En un artículo de portada de LIFE de Agosto de 1969, del fotógrafo Vernon Merritt III, LIFE alababa «That New York Look» (Ese Look Neoyorquino) con un celo casi poético que, después de tantos años, todavía suena auténtico:
La Ciudad de Nueva York es una fiesta de disfraces para los jóvenes este verano, una fiesta que tiene lugar al aire libre, en las calles y en los parques. El pelo largo, piernas largas. El resultado no siempre es elegante, pero esta completamente vivo.
No es muy difícil diferenciar a los chicos de las chicas, incluso cuando ambos llevan pantalones de campana, porque la mayoría de los chicos no usan betún de zapatos en sus ojos. Todos visten lo que quieren llevar, desde las faldas cortas a las pieles más largas.
Cómo se ven en parte, depende de adónde se dirigen. El ferry es diferente de un almuerzo en un puesto de la 7ª Avenida – y muy diferente de Central Park.
La apariencia no es lo que en Nueva York llaman sofisticado, pero aún así, llama la atención. Lo importante es que exprese. El look en New York es una celebración diaria del yo. LIFE
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In a cover story shot by photographer Vernon Merritt III, LIFE lauded “That New York Look” with an almost poetic zeal that, all these years later, still sounds authentic:
New York City is a costume party for the young this summer, a party that is taking place outdoors, on the streets and in the parks. Long hair, long legs. The party is not always elegant, but it is completely alive.
It isn’t really hard to tell the boys from the girls, even when they are both in bell-bottoms, and of course most boys don’t put shoe polish on their eyes. All are wearing what they want to to wear, from the shortest skirts to the longest skins.
The look is not what New York calls sophisticated, but even so, it catches the eye. Many of the girls seem to get their kicks with makeup. They wear it anywhere — absolutely anywhere.
The important thing is to express yourself. Depending on your talents you can do it with a 25-key soprano Melodica or a long, cool stare. You choose. The New York look is a daily celebration of the self.
How they look depends partly on where they go. The ferry is different from a Seventh Avenue lunch stand — and very different from Central Park.
The look is not what New York calls sophisticated, but even so, it catches the eye. Many of the girls seem to get their kicks with makeup. They wear it anywhere — absolutely anywhere.
The important thing is to express yourself. Depending on your talents you can do it with a 25-key soprano Melodica or a long, cool stare. You choose. The New York look is a daily celebration of the self. LIFE
