Duh. Crown should be crowd.

NY, though more individualistic then most of the country, is much more generic now.

I remember when Banana Republic sold TRAVEL clothing. Clothing for a safari, the Indiana Jones hat - that kind of thing.

Ya want pictures of pretty people in haute couture? Here you go. Enjoy.


http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

I remember when Banana Republic sold TRAVEL clothing. Clothing for a safari, the Indiana Jones hat - that kind of thing.

The original, was it up on Union Street?, in San Francisco was fun and unqiue.

Now here is what the Lower East Side and East Village is truly about. LES/East Village is a conglomeration. There are many Hispanics. Avenue C is also called Loisaida, which is a Spanglish word for Lower East Side. In the past three or four years there has been influx of young Japanese women who wish to escape the oppressive ther culture and move here for a few years. Before that it was a haven for thirty something Israelis who wnated to escape Israel.

There has always been some people who didn't realize the 60's are over, and there are many wannabe writers, musicians, actors, and artists and real writers, actors, musicians, and artists. There are many transients from all over the country and you very often see young women with their visiting mothers in tow, who are wide eyed.

You have some hispters who are not as well dressed as the Willimsbugh hispters and young and old families. There are still Polish stores and a large Ukranian church which is across the street from McSorley's.

It is a great, great neighborhood for those who like people of other thoughts, backgrounds, and looks.

Like always the truth deflates stereotypes.

Hi-Shecky Green here. You're worrying about proper dress in NYC? You should be worrying about the new format, which I'm having trouble mastering. Pain in the ___!. Thanks for
listening. SG

On the website chowhound.com on the Not About Food board there is a thread entitled Manhattan Dress Code

You all are awesome thanks so much. Just as I thought. We are looking forward to our 6 nights in NYC.

When I see a store in NY called something like the "New York Look", it makes me laugh.

Of course everyone knows NY is a melting pot, salad bowl, whatever. Words cannot emphasize how true this is - it's an understatement in the extreme.

We all want to make people fit neatly into our categories, but even within neighborhoods, within a square block, within an apartment, there are niches and micro-niches of groups of people who have whatever in common, their culture, religion, morals, career.

I ignore anyone who tries to make a taxonomy out of New Yorkers.

Black. Wear black.
:-)
Most of all, be comfortable. Make sure your feet are happy.

Just there and it seemed that every woman in New York, or at least on the UWS, was wearing a long, black quilted poly coat. Wool seemed rare and I was tempted to run out and find a knee length cool back quilted coat. I saw lots of comfortable shoes & boots, dark jeans, nice sweaters, big beautiful bags. Actually saw a lot of women in yoga pants and running shoes but I assumed they were just running errands!