Fashion is not so much about looking back, it’s about looking forward! You remember and observe, but most important in fashion is to have imagination! All these aspects are to be followed when wanting to belong to the fast changing world of fashion. Spring/Summer 2014 fashion week is a few months away by now and the streets are rocking the trends. No better place to look for brilliant photos of how its done than exploring the streets of one of the most diverse places in the world: the city that never sleeps – New York!
The season is changing soon again! It is the perfect time to take a look at the streets of the fashion capital of New York City to get the full closure of how the Spring/Summer 2014 catwalks have influenced people’s style. Not only am I going to make one of the final reports on Spring/Summer 2014 trends, but at the same time I am going to take you on a journey to show its way to perform these trends on the stage of the streets of NYC.
How did the catwalks influence the style of the most fashionable in The Big Apple?
Fashion is all about creativity! While last season was all about elegant lines and colors, the Spring/Summer 2014 trends are “ugly cool” mixed with the trends that come back every year.
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Tees or jackets with slogans, symbols and logos are just a few of those motifs that have taken the catwalks by surprise and are now the streets. The billboards and massive screens of NYC create the perfect atmosphere for this trend!
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Erica Pelos wearing New York slogan tee with patterns mixing elegant and sporty.
Found on Fashion with Style
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Stunning Annie Georgia Greenberg rocking the yin yang symbol with simple monochrome colors.
Found on Harper’s Bazaar
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There is no better way to add a fashionable touch to your basic colored outfit than with a slogan sweater.
Found on Elle
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Susie Lau from Style Bubble mixing metallic symbols with sporty.
Found on StyleCaster
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Monochrome mixed with aquamarine. Slogan sweater over an elegant midi skirt. Tip toe heels, statement necklace and metallic clutch bag. This outfit itself is a Spring/Summer 2014 trend report from the streets of NYC.
Found on Harper’s Bazaar
Floral prints is one of those trends that come back every Spring/Summer season. This year it is absolutely bursting.
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Modern, but ladylike floral print mixed with slogan sweater creates the mood that has New York Street Style written all over it.
Found on Harper’s Bazaar
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Leather jacket worn over pastel colors and floral print is the perfect outfit for a smart casual look on the streets of New York this season.
Found on Harper’s Bazaar
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This elegant ladylike outfit is showing how bursting floral prints can be both simplified and pointed out with colored shoes and/or accessories.
Found on Harper’s Bazaar
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Pastel colors and pure white pieces should be worn with floral prints when wanting to make the outfit look even more ladylike. Estilo-Tendances loves this daring 90’s style coat!
Found on Elle
Spring/Summer 2014 is focusing on exposing the waistline not only with the lines of the clothing, but by cutting parts of them off. New York Street Style is setting an example of how to wear this trend even though the weather has been rarely crisp this season.
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Carine Roitfeld rocking a denim pencil skirt with oversized crop top.
Found on DVF
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Izortze Setien New York Street Style. Pleated trousers, crop top and simple sandals are enough for the perfect smart casual outfit.
Found on Vogue UK
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If wanting to add a little stronger touch to the previous outfit like Anais Mali did, leather trousers are the trend to choose from the Spring/Summer 2014 catwalks.
Found on Marie Claire
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This outfit is a perfect example of how to add a little more New York style to the trend. Accessories are the key of the look!
Found on New York Style Of Mind (newyorkstyleofmind.wordpress.com)
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Wearing a vest as a crop top is an amazing touch to add to your smart casual New York Street Style 2014 outfit.
Found on StyleCaster
Every year Spring/Summer season strikes with new ideas on how to wear the simple trend of stripes and squares. This season New York City is the greatest spot with its brick walls and skyscrapers to wear the trend!
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Simple palettes strike out on the streets with stripes.
Found on Elle
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Try mixing different patterns to play around with the lines of your outfit.
Found on fashion-with-style
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Casual outfit mixing patterns with prints.
Found on Harper’s Bazaar
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This outfit is the perfect example of how to mix monochrome colors, fruit prints and patterns to get the look for the streets of NYC.
Found on Harper’s Bazaar
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Simple outfit where the squares make the statement.
Found on Vogue Mexico
The most elegant way to wear squares this season is when trying the monochrome trend. You can almost never go wrong with this trend in the Spring/Summer 2014.
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Nicole Vanessa Jackman showing how to wear monochrome the chicest way possible
Found on Vanessa Jackman
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Monochrome New York Street Style. Yet again shoes and accessories make the outfit flawless.
Found on Elle
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Sporty mixed with chic leather and monochrome.
Found on Elle
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Wear monochrome with skinny trousers, a huge bag and tip toe high heels to pull of the smart casual look easily this season
Found on Fashion Magazine
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Elegant pure white jumpsuit worn with black blazer and tip toe high heels is a perfect trendy outfit for the Wall Street
Found on Harper’s Bazaar
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Beautiful monochrome summer dress with matching tip toe high heels and curly hair is a simple way to stand out on the streets of New York
Found on Vanity Fair
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These stunning elements suit the urban scene of NYC perfectly for Spring/Summer 2014 season
Found on Vogue Mexico
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Stephanie Braye mixing monochrome with denim. Try wearing a jacket over a blazer too!
