This winter, 26-year-old Laura Saldarriaga noticed that the Instagram grid was squared one after another in black outfits. A Williamsburg resident decided it was time for her to light up. She began to spice up her wardrobe with cheerful pastel. My favorite new look is a bold purple shirt dress, paired with a cute pink purse and rhinestone block heels, perfect for a girl's night out.
"After COVID, I was tired of wearing boring clothes. I want to take pictures in clothes that aren't all black," said Saldariaga. "You don't have to wear black to look sophisticated and chic," he told Gen Z fashion influencers. ..
A staple of many New Yorker wardrobes, the sleek onyx looks behind the closet as the gotamiteembraces the brightbold-colored clothing. It is extruded. A chic monochromatic suit and a floral dress.
"It has to do with the psychology of existenceDetained for two years,I don't want to wear what Southerners call mourning dress, " Fashion Institute of Technology associate professor Shawn Grain Carter told The Post. "Wearing color is like an escape from what's happening. You'rewar, economic instability,COVIDHave a new wave of madness — people want to feel better, so wear a pink dress or a beautiful yellow set. These are happy colors that make people mentally stable and emotionally comfortable.
Manhattanite's La La Bogosian usually wore all black except for swiping a red lipstick, but after spending time in Los Angeles in 2020 she The wardrobe palette has changed. When she returned to New York City, she had new perspectives and many new jewel-like tops.
"I didn't want to be like a neon sign or a pinata, but" I have enough dark colors. I need to make them look brighter, "Bogosian,30 told the post. "I was overjoyed to be back. I was optimistic."
Designers are paying attention to fashionistas' thirst for new colors.
"We are aware that the wild pink, sky blue and radiant yellow styles of the summer collection are the best-selling colors at the moment," designer Lamy Brook said in a post. I told you. "New Yorkers want brighter shades."
For some, choosing more colors is about growing. Brooklyn-born Christine Nazzo, 32, and the Upper West Side writer, dressed in a junior high school all-evony uniform, dressed in a hot-topic mesh top and leather cuff accessories. A self-proclaimed ex-Goth kid, in his late teens and early twenties, wore oversized charcoal kaftan, leather boots with heels, and a black blazer, and was devoted to Stevie Nicks' aesthetics.
Her milestone 30th birthday Encouraged her to incorporate more shades.
"I felt like most of my life. I wanted to hide and literally hid in shadows and darkness to do so," Izzo said. Told. "But I think I've grown up and stepped more firmly into who I am. How fast it goes and how much I express my part that I wasn't allowed to do before. I started to understand what I wanted. "
Her fresh new outfit included a periwinkle crop top and matching pants, and the pastel pink pants she wore on her sister's bridal shower. There is a suit and even her closest family is confused.
"My cousin came to me and said," Is this ... you? This doesn't feel like you. "But it's definitely me— It's just the part you haven't met yet!
