Erin Pettigrew

Nov 15 2008 LINK

On the Street

Bill Cunningham is the curiously quaint but accomplished bicycling fashion photographer who narrates his imagery of streetwear for the NYT each week.  (Think a jolly old man banters about The Sartorialist’s pics.)  

Cunningham’s attraction is his inspired reverence for the ebbs and flows of commuter/street culture and the way that fashion responds to it.  He catches stylish people in very real and accessible moments of going through their daily paces.  I love seeing each week’s feature, because it adds both gravity and levity to my opinions of the hordes of outfits I see every day.

Here’s the full archive of Bill Cunningham’s On the Street vignettes.  And one of my favorites, Dampened: Fashion Week goers looking riotously hot as they brave a downpour.