15 Fashion Lessons You Only Learn While Living in New York City

NYC is known as a huge fashion capital in the world – you’ll never cease to come across creative types serving up looks that are ahead of the trend curve. However, there are some rules that come with these trends. Here are the biggest style lessons NYC taught us.

1. Take advantage of sample sales. Get there early – even though there’s always a line, it’s usually worth it. Sample sales are usually hosted at warehouses, selling epic designer pieces for way less than the average price.

2. You can go to the club in sneakers. Unless you’re going to a high end spot, you can wear a pair of cool kicks by Adidas X Raf Simons, Yeezys, or Fenty Pumas.

3. On a related note, You can get away with dressing in fancy streetwear if you know how to pull it off – this basically means you can go to formal events in sweatpants, so polish this skill!

4. The all black thing is not a myth – after living in NYC for a while, you’ll slowly look down and realize you’ve worn different version of the same black outfit – it’s almost an honorary New Yorker initiation.

5. At the same time, new York City does house some of the most eccentric styles and personalities we’ve ever known, so if you want to wear clashing colors with a cape, you probably won’t get too many looks and someone might even dress weirder than you.