“我20歲來的紐約。 剛來時我晚上睡在基督教青年會， 白天就去周圍所有的時裝店， 給他們看我的作品集。 我臉皮薄， 幾乎都鼓不起勇氣， 甚至會在人家店外站上30分鐘才敢推門進去。
但後來我莫名其妙找到了給 Oleg Cassini 當插畫師的工作。 他是電影的主設計師。 我在那兒工作了六個月後， 他讓我畫一套草圖， 一共有五件衣服。 那些圖只是大概的輪廓， 就畫了畫接縫的位置。 他也沒跟我說過那些草圖是幹嘛用的。
幾周後， 我乘火車時， 在報紙上看到了我畫的那些草圖。 原來它們是設計來給甘迺迪夫人在白宮穿的衣服。
“I came to New York when I was twenty years old. At night I’d sleep at the YMCA, and during the day I’d go around to all the fashion houses and show them my portfolio. I was so shy that I could barely muster up the courage. I’d stand outside for thirty minutes before I even walked in the door.
But somehow I got a job as an illustrator for Oleg Cassini. He was a major designer in the movies. I’d been working there for six months when he asked me to sketch a collection of five dresses. They were just rough outlines to show where the seaming would be. He never told me what they were for.
Then a few weeks later I was riding on a train, and I saw my sketches in the newspaper. They were for Jackie Kennedy to wear in the White House.”
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ABOUT US
Humans of New York是紐約攝影師Brandon Stanton開創的街頭攝影計畫， 他每天在紐約的街頭尋找普通的紐約人， 請他們講述自己的生活和感悟， 簡單的幾句話裡常常有讓人會心一笑或者擊中人心的力量。
在Humans of New York的激勵下， 世界上很多城市都有人開始了類似的攝影項目， 其中也包括不少中國城市。 我們也會從中選擇部分有意思的故事不定期發佈。