Alexandra Richards for StyleCaster

Web’s first ever cover story, unveiled today on StyleCaster.com.

A wispy blond takes a break from the world – and a wrong turn into an abandoned building in the City Hall area of downtown Manhattan – but she’s tough enough to face it alone. Armed with tough accessories and bad-girl eyeliner, Alexandra Richards is a goth warrior strutting her stuff against a decaying background.

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Shot by Nicholas Routzen in an abandoned building in downtown Manhattan, Alexandra Richards wears Louis Vuitton, Azzedine Alaïa, Missoni and Alexander McQueen in a stunning 8 page narrative on power, femininity and the duality of urban decay as both beautiful and destructive

A wispy blonde takes a break from the world and a wrong turn into an abandoned building in the City Hall area of downtown Manhattan– but she’s tough enough to face it alone.  
Photographer: Nicholas Routzen

 Styling: Elle Werlin 

Model: Alexandra Richards

Creative Director: Emily Finkbinder, StyleCaster

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