Outfit Challenge: How to Dress Like a New Yorker

In this post here, I utilized Lucky Magazine's tips to dress like a French girl. They also have a similar feature on How to Dress Like a New Yorker. And as in the last post, I already have some pieces that fit into their guide. Here are some of their suggestions:

Chunky Scarves

Striped Shirts

Ankle Boots


Utilitarian Anoraks

All images via Luckymag.com

I don't really have an Anorak per say, but I do have a green military inspired jacket that I think will do the trick. Here's my take:

Mr. Keller calls these my pumped-up kicks.

jacket-Mikkat Market(similar here), tshirt-Uniqlo(similar here), jeans-Zara(similar here), sneakers-Dorothy Perkins(similar here), scarf-American Apparel, bag-J.Jill(old/gifted)

I traded the ankle boots for wedged sneakers and added my leather satchel. This reads New York to me, but it also reads as a great weekend casual outfit with a bit of graphic interest in the stripes.
We shot this in an alley near the bus station to give it a true New York flavor. No, actually this was a quick shot behind the Heinz History Center, where we saw their 1968: The Year that Rocked America exhibition, hence the sticker.

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Two Things

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Nasty Gal

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40 Year Old Cottagecore

dress-Anthropologie(more options here ), sunnies- DIFF Eyewear , necklace- Benevolence LA , bag-- Shiraleah , sandals- Born I first became aware of Cottagecore earlier this summer and found it to be an aesthetic I can appreciate and find aspirational , but was not necessarily a style that aligned with my wheelhouse. Well as I've been growing my hair during covid quarantine and having picked up this dress as seen here , I felt that I was ready to tackle #cottagecore here on my 40th birthday!!! Yep, that's right today I turn 40 (but I don't look it). And while it's been a year like no other, I feel excited for my next year, decade, chapter of my life. I think it's fair to say I'm done having babies and ready to move on from the chaos of very little children to the chaos of big kids. I no longer feel like I have something to proof in my work, writing, sense of self. I'm just going to enjoy and be grateful for the many blessings of family, friends, health, a...

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