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While a beachy vacation is a fun plan for the summer, New Yorkers who are in the city make the most of the warm weather in their home base. Walking around in New York City, there are plenty of interpretations of the “summer in the city” style.
There is no particular formula for New York women to follow. The creativity of the style really shines through during those hot, humid months.
There are endless options for New York City summer outfits, but outfits that are comfortable and fashionable, are not always the easiest to put together. Summer city style ensures you have a polished office look, have the perfect thing to wear for your dinner dates, and have your weekend looks sorted.
During the summertime in New York City, it is the easiest ( and most pragmatic) to wear flat sandals while walking around in the heat-filled streets. It’s all about mixing and matching those high summer pieces with your everyday essentials and classics.
Scroll below to find summer NYC outfits for summer inspiration.
Get the most out of summer dresses by choosing bright hues for the warm days. A bold color dress will take you from happy hour to date night. A mini dress is the hero piece of cute summer outfits.
A little bit of minimal style goes a long way – a luxe handbag and comfortable walking shoes are just two classic city pieces that are essential to an evergreen wardrobe.
Juggling between summer temperatures and office-appropriate wear? A white dress is always part of the summer dress code.
Wearing white during the warm weather months is a wardrobe staple piece, whether it’s a great white jeans, white maxi skirts, or in this case, an easy white dress for women.
Ballet flats and a commute-friendly tote elevates summer whites for a look that works in all neighborhoods of the Big Apple: uptown or downtown.
Breezy midi dresses or maxi dresses are a tried and true summer fashion look. Any neutral color is an essential piece of a summer capsule wardrobe. A floaty floor-skimming dress will be the only thing you want to wear when it’s too hot for clothes.
A full-length frock that hovers slightly above ground is a no-brainer when it comes to summer style. Let the ease of the dress take you from Central Park to a city getaway.
This easy one piece NYC summer outfit can be worn with lace-up flat sandals or sneakers to brunch, as you could to a wedding with block heels or espadrilles.
Need a break from flowy sundresses? Let summer wardrobe staples like tank tops and a skort do all the work for you instead.
Let the top and skort pairing give the illusion of a dress silhouette while utilizing them as separates for more than just one look.
Pair the skort with an oversized blazer for nighttime outdoor dining or the tank with flowy trousers for a casual daytime look.
The tank top and tailored trouser combination has earned its place as a signature outfit formula for summer. The best part of this outfit formula is that is can be easily worn in any setting.
To bring that outfit formula to life in a city setting, choose a cutout bodysuit and low-waist trousers.
City-appropriate accessories like bold jewelry and strappy sandals with a basket bag or a canvas tote bag mix the two opposing settings quite seamlessly for a hot summer day.
Nothing is as luxe in a wardrobe than a pair of buttery soft leather shorts. Swap out the usual denim shorts for a pair of leather short shorts.
A little leather, even in the summer, goes a long way. The luxe pair of shorts are summer staples essential to just about every summer day ahead.
Just add a crossbody bag and an understated flat sandal to finish this New York outfit.
Add an unexpected summer twist with a leather jacket or blazer.
On the top, embrace an early fall with a leather blazer, a sleek piece for that is equal parts edgy and chic. On the bottom half, however, cling onto summer with a pair of shorts, denim or biker shorts will do, and chunky sandals.