Bed-Stuy is Brit's Bag, Baby
Bedford Stuyvesant’s ascendency has just reached a new level: Thirty-year-old British designer Sarah Morgan has named an entire line of handbags after her new nabe. The Bed-Stuy collection includes such pieces as the Bedford (shown), the Putnam and the Madison. She says that the designs reflect the diversity of Bed-Stuy itself where her friends are…
Bedford Stuyvesant’s ascendency has just reached a new level: Thirty-year-old British designer Sarah Morgan has named an entire line of handbags after her new nabe. The Bed-Stuy collection includes such pieces as the Bedford (shown), the Putnam and the Madison. She says that the designs reflect the diversity of Bed-Stuy itself where her friends are African-American, West Indian, Italian and Colombian. “The neighborhood is still predominantly African-American,” she said, “but we all feel accepted.”
Bed-Stuy is Brit’s Bag, Baby! [NY Daily News]
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Can I wear my bling bling on “your” block or will that offend you too? Or is it only the trappings of yuppie wealth that you don’t like. I don’t have a freakin’ Bugaboo, but you certainly sound like you have a chip on your shoulder. Hopefully you won’t flip out and go postal on some rich “snob” for wearin Manolos on “your” block. Pretty cool that you own a block and can dictate what people wear and buy when they walk near your house. Your a “newbie” yourself anyway aren’t you?
And I really doubt that a blatant racist would move into Clinton Hill if they had real issues with race. If they did have issues, they wouldn’t be considering buying in the neighborhood, rather they’d just stay in their white enclave somewhere else. Most people living hear like the diversity.
whoa whoa whoa I didn’t say anyone was racist or a trust fund baby, if you read that into my comments, that’s on you. I just think the bugaboo is the Hummer of baby strollers.
Living in a black neighborhood doesn’t necessarily prove you’re not a racist snob, it might just mean you couldn’t afford a house in Park Slope.
You can be as rich and white as you want, just don’t push a bugaboo down my block.
I find all the resentful posts about people having money such a joke. Do you really think the people buying expensive houses in Clinton Hill are all just racist trust fund babies? Most of the people work their asses off to afford these places and love the neighborhood. If they were racist snobs they wouldn’t be living in a predominantly black neighborhood. Quit reading into everything, just say hi to the new people when they say hi to you, or God forbid, introduce yourself, and you’d be surprised to find out that they might just be nice hard working people who would love to get to know their neighbors.
Yes, conspicuous consumption, mmm. Sounds more like racism to me. I don’t hear complaints about expensive stereo systems and rims on tricked out cars or gold chains and lots of bling. That’s hip hop culture I suppose, while an expensive stroller is repugnant. You make no sense. Face it, you have hang-ups and prejudice against white people and buppies.
Actually it’s the bugaboos that are so offensive. I have no problem with comfort footwear. Believe me, you’re not going to make any new friends pushing an $800 stroller–almost as repugnant as driving a Land Rover.
I guess I’m referring to the intersection of race, class and in-your-face conspicuous consumption. It’s not just about skin color.
Sure. Bubblewrap sounds good for teens? At least they’ll have fun popping the bubbles
I think a black man in a white neighborhood has more to fear than does a white man in a black neighborhood.
Oh, and let’s not lose our heads!
Are you a teenager? You sound like one.
Are you going to cover them in bubble wrap and not let them go outside? there is a balance here — I’d like to hear from you when they’re teenagers..