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  • SuE
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2013
    • 173

    The most oft asked question I heard from strangers these past few months was, "are you really warm in that?" It's been a brutal winter and they are surprised to see someone not wearing the bulky Canada Goose jackets that is the norm around here.
    One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art ― Oscar Wilde

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    • flashoflight
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2013
      • 140

      That's true too. My first 6 months here I spent working at a studio in SoHo (Spring St) and now I work in Chelsea. SoHo was filled with tourists so I guess it isn't fair to take a sample of people from there and call them New Yorkers. I did see a guy in RO from head to toe in SoHo. But he was an employee from the DRKSHDW popup store that was nearby. I also saw someone in a 5-zip once, but that was it for my 6 months there haha.

      Originally posted by SuE View Post
      The most oft asked question I heard from strangers these past few months was, "are you really warm in that?" It's been a brutal winter and they are surprised to see someone not wearing the bulky Canada Goose jackets that is the norm around here.
      This is my experience exactly as well

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      • Faust
        kitsch killer
        • Sep 2006
        • 37849

        The heart of SoHo is filled with tourists - it's more normcore from the American tourists and Moncler from European tourists than anything. But if you go east of Broadway it's more people that live and work in SoHo and try to avoid its center, a better story.
        Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

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        • lazyguru
          Senior Member
          • Jun 2008
          • 268

          Totally true & MCnally never disappoints , I am sure I have seen some of you handsome devils in there too

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          • SuE
            Senior Member
            • Jan 2013
            • 173

            Originally posted by flashoflight View Post
            This is my experience exactly as well
            And in the summer the same people will tell you it's too hot to wear black
            One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art ― Oscar Wilde

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            • Faust
              kitsch killer
              • Sep 2006
              • 37849

              Originally posted by lazyguru View Post
              Totally true & MCnally never disappoints , I am sure I have seen some of you handsome devils in there too
              McNally is my office away from home.
              Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

              StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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              • DudleyGray
                Senior Member
                • Jul 2013
                • 1143

                Originally posted by SuE View Post
                And in the summer the same people will tell you it's too hot to wear black
                It kind of is, but that's why they invented gray and white.
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                • SuE
                  Senior Member
                  • Jan 2013
                  • 173

                  Originally posted by DudleyGray View Post
                  It kind of is, but that's why they invented gray and white.
                  Depends on the fabric. Besides that, black is better for managing sweat
                  One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art ― Oscar Wilde

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                  • Faust
                    kitsch killer
                    • Sep 2006
                    • 37849

                    Exactly. Gray is nasty in the summer because it shows sweat perfectly well. It's black or white for me.
                    Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                    StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                    • Faust
                      kitsch killer
                      • Sep 2006
                      • 37849

                      Two Oscar Wilde signatures in a row!
                      Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                      StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                      • flashoflight
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2013
                        • 140

                        I detest the heat with all my being. No black tops for me in the summer. Just white. I do black/dark shorts and black footwear, but that's about it with black in the summer for me.

                        Also I wish I knew about McNally when I was working in SoHo. Sounds like a great spot to read and eat some lunch.

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                        • returningson
                          Senior Member
                          • Aug 2012
                          • 101

                          Originally posted by flashoflight View Post
                          I detest the heat with all my being.
                          im with ya on that one. I passed up a job opportunity in southern Arizona because I knew that summer temps creeped up to 120+. As an outdoorsy type of person, I asked him what they do in the summer and he said "nothing after 7am or before 9pm". What a way to live.

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                          • lazyguru
                            Senior Member
                            • Jun 2008
                            • 268

                            Originally posted by Faust View Post
                            McNally is my office away from home.
                            I knew it , Be sure to look for you to say hullo next time

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                            • Faust
                              kitsch killer
                              • Sep 2006
                              • 37849

                              Please do.

                              And, I hate heat too. I seriously think about decamping every summer to somewhere like Finland. Which I technically could...
                              Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                              StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                              • SuE
                                Senior Member
                                • Jan 2013
                                • 173

                                Yes, it's so much easier to stay warm in the winter with the right layers than it is to keep cool in the summer. And strangers react more oddly to layering in the summer
                                One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art ― Oscar Wilde

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