{ four years } + 19 days ago...

{ four years } + 19 days ago...

...i was 22 years old, and in the midst of enjoying my first full summer in NYC (i migrated from austin, texas in the fall of 2005). i had just moved from manhattan to williamsburg, and had the longest hair of my life (grown out from my college-era platinum-blond pixie). while ambling toward brunch, i met a photographer from japan, who asked to make some photos of me. i wasn't really aware of street style blogs yet, and thus acquiesced a bit apprehensively:

{ portrait by justin waldron // june 2006 }

said photog turned out to be one half of the creative force behind online magazine nothing fancy volumes, whose team turned my street snaps into this fantastic time-capsule of an illustration:

{ illustration by dewey saunders + ashley boone pierce // june 2006 }

incredibly, i had forgotten about both of these until yesterday, when they (via justin) reappeared out of the blue in my email inbox. what a flashback!! my life has changed so much since then ~ new york years move like dog years; i hardly feel like the same person.

yet even then i was rocking necklaces of my own design, my favorite antique scarab ring (which was still on my finger today when this email came through!), and some serious statement sunnies. be it past or present, i am what i am.

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