Siren Spotting: Looks from the Coney Island Music Festival
If any of you have ever been to Coney Island, you can understand my mini-obsession/love affair with it!! That place is amazing. I was in New York last summer and it was the perfect time to visit Coney Island. I didn’t really have any interest in going, but after some light convincing from my girlfriend, I went dressed in an old fashioned Betsey Johnson summer dress…perfect attire. It just so happened that a parade was taking place that day, but not just any parade…The Mermaid Parade. This thing is legendary and apparently last summer was the last time it was taking place! I was so excited to have been there experiencing it. Mermaids in every shape, size and color in all their glory atop floats that looked like gaudy goldfish bowl trinkets. But, the best part of that whole day was being at Coney Island in the hot summer heat. I felt like I was in some 1920’s film where every girl is in an old fashioned bathing suit walking on the boardwalk. The Atlantic crashing down onto the beach to my left, the epic Wonder Wheel and accordions blaring to my right. Coney Island is truly a special place. Didn’t make it there this summer, but DID find some fantastically dressed gals that were there enjoying this year’s Siren Music Festival which took place at Coney.
Put on by NY’s Village Voice, this year’s lineup included Built To Spill, The Raveonettes, A Place To Bury Strangers and many others. New York summer heat gets just as wicked as L.A. summer heat, except the humidity is something unforgivable. As we learned earlier this year from our Coachella post, it is crucial to be dressed properly…without, of course, sacrificing any style.
These girls look great, each with a unique style of their own. They were all asked what they were wearing, and of course much of it was designer mixed with vintage, or something old that belonged to their mothers or grandmothers. I love reading people’s answers when they are caught off guard and asked that question. Summery and stylish, these photo pics were my top three favorites from the festival. If you look closely, you can see all the fun that awaits in the background! A forever long old boardwalk that stretches along the beach, a roller coaster to scream your head off on, and funnel cake and junk food galore. I just love Coney Island…
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