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 epaulettes, harem pants, platform boots, headdresses, goggles, and, perhaps most mystifyingly, bulky faux fur coats. The reason was simple: Burning Man. “People used to come buy hippie stuff, and we didn’t know why,” said Joan Bedor, 61, who has worked for decades at Reminiscence, now near Union Square. Now we know what to buy.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyShe pointed out mirror-lens goggles, embroidered Indian skirts, metallic-hued booty shorts, parasols hanging from the ceiling, and a rack of fake fur coats — a Burning Man wardrobe staple for the cold desert nights. “This is all Burn stuff,” she said.

Source: New York Times August 18, 2017 21:15 UTC