This weekend I went to a cosmetic beauty supply store called Ricky's. Ordinarily i would not waste cyber blogging space with stories about makeup but this place was very unusual. It was a cosmetic-superstore. As I was browsing the aisles I found things I knew I could never hope to find in a regular store. I saw fake eyelashes, pink ones, long ones, eyelashes with feathers on them. I also saw fake hair pieces, attachable buns, pony tails. There were blue wigs and red wigs and purple wigs. I found all the colors of the rainbow in eyeshadows and the same in lipsticks.

 This past friday, as we know, was the 8th anniversary of September 11th. Every New Yorker had their own way of mourning, commemorating, and remembering the tragic events, and lives lost on that fateful day. For Shawn Carter, the rapper known as Jay-Z, a brooklyn native, music icon, and business mogul, this meant holding a benefit concert at Madison Square Concert, with all proceeds going directly to 9/11 charities.

The Wall Street Bull symbolizes 2 hallmarks of NYC: art and business. It symolizes the aggressiveness of business and perhaps the hostility of the financial atmosphere. But it also symbolizes prosperity and progression. It inspires economic advancement. The bull, like the economy, is also unrestricted and unpredictable. It symbolizes the strength and grit of NYC. This amazingly crafted bronze sculpure is one of the most recognizable artworks of NYC. It is a major tourist attraction and a Wall Street icon.

In class, we discussed how art was a form of self-expression. In my mind, fashion is the ultimate form of expressing one's own thoughts, beliefs, and personality trait. Rather one realizes it or not, every person on this earth has a style. People may think "I don't care ANYTHING about fashion, or having style". However, they are wrong. Style is not just about clothes. It is the way one lives, the way one carries themselves, and much more. There are those who are dignified with class, and there are those who choose are much more free and easy-going. Each is that person's style.