A new year brings new fashion trends. Here are a few of the things you just might catch yourself wearing in 2009, even if you are the type to exclaim, “Oh, I would never wear that.”
Ladies…….
Cork Accessaries- No, we aren’t wearing wine bottle corks on a necklace chain (although we may be on to something) but clutches and shoes with cork detail are all the rage!
Let your pants sag- Instead of wearing your waste line low bring it up and allow your crotch to appear like it hangs at your knees.
Colored mascara- I know, I know it is so 80′s but you just might!
Leotards- No lie, the leotard is back and begging to be warn under those high wasted skirts and pants.
Gentlemen….
High waters- Cropped pants are no longer just for the girls or for the boys that clam dig.
Not so buttoned up- It may seem a bit 70′s disco-esque but it’s time to loosen up those buttons, the lower you button the better. Also, you’ll find more mens cotton T-shirts in a much lower cut V-neck. Let the chest hair blow in the wind!
Shoe Patches- Time to brush up on your cross stitch. When your shoes begin to wear this year grab the needle and thread. Patch away! Apparently the economy is in rough shape or something.
Gramercy Arms, taking their name from an old apartment building on New York City’s 22nd street, is all about the “New York state of mind.” We had the pleasure to meet with Dave Derby, singer/songwriter of the project, Sean Eden, and Rainy Orteca at a little cuban restaurant before they took the stage at Pianos, on the lower east side. Chatting over empanadas and coconut flan we covered everything from new years resolutions to youtube. Dave admitted his appreciation for the online phenomenon stating, in loo of their decadal music videos, “you take what you can grab.” The videos for “Automatic” and “Shining Bright” are made up of 70′s and 80′s flashbacks. ”The 80′s were moving forward”, Dave explains, while the 90′s took a step back trying “to recreate the 70′s.” Everything comes full circle and soon enough “we will be recreating and playing madrigals”, which is an idea that Rainy admits to be a fan of.
Pianos opened up the stage to Gramcery Arms shortly after 11pm on one of the coldest nights of the winter. The blistering weather appeared to have deterred the usual Wednesday night concert goers. Those who were brave enough to venture out witnessed hilarious sarcasm between band-mates, insane guitar playing, and a comical number of chats with the French sound guy. ”Automatic” is a sure hit.
Gramercy Arms just released their debut power pop album in 2008 with guest appearances such as comedian Sarah Silverman, Lloyd Cole, Chris Brokaw, and band member from Nada Surf. Keep your eyes open for their new single and perhaps EP, “Nothing I Can Do,” planned to hit shelves sometime next Spring. Gramercy Arms embodies the “gritty splendor” that is New York, or so they say.
New years always brings high expectations and apparently it should be no different for your feet. The 70′s platform and the 80′s stiletto will look like ballet flats compared to the sky scrapers of ’09. Podalic fashion of the new year is architecturally angular and the fabrics and patterns, transcendent. Maybe art is better worn than hung.
FYI: Four inches is said to be the minimum heel height; It’s time to start practicing the stilt walking, ladies.
Cork Accessaries- No, we aren’t wearing wine bottle corks on a necklace chain (although we may be on to something) but clutches and shoes with cork detail are all the rage!
Cropped pants are no longer just for the girls or for the boys that clam dig. 
Not so buttoned up- It may seem a bit 70′s disco-esque but it’s time to loosen up those buttons, the lower you button the better. Also, you’ll find more mens cotton T-shirts in a much lower cut V-neck. Let the chest hair blow in the wind!
Shoe Patches- Time to brush up on your cross stitch. When your shoes begin to wear this year grab the needle and thread. Patch away! Apparently the economy is in rough shape or something.
