers
Favorite item of clothing?
Rings
One piece you covet more than any other?
My shirts
Store where most of your clothes are from?
Thrift Stores
Style icon?
Kid Cudi
What other decade and city’s style do you most wish you
were around for in its original iteration?
London Street Style
Micah Miller (@VisualViibez), 22
Occupation
Retail
Where are you headed?
A$AP Rocky x Ajani Brathwaite book signing, then Lamiquc
Tell us about your outfit?
H+M Shirt, Nike Pants, Nike Janoski
Favorite item of clothing?
Janoski
One piece you covet more than any other?
None really this shit calm
Store where most of your clothes are from?
The store – lol chill fam
Style icon? Curren$y
What other decade and city’s style do you most wish you
were around for in its original iteration?
Like the real 90’s Hillfigures x Polos. The Wu-Tang era.
Megan Brown
Occupation
Grad Student
Tell us about your outfit?
I got these shoes in Philly
Tichana Taylor, 22
Occupation
Cashier
Where do you live?
Brooklyn/Trinidad
Where are you headed?
Work
Tell us about your outfit?
Urban
Favorite item of clothing?
Sneaker
Style icon?
Ericka Badu
Jillian Carvalho, 24
Occupation
Server
Where are you headed?
Home
Brittany Daniel
Occupation
Student/Radio Personality
Where are you headed?
Class
Tell us about your outfit?
Shoes H+M/vintage army jacket/ LV bag (best for class)/
regular street dressy/casual
Conrad Northe, 24
Occupation
Retail
Where are you headed?
School
Tell us about your outfit?
Simple but GQ
Favorite item of clothing?
Leather Jacket
One piece you covet more than any other?
Destroyed denim
Store where most of your clothes are from?
Zara/H+M
Style icon?
Tyson-Prince-Lenny K
What other decade and city’s style do you most wish you
were around for in its original iteration?
70s
Akilah Etienne, 20
Occupation
Student
Where are you headed?
To Popeye’s!
Tell us about your outfit?
Today I felt I needed a dress to go with my new hairstyle
and I love how this style dress hangs! So summery & casual.
Favorite item of clothing?
Crop tops. I wear them in
winter, fall, whenever wherever.
One piece you covet more than any other?
Full body jumpsuits! Need one
Store where most of your clothes are from?
Forever 21 + H&M
Style icon?
Beyonce for hair inspo and everyone on tumblr for style inspo
What other decade and city’s style do you most wish
you were around for in its original iteration?
90s
Lardoche Paula, 19
Where do you live?
Vandalia Ave
Tell us about your outfit?
H&M
Favorite item of clothing?
Skinny jeans, vans
Store where most of your clothes are from?
H+M
Style icon?
Yeezy
What other decade and city’s style do you most wish
you were around for in its original iteration?
70s
Rally Thom, 20
Where are you headed?
I was headed to a store
Tell us about your outfit?
My T-shirt from G-star, Jean from Zara, Sneakers: Nike
Favorite item of clothing?
pants
Store where most of your clothes are from?
Zara, G-Star, H&M, Kith, Topman, Bape, Kenzo
Style icon?
ASAP Rocky
What other decade and city’s style do you most wish you were
around for in its original iteration?
70s
Dash City, 28
All photos by Chris Callaway
