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Pendleton Coat, Madison Avenue

This photo was taken on Monday, when the high temperature in Manhattan was 18 degrees. As the weather gets colder and colder, the throwback to the glory days of outdoor gear by Pendleton and L.L. Bean makes sense – though this outfit takes true grit to wear. Kudos to this guy for gutsiness.

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Downtown Couple, Union Square, January


The downtown/Brooklyn crowd has really embraced a retro preppy look of Bean-type snow boots, Pendleton jackets, and toggle coats for winter. Kudos not just for the style but for the practicality of this look – though I doubt Leon Leonwood Bean ever would have envisioned his rugged clothes as an urban must-have.

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