Just as each of us has a unique style, I find that as a community we tend to reflect the style of the place in which we reside. While walking around Manhattan last week, I noticed that New Yorkers are big on studs. Studs find their way to handbags… backpacks… boots… and shoes. Some of them grow into spikes, for those […]
As soon as I arrived in Manhattan at the launch of Spring, I could not help but notice what I believe is now the single most popular item of dress: the fur-lined hooded coat. The coats and hoods are varied. Hoods are most commonly found on puffer coats, but they also appear atop water-resistant windbreaker type jackets. The hoods […]
Have you noticed how people often take on the colors of their surroundings? I wrote an earlier post about dressing for fall in the San Francisco Bay Area, which to me means echoing the true autumn colors of that region: blue skies and golden hillsides. It stands to reason that many New Yorkers would dress in […]
