You can’t talk aboutfashion in New York Citywithout listing off Timberland boots, New Era fitted caps and Uptowns. But as brick season—when temps drop to the 40s and 50s—approaches, there’s one item you’re guaranteed to see on countless New Yorkers:the puffer jacket.
See, winter in the city can bebrutal. But aside from keeping you warm, the puffer has become much more than just outerwear.Complexwriter (and native New Yorker) Lei Takanashi says it best: “The type of jacket a New Yorker rocks on any given day can identify who you are and what you are into.”
Sure, you’ll see some parkas orleather bomber jacketscruising around the five boroughs, but no matter what, the puffer jacket is New Yorkers’ pick time and time again.