TIME TRAVELLER
Sep 05, 2019
2 minutes
WORDS JULIET BENNING
PHOTOGRAPHY
STEPHEN KENT JOHNSON/OTTO
Twenty years ago, New York’s Bowery District was considered so grungy that a character in a US sitcom quipped the only reason she would go there was to visit John Derian’s shop. Having anchored himself to this vibrant corner of the East Village, the area has since evolved around him into a much safer and more pleasant neighbourhood. ‘When I
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