Justice Omoruyi had just wrapped another photo shoot before ours took place. He and some friends were in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood taking pictures for CunyOutfits, an Instagram account showcasing the style of City University of New York students, when we crossed paths on a Tuesday in mid April.
“We go around the city, take pictures and just have fun,” said Mr. Omoruyi, an 18-year-old mechanical engineering student at City College in Harlem.
His style has been influenced by his love of thrift shopping, he said, noting that he bought the bomber jacket he was wearing over his shirt and tie at the Grand Bazaar, a resale market on the Upper West Side. What Mr. Omoruyi likes most about thrifting is the journey some items take before he finds them. “I could thrift a shirt from Texas, or Jersey,” he said, “because someone may have moved here and decided to give it away.”
