ND in NYC

At the beginning of February I went to New York with my husband Phil to celebrate his 40th Birthday (so we are both 40 this year, how did this happen?) we stayed at NobleDen on Grand Street in between Little Italy and China Town. A cool and modern place to stay Downtown with a view of the Empire state building from our window. A perfect base for our first ever visit to New York and highly recommended.

Places visited

Staten island / Statue of Liberty

Highline

MOMA

Time Square

Ace Hotel 

Otto's Shrunken Head

911 Memorial and Museum

Central Park

Central park Zoo

Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Banks

Ellen's Stardust Diner
5th Avenue 
East Village

Shops

Y3

Urban Outfitters

Shut Skateboards

Labor Skateshop

Opening Ceremony

Wesc

Stussy

Sanrio
Uniqlo 
Toy Tokyo

A random and personal itinerary of places visited, all unique to our favourite things including fashion, kawaii, skate, art, toys, brilliant eateries including traditional American diners, Thai, Mexican and Italian restaurants, modern hipster cafes and bars, a Tiki cocktail bar playing all of our favourite music, plus many of New York's famous landmarks.

Fashion-wise, New York is freezing in February so lots of warm clothes and layering are essential. My life savers were my Topshop faux fur hunters hat and coat, polo necks, oversized jumpers and fleece lined tights! I enjoyed extreme layering and pretty much got it right despite the freezing temperatures, I was warm, comfortable and looked good. I was glad I could dress up in my usual city style mash up, most holidays I go on are either in family orientated hot Mediterranean or English seaside towns, where my style is usually met with confusion!


New York, I love you! I could honestly live in New York, we met some lovely people and characters and I will definitely be back. Miss you already xx

We met this lovely lady Lindsay Lowe in Otto's Shrunken Head on our last night in NYC, Lindsay designs brilliant vintage rockabilly style catseye sunnies and glasses, influenced by cartoons and Horror films, these glasses have SFX and glow under UV lights!!  Lindsay kindly gave me a bright yellow leopard print pair of her sunnies and tried to take us to a Vice Magazine party (oh my gosh, we would have loved to have gone but we had to pack!!!) Thanks so much for the sunnies Lindsay. Check Lindsay Lowe eyewear out today! lindsayloweeyewear.com

All clothing from Lazy Oaf, Topshop, Adidas, The White Pepper, Asos, Primark, American Apparel, Fix Up Look Sharp, Reebok Classics, Santa Cruz, Urban Outfitters, BTR, Kuccia, Vision Streetwear, Lindsay Lowe Eyewear.

All photographs by No Debutante.

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ND xx  

Devon and Dungarees

Hey Fashionistas! I hope you have had a fun filled Easter break? I have just returned from a weekend away in North Devon, I love Devon, I could really move there and live by the sea and go body boarding every week! There is something invigorating about being in the sea on a grey windy day, it certainly makes you feel alive despite the sea being absolutely bloody freezing!  It's a such a great way to spend time and bond with your family, we cannot recommend it enough! Even though, I love the way the surf manages to give my very straight hair beautiful beach waves and I was really loving the beach and sea air, I soon realised on walking around the quant village we were staying in, with my blue hair, oversized tee and platform sandals that I am totally a city girl! You can take the girl out of the city.......I think I'll just leave living by the sea as a pipe dream for now!

As you all know.....No Debutante Loves.......Dungarees! Here's how I've been wearing mine lately plus a couple of oversized variations sourced on Pinterest from Fashion East and The White Pepper. My obsession with oversized items, has got more and more extreme, my dungarees seem skinny in comparison. Expect more oversized items on the blog over the next few weeks! 

I had to show you this last image of my three year old daughter Sylvie, who managed to Photo Bomb my personal style photograph one morning! Sylvie saw what I was doing, ran in the room, knocked the camera tripod and managed to get a photograph of herself  just as the self timer took the photo! Hilarious!

All clothing on images 1-4 from Topshop, Converse, Underground, Shimokitasawa Market in Tokyo and Primark. Image 5 from Fashion East and The White Pepper.

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ND xx