New York Magazine – August 05, 2019

.................. look book goes to port authority.......................................
.... new york’s strawberry underdog............................... local ligurian flatbread........

39

best bets

Th e Shopping Habits

of NYC Teens

Sneakers in, sparkly stuff out.

over the past couple of months, we posed a slew of shopping questions to more than 100

teenagers across the city—from neighborhoods including Astoria, Bed-Stuy, East Harlem, Jack-

son Heights, Park Slope, Ridgewood, the West Village, Williamsburg, Woodside, and the Upper

East Side. Our pool of responders (71 percent of whom identified as female, 27 percent as male,

and 2 percent as nonbinary) shared some surprising insights on the cool factor of denim jackets

and Devon Lee Carlson, some less surprising feedback on backpacks and AirPods, and more

opinions than we ever imagined about the case for Nike Air Force 1’s versus Converse Chuck 70s

(as photographed by New York City teen Sabrina Fuentes in her bedroom).

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.................. look book goes to port authority.......................................
.... new york’s strawberry underdog............................. local ligurian flatbread........

39

bestbets

Th e Shopping Habits

of NYC Teens

Sneakers in, sparkly stuff out.

over the past couple of months, we posed a slew of shopping questions to more than 100

teenagers across the city—from neighborhoods including Astoria, Bed-Stuy, East Harlem, Jack-

son Heights, Park Slope, Ridgewood, the West Village, Williamsburg, Woodside, and the Upper

East Side. Our pool of responders (71 percent of whom identified as female, 27 percent as male,

and 2 percent as nonbinary) shared some surprising insights on the cool factor of denim jackets

and Devon Lee Carlson, some less surprising feedback on backpacks and AirPods, and more

opinions than we ever imagined about the case for Nike Air Force 1’s versus Converse Chuck 70s

(as photographed by New York City teen Sabrina Fuentes in her bedroom).