What is New Yorks best-kept shopping secret?
CB: Hit the pavement and go to the flea markets on West 25th Street or West 39th Street and spend an afternoon going through all the racks. [Editor’s note: See our flea-market roundup for more ideas.] I always find a great treasure. Last fall, I got this really amazing navy chunky stadium sweater that has a roll collar and two buttons. I think it was, like, 20 bucks, and was under this pile of things, so you really have to go and look. There’s something really visceral about hunting and finding something. Which young designers do you admire? CB: I admire people I went to school with, so Alexander Wang, Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough from Proenza Schouler, the Vena Cava girls—the Parsons crew. Who is your muse? CB: I look to my friends as muses. They all share this quality of being really assertive and really funny, tenacious and a little tomboyish, like my dear friend Eva Amurri. She’s sort of boyish, but her body is super-feminine. She has all these curves, but it’s all about hu
