005: exhibit A

she spends her afternoons drifting between galleries in chelsea, coffee shops, and long lunches downtown. she knows the names of the artists on the walls but never feels the need to explain herself.

a fringe skirt for fun

she has a stack of books beside her bed and a coffee going cold beside her laptop. her weekends are spent browsing independent bookstores, wandering her university’s library, and underlining a million sentences she knows she’ll think about later.

the row cashmere

she spends her saturdays in vintage stores, flea markets, old photobooths, and museum archives. she knows which decade a handbag came from and can recognize a jil sander campaign from across the room. her apartment is full of old magazines, film photographs, and things she refuses to throw away.

a leather tote

she works in something creative and knows every good restaurant downtown. she goes to openings in the evening, drinks wine with her friends afterward, and somehow always looks like she came from somewhere interesting.