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miuzeletter #04: Polly Staple

Pret A Manger, The Corner Of Carnaby Street And Great Marlborough Street, London, 11.50AM, Thursday the 16th of January 2003

…a black girl with red boxing boots, a Lonsdale bag and a long stripey scarf. Three Spanish girls with pony tails. A girl in drainpipes and high heels. An Italian kid in wrap around shades. A guy in a green army jacket and blue stripe adiddas. A girl with Jennifer Aniston hair. A media girl in turn up jeans and Victorian boots. Two builders in workwear and Reeboks, eyeing the Spanish girls. A mother and daughter; the mother in a tartan jacket, the daughter with a Gucci bag. An American kid in GAP. A street kid; hood up. A podgy English kid in a pink visor. A girl in pirate boots and army jacket. An older guy in lo-slung skate jeans. A petite girl in denim shorts with turquoise hold ups, a black woolly jumper, a big scarf and Miu Miu heels. A Hoxton kid with fashion hair and a white, 80s jacket. An Essex kid in Boy Band denim. A short Indian kid with big shoulders and CUBA sweatshirt. Two arty Dutch kids with coloured tights. A Russian girl in Buffalo shoes. A girl with silver glitter eyeshadow. A blonde girl with a purple leatherette 80s blouson jacket and Stars and Stripes Allstars. Three beauticians in Winter coats and white clogs; one with white ankle socks. A kid in a button down shirt and Nike Shox, running. A guy in a parka on the phone. A tanned girl in Marharishi trousers, smoking. A media kid in combats, walking fast. Three Japanese kids. A skinny kid in flouro green Commes shoes and a brown corduroy jacket. Two secretarys in black – one blonde, one brunette. A kid in a yellow woolly hat. A skate girl with a rucksack. Another beautician. Another Euro kid in sunglasses and a suede jacket, eating a sandwich. A Miss Sixty shop girl in a tight pink sweatshirt. A kid with jumbo laces. A model girl with an antique scarf, cerise heels and an expensive bag. Two tall continental guys. An actressy girl in a Kangol cap, pink blazer and stacked shoes. A media guy with designer glasses and a three colour motorcycle jacket. A skate kid in DC’s. An American girl with Chloe sunglasses and parents. Four office boys in shirt and shoes. A smart blonde girl in a flat cap with an LV bag. Two black kids - one with Dreads, one with a tache – both in lo-slung jeans. Two shop girls with asymmetric fringes, hoop earrings and army jackets. Three off duty policewomen in regulation black trousers and DM’s. A Euro kid with floppy hair. A bald guy. The floppy haired Euro kid spitting out gum. A fat gay kid in LESS DELUX jeans. A trendy girl with pink feather earrings. A workman in Wellington boots. A student girl with a baby; the baby in a stripey jumper and mini corduroys. A tanned Essex girl with a flick. A sad girl in a grey hooded parka with a pom pom scarf. Two actors in chunky denim. A blonde girl with pale pink gloves. A student kid in red leather adiddas. A couple with matching army jackets, he with a beard…