New York vs. Los Angeles: style duel of the metropolises

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Much more different can hardly be places. It’s not just about the legendary battle that has been smoldering for decades between the east and west coast of America (comparable to the tongue-in-cheek competition between Munich and Hamburg). This is about attitudes towards life. Hollywood residents like to drink room temperature water. You order beetroot juice with organic chicken and quinoa salad and have absolutely no problem sitting in a meeting sweaty. On the contrary: morning hiking or a visit to the gym are just as much a part of it here as in New York the morning caffeine and martinis in the evening. “Los Angeles even millionaires wear sweatpants,” explains Johnny Wujek, stylist for Katy Perry and Amber Heard. “In New York, on the other hand, money and fame would never go hand in hand with comfort and comfy fashion. No New Yorker takes celebrities in sweatpants seriously!”

Even clearer become the differences on the road. The sidewalk is the runway of the casual – with very different looks. Black rules between Brooklyn and Central Park. True to the motto that everything has to be so cool that it hurts. A typical New York socialite has the twenty most expensive and selected black dresses of the season hanging in their closets. The black leather jacket is still a must. She also needs the latest it bag. It is as important in New York as the right car is in Los Angeles. In short: a Chanel bag in New York corresponds to the current Tesla model in Los Angeles. It is true that you show what you have in the high-rise ravines. But it can’t be too conspicuous. Multi-carat diamonds? Yes, please – but please be classy. On the red carpet, the New Yorker wouldn’t go along with every wave of exhibitionism by the West Coast stars. When Julianne Moore, a typical style example of a cool New Yorker, was asked by a photographer in Hollywood if she could lift her dress to reveal her shoes, she replied, “I don’t need to do this. Let’s dignify to keep.”

Things are different those on the west coast. Everyone is allowed to show up in the tightest shorts, no matter what time of day, combined with a huge hat and on their head and a yoga mat under their arms. The best example: the California girl Kate Hudson. If she’s not out and about in the usual boho-hippie clothes, Hudson loves her sports bra collection. “I’m always on the move. A few squats in the yard are always good!” There are no normal basic looks in Los Angeles. Every everyday outfit screams: “I’ve just come from the gym” or: “Hey, I have to go to yoga!” Here you meet Halle Berry or the Kardashians in gym shorts in the expensive eco-supermarket and nobody cares. On the contrary: you are more likely to be looked at strangely when you order your vegetable smoothie in Chanel.

Even the faces of the residents differ from each other. “In New York, women don’t want to look like they live in Los Angeles,” says dermatologist David Colbert. “New Yorkers want harder facial features and a masculine chin,” adds Beverly Hills dermatologist Eva Chamban. That fits the “Big Apple”, which is characterized by power, money and assertiveness. Unlike Los Angeles: This is about sex, celebrities and the insatiable desire to be noticed. That’s why you love feminine, almost comic-like faces. The “look” has to be so concise that it is recognizable despite the Instagram filter. Discretion is considered counterproductive. For example, Kylie Jenner: She recently had her huge lips injected – and Nurse Kim promptly advised her not to hide this treatment under any circumstances. “If someone asks about your lips, just be honest. Tell them it’s really no big deal. Everyone should do what makes them happy!” Expert Kim knows how to come to the throne of the uncrowned West Coast queen.

A lot is changing in Los Angeles right now: Scene people are leaving New York and moving to the west coast. LA is currently considered “the place to be”, especially by musicians, models and artists. It remains to be seen how the city will change through the mix of two lifestyle societies. More and more stars are already saying goodbye to cosmetic surgeries that make them seem too artificial. Gwyneth Paltrow, for example, renounced botox. “I like to try out a lot. But I no longer have Botox injections. I looked kind of crazy!” For women like her, the neurotoxin has recently been on the index like high-carb pasta and chocolate. Beauty doctors are already reacting and offering “Baby Botox” – a cute way of saying that only tiny amounts are injected. As a result, the face should no longer look like an immobile mask.

And the New Yorkers too conversely react a little West Coast-like. Even Julianne Moore: She recently showed up in a micro-mini for her good friend Tom Ford’s fashion show in Los Angeles. In contrast, even Jennifer Lopez looked like a good girl. At first, Moore looked a little awkward showing a lot of leg. Later she did it easily. Apparently you adopt the hot Los Angeles style faster than the cool New Yorkers realize.

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