This week New York served up an early Xmas present, with a four for the price of one Look Book that's supposedly about how, in the sparkly, magical Big Apple, even the quotidian trek to work is full of style. Uh, whatever. Maybe they're right, but we don't really know anymore: our morning commute takes place so early that most of the outfits that surround us on the subway simply scream "day laborer." Maybe it's a look that Theyskens is doing for spring? Anyway, after the jump, Intern Alexis solicits the opinions of Rich Juzniak, Callista Brill, and Kimberly Weeks to determine who will go on to becoming America's Next Top Commuter Model.

Rich Juzwiak, fourfour

As hating is one of my treasured pastimes, I have to choose the
commuter I like least as my "favorite." Marcelo Picalomino is what
happened when Jarvis Cocker did Bushwick 10 years ago, back when
Jarvis was someone to write about and Bushwick was something to do. In
case you haven't noticed, Marcelo is mad ghetto, as evidenced in his
"T-shirt of Tupac Shakur" (not pictured, but mentioned here). A
bookseller and whiteboy 2Pac fan? Literate!

Calista Brill, Disney Princess

In this guts-n-glory battle for my affections the first to fall are
Kathleen, with her trying-too-hard hat and her utterly uninteresting
"totally me" coat, and Marcelo, who is clearly one of the power-mad
Strand employees who never buy my paperbacks (he also apparently
stalks his own girlfriend). They're both assholes, and their clothes suck to boot.

Larry is rockin' a hell of a look, but at the expense of his humanity;
Tonya is inoffensive; and although Ken Cherry's boring duds are
improved by the force of his, uh, personality, the dude works in fucking HR.
Eliminated.

Ruth and Jim emerge justly triumphant, and I refuse to choose between
them. Ruth's sharp, funny ensemble earns her an elevated place in my
heart, and Jim is obviously the boss of me (and you) for ever and
ever.

Kimberly Weeks, Comedian

We could all learn a lot from Jim Harden. Though a man of few words,
it is clear that Jim leads by example. While the other commuters
happily stop to share their fashion philosophies, personal
shortcomings and overwhelming insecurities, Jim snaps us back to
reality to remind us that we all have deadlines, commitments and
responsibilities to uphold. Jim shuns the Look Book spotlight in
order to instill in us the forgotten value of a dollar. However,
perhaps Jim's most valuable yet tacit lesson harkens back to the
Native American belief that no part of an animal should ever go to
waste.

Reasons to Love New York: The Fashion Show Commute [NYMag]

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