bijou
03-31-2010, 02:31 PM
After a hard night on her feet as the manager of a busy downtown restaurant, Bari Musacchio heads to her NoLIta studio apartment, hangs up her coat, takes off her shoes and puts them in her refrigerator.
I have one closet, and things were overflowing, so I started putting shoes in the fridge, says the fashionable 26-year-old, whose wardrobe is heavy on the black and consists mostly of skinny jeans and blazers.
And then I moved on to my cabinets, where I now store my seasonal clothes sweaters in the summer, T-shirts in the winter.
Musacchio is not alone. Once a New York urban legend like crocodiles in the sewers or the rent-controlled apartment with a view people who store sweaters in their ovens do actually exist.
In a town where square footage is at a premium, closet space is coveted.
Takeout culture has made cooking at home practically obsolete for some people, which means that more New Yorkers are discovering that their kitchens are teeming with underused nooks and crannies namely refrigerators, ovens and cabinets ideal for storing their cashmere sweaters and knee-high boots.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/fashion/the_kitchen_is_my_closet_wR2GAtwboSO9f8W16mnC8K#ix zz0jmRmbLRx
I have one closet, and things were overflowing, so I started putting shoes in the fridge, says the fashionable 26-year-old, whose wardrobe is heavy on the black and consists mostly of skinny jeans and blazers.
And then I moved on to my cabinets, where I now store my seasonal clothes sweaters in the summer, T-shirts in the winter.
Musacchio is not alone. Once a New York urban legend like crocodiles in the sewers or the rent-controlled apartment with a view people who store sweaters in their ovens do actually exist.
In a town where square footage is at a premium, closet space is coveted.
Takeout culture has made cooking at home practically obsolete for some people, which means that more New Yorkers are discovering that their kitchens are teeming with underused nooks and crannies namely refrigerators, ovens and cabinets ideal for storing their cashmere sweaters and knee-high boots.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/fashion/the_kitchen_is_my_closet_wR2GAtwboSO9f8W16mnC8K#ix zz0jmRmbLRx