vailian

In New York there is the most extraordinary tolerance for extreme lifestyles, which exist on top of each other, in plain view in the streets.

But there is a strict and unyielding class structure, immediately apparent. The rich dress one way, the poor another, the middle class another.  The younger generation tend to wear their shirttails out, and the branding on the tshirts signals their financial status.  The middle class strivers tuck the shirts in, again here it is easy to spot the financial level. The rich tend toward clothes with obviously ironed creases and looks of infinite disdain.

I cannot afford the clothes that they wear but I am working on the disdainful demeanor.

So far with little success.

(the picture by the way doesn't come from New York, but from a smallish city in Germany, but it was taken last week during rehearsals for the New York project so I feel entitled to put it in here.)

# posted by vailian : 4:45 AM