When it comes to Street Style, New York’s stylistic relevance sits apart from any other city in the world. Whether it be music, fashion, culture— even down to the way they cue new lingo, New York has always been home to the next hot thing since before anyone can remember.
How can one city have this much juice?
Dropping temperatures mean no one is caught without a big black puffa jacket, matter fact— the only thing that New Yorkers won’t mind being cold, are their fits. One rule always sticks, regardless of who the hell you are if you can spin a fit in winter you’re valid wherever you might find yaself.
Regardless of the weather, blocks stay hot with fits from guys like Jay Perez, Chris Romero, and Edwin Ortiz, holding New York fashion culture together by the unpredictable array of eclectic styles. Whilst some of NYC’s fashion kids nod to the 80’s with a rugged avant garde look, in slim fit leather trousers and asymmetric button ups and a point toe boot to finish it off. NYC streetwear final bosses look to the 90’s and early noughts by playing with textures, layers, and clashing prints. All finished off with the glossiest puffa, linking up to do their best Bloody Osiris.
It’s more than just the kids running it when it comes to the fashion, it’s hard to find anyone who’s lacking in the big apple. From wool car coats, to canvas utility jackets and workwear trousers, from vintage to modern day — this city raises the bar of what it means to get up and get fitted.
Personalisation is the key to fashion in every borough. Putting an individual twist on pieces, elevating them to heights we didn’t even know existed. From reimagined layering, going heavy on clashing prints, and guys like Texas Migo completely switching up crep game. Migo uses customs leathers, embellishments on laces, and textures like pony hair and croc to assure one thing; they ain’t doing nothing regular around those ends!
Since the dawn of time, what’s on your feet has always revealed who you might be in NYC and whilst some styles have managed to survive a test of time, new silhouettes like the adidas Control 5s have jumped to a new level on the scene.
New Yorkers will come at anything with a different level of swag, marking cultural shifts through style from young. One thing they will always do is dare to move a little different from the rest. The freedom of expression from accessing such a diverse cultural landscape definitely sets trends for the rest of us to follow.
