00:03Hi, I'm Annie, New York editor of Refinery29, and today we're all the way uptown in Harlem to
00:08see how people are transitioning from the super cold winter into what has become a slightly less
00:13cold spring. What's your name? Kai Isis Ankara. We saw you walking across the street, strutting
00:21I should say, in this awesome coat. I just had to stop you and ask you about it. Look,
00:26so, do I have this look? You are so ready. You were waiting for us to stop you. I was
00:32waiting. I get too many compliments from it though, and then I can have a lace. And this
00:36is really, like, a really smart tip, belting the coat, sweater coat. Hi, so what's your
00:42name? I'm Justin. Justin, and where are you headed? I'm to work right now. Where do you
00:46work? At American Apparel. Are you decked out at American Apparel right now? Not completely,
00:51yeah. My pants and my shirt are, but everything else is, like, a mid-smash. Where did you get
00:55your two coats? I'm wearing two coats too. The jacket, this gum jacket is actually American
00:59apparel, and this is from JQ. Awesome. What's, um, one thing that you're really
01:03excited to wear this spring, when it does kind of get warmer? Spring. I guess probably espadrilles
01:07again. Just, like, wearing, like, comfortable shoes. Manspadrilles. Yeah. Manspadrilles.
01:11Manslippers, pretty much, yeah. Where do you look for stat like sports? Um, I guess
01:16street etiquette, like, four pins, GQ, fit me, stuff like that. What inspires you most
01:26about New York? Oh, human spirit. I spotted your human spirit from across the street. I'm
01:34impressed by your bold camel coat, your blue briefcase, the little pop of chartreuse that
01:39I'm also sporting today. Tell us a little bit about your look and how you normally dress.
01:43Um, I just really, I, I dress to express myself a little more consciously than most people,
01:50but basically all of us, whether we know it or not, we're putting on a costume every day,
01:55and very few people, um, give themselves the license to be individual.
02:00What are some of your favorite stores in New York? Don't buy so much for designer, even
02:05though this happens to me, I'm more jealous. I just go to vintage stores. I don't really
02:10necessarily believe you should spend a lot of money to look sharp. You don't have to.
02:14You don't have to. Yeah. You really don't. And I would rather give the money to animals
02:18and, uh, children.
02:22Do you have any travel plans for spring or summer to go anywhere even warmer than New
02:28York? No, not warmer. I'm going back to Belgium, and, and summer in Belgium is, it's not really
02:34like summer here, it's in the fifties all the time, so I'm actually going to a cold place
02:39in summer. Oh no. What's the difference between Belgium style and New York style?
02:44Uh, in, in New York there's people that wear great stuff, and you have people that really
02:49wear PJs in the streets, and that never happens in Belgium. I think in Belgium it's like more
02:54in the middle all the time, whereas in New York you have people really stylish and
02:58really nice. So it's clear, Harlem has amazing style that's all its own, and we can't wait to explore
03:04more New York neighborhoods as the weather gets warmer.
03:07All day.
03:09Woo!
03:09Woo!
03:10Woo!
