New York
RECENTLY, the mannequins in the window of the Manhattan vintage shop Reminiscence traded their summer outfits for Sgt Pepper-style military coats with tassels and epaulets, harem pants, platform boots, goggles and, perhaps most mystifyingly, bulky faux fur coats.
The reason was simple: Burning Man.
Burning Man, an annual gathering that draws about 65,000 participants to the Nevada desert for more than a week, may be 4,425km away, but this time of year it is very present in New York at apartment...