Found on nymag
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Chic lines in monochrome wearing tip toe high heels and crop top
Found on WWD
The urban scene of New York City is the perfect fashion capital to rock the athletic trend this season. Mix sporty with other trends to give a little more smart and fashionable look to your outfit!
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Cara Delevingne rocking atheletic trend with prints and patterns.
Found on Elle
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Simple colors worn with trendy sneakers are the easiest way to try out the trend on the streets of NYC.
Found on nymag
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Sporty, but absolutely chic.
Found on Harper’s Bazaar
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Boyfriend jeans and monochrome colors worn with sneakers is the perfect outfit for the streets of Brooklyn.
Found on Harper’s Bazaar
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Simple slogan tee mixed with printed coat and sneakers. Perfect casual look for New York Street Style 2014.
Found on StyleBistro
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Wearing lots of layers and different garments creates the perfect sporty outfit. Photo by Tommy Ton.
Found on Style.com
New York City is the perfect example when talking about a concrete jungle. Let’s see how people wear the tribal trend this season.
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Mixing tribal with metallic is the way to wear the trends on the streets. Palette colors keep the casual look.
Found on Elle
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Interesting prints stand out easily on the streets.
Found on Elle
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Wear animal prints with monochrome colors to keep the outfit classy and modest.
Found on Elle
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Wear the oversized coat on the shoulders to make your outfit stand out even more.
Found on Harper’s Bazaar
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Mix colorful patterns with simple black.
Found on sulia.com
Another trend that has been coming back each season is wearing pleated trousers and skirts. Try different colors and shining sequins to stand out the crowd on the streets of New York!
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Miroslava Duma wearing pleated maxi skirt in pastel colors.
Found on Harper’s Bazaar
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Mixing winter palettes with leather and dotted white top.
Found on Who What Wear
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Try plated skirt with oversized jumper and tip toe heels. Play around with colors and prints!
Found on Harper’s Bazaar
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Try pleated skirt in aquamarine colors and modern prints for this season to wear the trend following New York Street Style.
Found on W Magazine
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Mix pleated skirt with striped crop top and animal print clutch bag. New York Street Style is still following the style icon Andy Warhol.
Found on Refinery29
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How about mixing the tribal trend with pleated collar?
Found on Fashion Magazine
There is no Spring/Summer season without the denim trend. Especially on the urban streets of NYC!
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Christina Perez is rocking this 80’s style denim coat New York style.
Found on Fabsugar.com
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Leandra Medine striking with amazing mix of colors and denim.
Found on The Man Repeller
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How about denim cut jacket with sequins?
Found on Vanessa Jackman
Such an industrial city as New York is perfect for the Spring/Summer 2014 trend – metallic. Let’s see how the streets have adopted this modern touch.
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Alexa Chung wearing a metallic coat.
Found on Fabsugar
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Metallic top with shorts and sandals is a perfect summer outfit on a busy day.
Found on Harper’s Bazaar
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Mixing metallic a with casual slogan sweater.
Found on Harper’s Bazaar
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Golden metallic with dark blue and a cool printed tee for the smart casual look.
Found on Marie Claire
Since the weather in New York City has been pretty unexpected this season, top coats are once again rocking the streets. Either fresh from the catwalks or from the thrift shops, NYC is known for the craziest coats of them all!
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Sporty, but yet again, chic look with the coat in New York City color.
Found on nymag
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Karli Kloss and Taylor Swift keeping it simple.
Found on Vogue Espana
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Monochrome colors mixed with pink. Love this daring coat!
Found on Elle
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Metallic, crazy prints and fur mixed with simple plain colors.
Found on Elle
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Daring patterns tip-to-toe!
Found on WWD
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Stunning outfit for the streets of NYC.
Found on WWD
Spring/Summer 2014 has taken on the ladylike and embellished lace. Both sexy and elegant trend at the same time!
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Fashionista wearing daring lace with embellishment and trench coat.
Found on Style.com
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The perfect trio from the New York Fashion Week. All the colors and the garments simply melt together.
Found on Elle
This Spring/Summer season designers took bringing art into fashion to a whole other level. Not just some little details were brought in, but art pieces and movements were literally there.
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Fei Fei rocking this coat with sneakers and embellished bag.
Found on Fabsugar.com
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These colors and prints suit the streets of New York City perfectly.
Found on Elle
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Daring outfit looking stunning as always.
Found on Elle
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Amazing colors and classy modern prints. Love the hat and the coat working together!
Found on Harper’s Bazaar
New York City is well known for its thrift shop culture. Everyone in the fashion industry should know by now that the “bottom up” system is more effective then ever before. This is when we take a look on how the streets of New York City may or have already influenced the catwalks.
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Vintage touch on Spring/Summer 2014.
Found on Stylecaster.com
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New York Colors and summer prints mixed in the urban scene.
Found on Stylecaster.com
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Simple leather skirt with pure white polo and sneakers.
Found on The Sartorialist
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Printed coat with matching colors and high heels.
Found on The Sartorialist
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Cut maxi skirt and oversized coat with New York colors.
Found on The Sartorialist
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Two-piece with crop top and red tip toe heels.
Found on The Sartorialist
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Beautiful summer dress mixed with special bag and accessories.
Found on The Sartorialist
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Those prints and patterns with a huge bag and comfy sandals are the perfect casual wear outfit in the big city.
Found on The Sartorialist
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