Slideshow: The Most Stylish People at McCarren Park Pool on Saturday
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The weather was sunny and well over 90 degrees in Williamsburg on Saturday, and the line for the brand-new McCarren Park Pool stretched around the block down Berry Street. Those in the queue stared longingly toward the sapphire-blue oasis on the other side of the fence, sweating and drinking iced coffees and fanning themselves with hot air. Meanwhile, Icee vendors did a brisk business, wheeling their carts up and down the sidewalk and trying to keep cool by draping themselves with wet towels. (We saw one very wise toddler pour the contents of his Icee cup over his head, to his mom’s consternation.) In spite of the heat, plenty of folks turned out in their urban poolside best — a lively combination of breezy dresses, shorts, sunglasses, vintage T-shirts, and funky hats. See our roundup of the pool’s most stylish visitors.
Emily What are your post-pool plans today? I'm meeting friends here, and then we're going to the Meeker Avenue Flea.
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Brian, assistant buyer for Macy’s You're here with your roommate. Do you guys ever argue over cleaning duties? No. I clean while she bakes. ...
Brian, assistant buyer for Macy’s You're here with your roommate. Do you guys ever argue over cleaning duties? No. I clean while she bakes. So she compensates you with cookies? Yeah. She's going to make peanut butter brownies after we get back from the pool.
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Jasmine, student What are your summer plans? Babysitting. Lots of babysitting.
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Becca, student at Hampshire College Where did you get your shoes from? I found these in a pile at the side of the road at Hampshire. This top was...
Becca, student at Hampshire College Where did you get your shoes from? I found these in a pile at the side of the road at Hampshire. This top was a dress, but I cut off the bottom sort of haphazardly.
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Maria, optical salesperson, and Arri, 2 Does your job mean that you have a crazy sunglasses collection? Yeah, I do. I have a lot. Does your daugh...
Maria, optical salesperson, and Arri, 2 Does your job mean that you have a crazy sunglasses collection? Yeah, I do. I have a lot. Does your daughter like the water? She loves it. She’s a summer baby.
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Line, student What brings you to Brooklyn from Denmark? I just came here on Wednesday to start my internship at the U.N. When do you start? Yeste...
Line, student What brings you to Brooklyn from Denmark? I just came here on Wednesday to start my internship at the U.N. When do you start? Yesterday, technically, but I start for real on Monday. How was your first day? Overwhelming. I got to go down into the security council and see one session. It was amazing. I’m a political science student, so that’s like, the dream.
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Sam, student at Hampshire College What are you doing for the summer? I work at a pizza school. I teach people how to make really good pizza ...
Sam, student at Hampshire College What are you doing for the summer? I work at a pizza school. I teach people how to make really good pizza in a home oven. Are your friends always asking you to make them pizza? No, pizza’s my job. I don’t bring it home.
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Julie, web designer, and Adam, freelancer What are your summer plans? Adam: I should be getting a full-time job, but I’ve got a running list of t...
Julie, web designer, and Adam, freelancer What are your summer plans? Adam: I should be getting a full-time job, but I’ve got a running list of things I want to do. I’m thinking about going to Iceland. Julie: I’m going to Spain next week — Ibiza, Majorca, and Barcelona. Just to hike, eat, sail — all that stuff.
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Chelsea, librarian Cool sneakers. These are my Converse fold-downs. I got them in Paris when I was 17. I’m going for a fly-girl look today.
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Chelsea, librarian Cool sneakers. These are my Converse fold-downs. I got them in Paris when I was 17. I’m going for a fly-girl look today.
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Bodil, student You're the second person I've met from Denmark here today. Yeah, there are a lot of Scandinavians out here in Williamsburg. Why is...
Bodil, student You're the second person I've met from Denmark here today. Yeah, there are a lot of Scandinavians out here in Williamsburg. Why is that? It’s a relaxed neighborhood and cool. It’s nice to live out here.
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Kay, social media strategist Do you have a personal Twitter account, or just one for work? Both. I’m on all social platforms, both personall...
Kay, social media strategist Do you have a personal Twitter account, or just one for work? Both. I’m on all social platforms, both personally and professionally. Are you going to tweet about the pool? I'm going to take pictures of it, actually, for work.
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Marc, works in marketing Why are you here today? To get tan and to hit on cute skinny Brooklyn boys. You don’t like the muscular, beefy types? No...
Marc, works in marketing Why are you here today? To get tan and to hit on cute skinny Brooklyn boys. You don’t like the muscular, beefy types? No. So you’re not going to go see Magic Mike? I am going to see Magic Mike, actually, and I’m going to have an amazing time.
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Resham, public interest lawyer for the Legal Aid Society, and Mira, 2 You’re both wearing jumpsuits. Are you usually into the matching mothe...
Resham, public interest lawyer for the Legal Aid Society, and Mira, 2 You’re both wearing jumpsuits. Are you usually into the matching mother-daughter outfits? I’m really not, but it just tends to happen just because I’ll feel like wearing a certain color or dressing a certain way, and then I dress her too. So we wind up looking alike pretty often, weirdly enough.
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Mer, works for an N.G.O., and T.C., singer for electropop band Avan Lava Where did you get your hat? It’s my mother’s. These shoes are also ...
Mer, works for an N.G.O., and T.C., singer for electropop band Avan Lava Where did you get your hat? It’s my mother’s. These shoes are also my mother’s, from the eighties. I got these earrings in Kenya about a month ago. What were you doing there? For my job. I work on children’s health issues. T.C., do you always wear a chain? No, I just got this. I'll probably take it off for the pool.
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Joseph You just quit your job? Yeah, a few days ago. I was a federal defender. It was a good job, but I’m moving to California in a week to work ...
Joseph You just quit your job? Yeah, a few days ago. I was a federal defender. It was a good job, but I’m moving to California in a week to work on a farm. It’s an internship at a small organic farm just north of San Francisco. Have you started packing yet? No, not at all.
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Tim, broadcast producer Where’s your accent from? I’m Australian. How does this pool compare to the public pools in Australia? This is clearly a ...
Tim, broadcast producer Where’s your accent from? I’m Australian. How does this pool compare to the public pools in Australia? This is clearly a novelty. In Australia, pretty much all the public pools are free because you have to have one. It’s not a luxury, it’s a necessity. Whereas, in Manhattan, it feels like a luxury to have a clean pool. Well, it's clean for now, at least.
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Kathy, professional dancer How long have you been dancing? A long time, but I just moved here two months ago to pursue it. I’m just crashing on d...
Kathy, professional dancer How long have you been dancing? A long time, but I just moved here two months ago to pursue it. I’m just crashing on different friends’ couches in Brooklyn for now.
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Lucas, musician Where did you get your hat? I work in a yoga studio, and it wound up in the lost and found there, and I kept it. It’s mine now.
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Lucas, musician Where did you get your hat? I work in a yoga studio, and it wound up in the lost and found there, and I kept it. It’s mine now.
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Coco, works in digital creative services, and Amanda, works in cultural marketing How'd you choose your outfit for today? Amanda: I picked it up ...
Coco, works in digital creative services, and Amanda, works in cultural marketing How'd you choose your outfit for today? Amanda: I picked it up off the floor, to be honest. Coco: I just tried to find the loosest possible clothes, because I don't want anything touching my body right now.
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