Every item of clothing we wear has a story behind it and a memory connected to it. That's especially true in New York City. Whether we've lived here our whole lives or visited for one day, the moment we walk out the door onto the streets of New York, our experiences get mapped onto or absorbed into our clothing. Our jeans get splashed with muck from a passing bus. We straighten a rumpled suit in the elevator ride to an important job interview. Our shoes get trampled in a crowded subway car. Worn in New York captures the unique cultural history of New York, its changing climate, temper, and tone, and its irrepressible vitality, by paying tribute to these well-worn clothes and the people they adorned. Artists, writers, musicians, fashion designers, and everyday New Yorkers contribute first-person accounts paired with photographs of their beloved items of clothing. Here you'll find the shorts worn to accompany Andy Warhol to Area nightclub, the leather bomber jacket worn as protection while driving a taxi, the wine-stained jumpsuit worn to the Met Gala, and the shoes worn to walk every single block of New York City. The beloved garments included in Worn in New York are compelling—regardless of where you live or what you wear.
