Think your wardrobe needs a little color? These New Yorkers are particularly monochromatic:

I go to leather fairs and have the factory make me shoes. I also buy white Chanel and ChristianLouboutin shoes, and I color them blue with custom-ordered electric-blue Sharpies. -Valeria “ValBlu” McCulloch

That’s hard because even the soles of my shoes have to be gray or white. I get annoyed if the soles are black. -Rebecca Turbow

Read more about these five truly unique individuals on NYMag.