Meet the latest Cali-import at OCNY, Alex!
Name: Alex Thurmond
Hometown: Long Beach, CA
Twitter: @alex_thurmond
Astro sign: Sagittarius
Currently obsessed with: New York City, summertime, and Cyril Hahn
My vice and my virtue: I’m a yes-man
As a teenager, I worshiped: Skaters and Snoop Dogg
What's on my nightstand right now: How Music Works by David Byrne, Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream, and my phone
Favorite Pandora station: City High
Historical figure: Pablo Picasso
Favorite flea market: Les Puces de Saint-Ouen in Paris
Favorite place for dumplings: 456 Shanghai—the best soup dumplings ever!
Items at OC that I most covet: The Jacquemus Cropped Jacket, the Marques’Almeida Frayed Oversized Denim T-Shirt, and the Isa Arfen Techno Taffeta Cropped Bustier Top.
Name: Alex Thurmond
Hometown: Long Beach, CA
Twitter: @alex_thurmond
Astro sign: Sagittarius
Currently obsessed with: New York City, summertime, and Cyril Hahn
My vice and my virtue: I’m a yes-man
As a teenager, I worshiped: Skaters and Snoop Dogg
What's on my nightstand right now: How Music Works by David Byrne, Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream, and my phone
Favorite Pandora station: City High
Historical figure: Pablo Picasso
Favorite flea market: Les Puces de Saint-Ouen in Paris
Favorite place for dumplings: 456 Shanghai—the best soup dumplings ever!
Items at OC that I most covet: The Jacquemus Cropped Jacket, the Marques’Almeida Frayed Oversized Denim T-Shirt, and the Isa Arfen Techno Taffeta Cropped Bustier Top.
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