Erin said:This article was interesting.LA does boast some bad/too-casual fashion here and there... maybe a little more often...
True...I wonder if that is where the "let's wear everything with flip-flops" trend came from...
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True...I wonder if that is where the "let's wear everything with flip-flops" trend came from...
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interesting to hear people's opinions on this....
i really believe some of it has a lot to do with the climate....
i watch the fashion on the streets here in sydney (australia) in the summer compared to the winter months, and its like night and day.... granted, we dont have a 'winter' like new york for example, or canada, where i now live, but even the presence of a chilly biting wind seems to give people more style... or maybe its that you cant go as wrong with scarves and sweaters as you can with minis and tank tops!...
ny and la just have such different feels...its a completely different energy....
la la land is a party town in many ways....there are well-dressed people, as with any big city, but new yorkers seem to be bred with a more grown-up approach to fashion.....i think a lot of it also has to do with the people that different cities attract...
la screames hollywood....young girls...the californian lifestyle....beaches and bbq's and surfing...auditions and castings and 'wannabes'....it just oozes summer and 'laid back'...
new york, to me, is a lot more professional....people with a harder edge seem to gravitate more to ny than la....they are driven and focused....and spend a lot more of their time holed up in tiny offices and apartment buildings than la folk....not to mention the weather being so much colder so much of the time....the whole approach to life is different....public transport, the subway, walking...its all much more common in ny....everything is central....flip flops and minis just arent practical office and walking uniform....who would walk 20 blocks in la to get from home to work?...its unheard of.... miniskirts and uggs and flip flops are all ok gear to jump in and out of your sports car with...
la is fun for a short visit....and has other things going for it, even if its lacking when it comes to a 'grown up' attitude to fashion...
but i am more of a ny girl, personally...(and i have to admit from what ive seen, ny has its fair share of fashion faux-pas too..!)
i really believe some of it has a lot to do with the climate....
i watch the fashion on the streets here in sydney (australia) in the summer compared to the winter months, and its like night and day.... granted, we dont have a 'winter' like new york for example, or canada, where i now live, but even the presence of a chilly biting wind seems to give people more style... or maybe its that you cant go as wrong with scarves and sweaters as you can with minis and tank tops!...
ny and la just have such different feels...its a completely different energy....
la la land is a party town in many ways....there are well-dressed people, as with any big city, but new yorkers seem to be bred with a more grown-up approach to fashion.....i think a lot of it also has to do with the people that different cities attract...
la screames hollywood....young girls...the californian lifestyle....beaches and bbq's and surfing...auditions and castings and 'wannabes'....it just oozes summer and 'laid back'...
new york, to me, is a lot more professional....people with a harder edge seem to gravitate more to ny than la....they are driven and focused....and spend a lot more of their time holed up in tiny offices and apartment buildings than la folk....not to mention the weather being so much colder so much of the time....the whole approach to life is different....public transport, the subway, walking...its all much more common in ny....everything is central....flip flops and minis just arent practical office and walking uniform....who would walk 20 blocks in la to get from home to work?...its unheard of.... miniskirts and uggs and flip flops are all ok gear to jump in and out of your sports car with...
la is fun for a short visit....and has other things going for it, even if its lacking when it comes to a 'grown up' attitude to fashion...
but i am more of a ny girl, personally...(and i have to admit from what ive seen, ny has its fair share of fashion faux-pas too..!)
