<p>Here’s a funny suggestion, since your D seems to want to not believe there is rain and snow (I love her optimism). There are tons of rentable movies set in New York City in all seasons. It won’t answer current fashion trends, as any movie is automatically 2 years out-of-date by the time it gets onscreen. Movies will, however, prove to her there is weather. </p>
<p>Just don’t rent these: The Devil Wears Prada, The Nanny Diaries, or Annie Hall, which might be Expensive, Discouraging or Fashion-Upsetting, respectively. Woody Allen really will convince her there is rain.</p>
<p>I really don’t want to take your thread off-track.</p>
<p>I would hold off the “London fog” raincoat until she gets to NYC. She may want something else. I don’t think I’ve seen young people wearing “London fog” types in a long time.</p>
<p>New York is such a diverse place that there really isn’t one way that all college students dress. Don’t worry too much about needing to buy the “right” things. If she’s a casual shorts, t-shirts,and flip flops girls now, she’ll find plenty of others wearing jeans and t-shirts here. ( Funky vintage tees are everywhere) Pick up some long sleeve crew necks to layer under tees, and hoodies or cardigans to wear on top.</p>
<p>I second the recs for converse sneakers and comfy boots. She’ll need hats and scarves, but I wouldn’t spend too much on snowboots and really outdoorsy winter gear. The cold will be a shock to someone from Fla. but snow doesn’t last long in Manhattan.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for all the suggestions. We’ve been up to NYC several times over the past several years, experiencing the seasons (October, January, April, June) so she does understand the different types of weather. She has Steve Madden suede type boots, converse sneakers and several scarves and hats (which we bought from various street vendors while on trips up there). I think we will go shopping when we go up before school starts for cardigans and long sleeve shirts and I guess once the weather really starts to change, she can find some better winter boots and perhaps she’ll appreciate the need for a raincoat at some point! Thanks again!</p>
<p>My d REFUSED to take a raincoat. About 6 weeks into the school year, “mom, could you send me the raincoat”, when your walking EVERYWHERE, and the rain is sideways, you will appreciate a raincoat. We got one from LL Bean.</p>
<p>Target has great inexpensive rainboots online, with boot liners. Don’t wait to get those, the rain can come anytime in nyc. My daughter had them when she moved in and she was envied by many. They work in rain, snow, slosh, etc. And with removable liners, they can be worn in spring time and the liners (like thick socks that drape over top of boots) can be washed. </p>
<p>layering is indeed the trick. My daughter found tights really handy, for wearing under jeans, etc. Better and more useful than longjohns or the like.</p>
<p>What she found she needed were light jackets for fall and spring. Remember the old “members only” jackets? Yup ,she found some newer versions and gets lots of compliments.</p>
<p>Again, she should show up with rainboots. Will come in very handy for rain and for an early snow.</p>
<p>We live in Dallas…women and girls in Dallas “dress.” But whenever we go to NY, our clothes are just wrong. We can wear what’s nice and trendy here and it’s just wrong in NYC. For that reason, I’d say wait for a lot of the clothes until she gets there.</p>
<p>I had to laugh when we were at Top Shop (on Broadway in SoHo.) They must tell the employees, “Wear whatever you want, as long as it is nothing a normal person would wear in any other part of the country.” Everyone was dressed in a different version of very very odd (looking at them through my Dallas fashion filter).</p>
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