NYC rainwear sightings

[Deleted User 415]

NYC is the ultimate place for rainwear and wellies. For most public transportation is a must, so waiting for bus / train potentially in the rain happens often. While on subways, some train stations have flooded making wellies even tall wellies a nice thing to have.

[rubberdee]

NYC is the ultimate place for rainwear and wellies. For most public transportation is a must, so waiting for bus / train potentially in the rain happens often. While on subways, some train stations have flooded making wellies even tall wellies a nice thing to have.

That is most interesting, I never realised that before. Infact I doubt if it would ever have crossed my mind. So, what you're saying is that a good place to spot people wearing wellies, openly and in public would be NYC subway ? I wonder why no one has mentioned this before.

[Deleted User 415]

NYC is the ultimate place for rainwear and wellies. For most public transportation is a must, so waiting for bus / train potentially in the rain happens often. While on subways, some train stations have flooded making wellies even tall wellies a nice thing to have.

That is most interesting, I never realised that before. Infact I doubt if it would ever have crossed my mind. So, what you're saying is that a good place to spot people wearing wellies, openly and in public would be NYC subway ? I wonder why no one has mentioned this before.

Theoretically yes. The subways with often times wet walkways coupled with wet and in the winter snowy and slush filled streets makes wellies a great option. However styles are changing too for shoes. While 2008-2014 or so was the top of style for tall Hunter boots, the tall rain boot is not on every woman’s foot the way it was back then. Rubber Chelsea style boots are seen more often now with the occasional tall rain boot.

[Taurus]

Next week I will be in NYC for a few days, I'll take a good look around By the way, are there any places in NYC where I can buy PVC rainwear for a reasonable price?

[Subpvc]

I agree NYC is great for sightings. I live about 45 minutes away from NYC. I have become very comfortable wearing pvc rainwear in public. My favorite is my shiny navy reversible keen sporn slicker with green on the inside. I receive many compliments and some looks. That makes it fun. Yes I have worn it for walks in the woods as discussed in this forum.

[Taurus]

As for NYC, I haven't seen much rain gear. Only the first day when there was some drizzle I saw a woman in a nice hooded black pvc mac and a black patent blazer. For the rest I saw only PU leather stuff. Of course it also didn't help that it was sunny and warm for a few days.

I have also visited Purple Passion. That is a nice shop, but being a fetish shop, everything from PVC/Vinyl is more expensive. Sometimes when you are lucky you can get similar stuff for much less in regular clothing stores such as H&M and Zara. Finally I found a plastic raincoat at a second-hand store, which was actually a bit too small for me, but which I had a lot of fun with in my hotel room