I heart Rigaer Strasse
You know the problem. After a perfectly innocent and casual make-out session with a cute guy you kind of feel the urge to see him again, but you don’t want to give him the impression you’re running after him. And anyway it would be totally up to him to call you. In my case I had the fortunate advantage of knowing that he lived on the Rigaer Strasse, just as I do, only at the other end of it. This opened up a whole bouquet of opportunities for me.
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It all started out by taking occasional but well considered detours over the Bersarinplatz, with one goal only: passing by his house. After a while these occasions became more frequent and without noticing it I had fully integrated the whole length of the Rigaer Strasse into my daily way home.
Coat by Gestuz (available at Episoda),
Shades by Jeepers Peepers (available at Visby)
Not only did it give my life this little extra pinch of excitement. I also discovered that the Rigaer Strasse is actually quite pretty. A lot of nice old buildings, funny people at day and night, colourful, here and there a quirky old drinking hole, cute little shops in the side streets, and there’s this fascinating part of the street where the construction sites are located so unfortunate that you have to change sides every few steps.
Dress by Modström (available at Visby)
All these little peculiarities inspired me to some adventurous actions I could take to raise chances of a “coincidental” meeting, like going to mass at this incredibly monstrous church that was practically across from his doorstep.
Or I could dress up in fur and bling, walk up on one of the many squatted houses, wait until the radical anarchists start chasing me with paint balloons, and then run up his door desperately knocking for help.
Dress by primiam, Scarf by S’NOB (available at Episoda)
You can tell that this street is a source of inspiration and joy for me. Even more than that. It became a piece of beloved homeland that I love to walk through so much that I totally forget to wonder if today’s outfit looks really good or just good.
Coat by Modström (available at Visby), Shades by Ray Ban
Sometimes I ask myself if my affection to this street is a little bit odd. But then again I feel so much at home here. This lovely stroll all the way down to my house became such a pleasure, how can that be wrong? And you never know who I could run into after all…
Outfits by Episoda and Visby. Model: Anna Werner, Styling: Julia Karutz, Photos: Frank, Story: Dina
July 8th, 2008 at 17:38h
Great clothes an a really sweet story, looking forward to see more…
July 9th, 2008 at 00:08h
I can relate, girl. Good luck that you meet him. But make up your mind already what to say… xxx, jules
July 11th, 2008 at 02:01h
der blaue Mantel ganz unten ist toll. ich hoffe den gibt’s noch….
July 15th, 2008 at 16:04h
green shoes…I can hardly wait to wear them!
Congrats, great story & locations! hugs, sari
August 9th, 2008 at 14:58h
yeah, this crazy anarchists, hopefully they will be blast out of this houses, so we can buildt some nice fashion stores in them…
August 9th, 2008 at 16:52h
Actually we wouldn’t change the Rigaer Strasse at all. If you read the article closely you would know that this is what the author is trying to tell. Diversity makes this place special. And irony is not neccessarily meant as an insult.
August 10th, 2008 at 17:22h
Maybe you should visit some lectures in social science at the university.
My favourite is the one about gentrification. After this you’ll maybe know that you’ve changed rigaer str. allready. And maybe you should ask the people in the squatted houses what they’re thinking why there were so much trouble with the police within the last year. The owners of the houses unfortunately do not share your Love for diversity, they’re only thinking:” Hey there are living some people in our Street who are thinking that they are cool and trendy, so this is a trendy area, now we can rise the rents to a tendy level, that’s cool”
Congratulation
August 11th, 2008 at 14:09h
Excuse me that we like Friedrichshain. And excuse me that we want to live here. Excuse me that you dislike the term trendy so much. I get it, it’s not your style. And I agree, trendy is not such a cool word after all.
But maybe you should rather blame greedy house owners and landlords for raising the rents, instead of the people who can afford to live there. I can guarantee you, most yuppies would rather live in cheaper apartments, too, if there were any.
Maybe we should build a wall around certain areas to keep yuppies and real estate people out, what do you think? Is that your style?
August 11th, 2008 at 14:43h
No I think he’s style is more cheap Sweatshop-shirts made by little indian childs. I dont think that he could apreciate fashion as an expression of creativity and personality!And you people have done a great job with the shoot. I am really pissed about this mans who has no understanding for fashion as part of a own subculture and who tried to let people in good clothes look like they are superficial just because they have a distinct sense for astaethic.
August 11th, 2008 at 14:58h
Carlos-boy!! why do you pollute this place with your pseudo political bullshit, huh? you’re just a hater that’s all.
August 15th, 2008 at 05:40h
Diese grünen Schuhe… ich brauche sie, meine Leben erscheint mir so sinnlos ohne sie…
Wo habt ihr die denn erstanden?
August 15th, 2008 at 12:56h
Hey Anna! Die grünen Schuhe gehörten dem Model. Kann ich dir also leider nicht beantworten, wo die her sind, sorry. Viele Grüße, Frank
January 5th, 2009 at 23:40h
Great post. Those photos are lovely. Keep it up!