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In New York City, style is all about the neighborhood! Go behind the scenes of NCIS: New York as the wardrobe team reveals how the city's distinctive fashion influences the looks of LL Cool J and the rest of the cast.

From the edgy street style of the East Village to the polished sophistication of Uptown Manhattan, the costume designers draw inspiration from real New York culture to create authentic looks for each character. Discover how wardrobe choices help bring the personalities and neighborhoods of the city to life in this special edition of A Guide to NCIS: New York.

Watch NCIS: New York on CBS and stream the next day on Paramount+.

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00:00I mean New York is so many things. New York is everything.
00:08I find that there is sort of a New York uniform and it tends to be darker colors,
00:14tends to be fashion-forward, but then there's also practicality to New York
00:18because you're in the elements. You know, one day it's 90 degrees and raining
00:22and then we have our winter when we're climbing over, you know, seven feet of snow
00:26trying to get to Bergdorf's, for instance.
00:30Knowing that the character of San Hanna is coming from Los Angeles,
00:33we didn't want to drastically change him from how the audience knows and loves him.
00:38The first few episodes, he looked very similar to how he looked on NCIS Los Angeles
00:42and then we've slowly been making little changes, such as the color palette.
00:47As people know, New Yorkers have a reputation for wearing dark colors, a lot of black,
00:52so we're sort of subtly putting that into his wardrobe
00:56and as the seasons change, you're going to see a lot more textures and layers and outerwear
01:02since we're going to have weather here that we don't typically have in Los Angeles.
01:08And then for the other characters, they're all New Yorkers,
01:10so we got to play around a lot by depending on the neighborhood they live in.
01:14If they're in the East Village, they might be a little hipper and cooler.
01:18You know, uptown people might be a little more well-heeled.
01:21So it's been really fun in the show to really showcase each distinct neighborhood
01:26by what the people are wearing.
01:30The East Village

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