The question I decided to ask was “Why are “New Yorkers” associated with wearing all-black?” I made a survey on SurveyMonkey asking the following questions of where people see this trend in New York and basically describing the typical person they see who follows this trend and why they believe it is a trend in New York. Location wise, it was so diverse so its safe to say there isn’t a specific area in the city where people are known for wearing all-black but its just a general consensus, some people said Greenwich Village, Soho, Korea town, Lower East Side, West Village all the answers were varied. The answers are to why are also extremely varied, theres isn’t one specific reason. I got answers that said that all-black is trendy, casual, comfortable, classic, minimalistic, luxurious, low key, mature, artsy, high-fashion, goth. I think the best statement I received when I asked a participant on the street was that “a New Yorker has to look chic whether its for brunch or a night out and an all-black outfit does that for them.” An interesting question that I asked was if they believed that this “trend” would continue into the summer 60% of people said this trend it would and 40% said no. In conclusion I believe that New Yorkers are associated for wearing all-black because of all the adjectives people gave above, as a diverse population of people we have artistic, working people, minimalists whoever the people are at the end of the day, New Yorkers are chic. All-black is a convenient way for us to look chic at all times of the day whether its for brunch or night out or for work. We are put-together people and obsessed with efficiency and an all-black look is a safe choice that accomplishes all of the above. “it’s easy, it’s comfortable and it looks good.”

Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YZN6YTQ