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I think the first time I went to New York Fashion Week was 2007, and Paris maybe a year later. Back then, there weren\u2019t that many photographers. There were the Japanese photographers and a small handful of American photographers. But there wasn\u2019t really so much of a scene. The only people who came to the shows were actually invited\u2014the working professionals. At the time, we had the opportunity to at least say hello to the people we were taking pictures of, and to have a quick chat with them about who they were wearing. So you got to have some sort of rapport and familiarity [with them]. But as street style became a thing, more and more people started showing up a) to take pictures or b) to be photographed. Every season, the number of people outside a show exponentially grows and it\u2019s just chaos. And the lurkers! You can\u2019t really speak, I mean, you just sort of\u2026it\u2019s like shooting monkeys in a barrel. You just run around and take pictures and hope something comes out. It\u2019s embarrassing, it\u2019s really embarrassing actually, but that\u2019s the way it goes.<\/p>\n
New York Fashion Week is my favorite because I get to be at home instead of a hotel. I wake up as late as I possibly can to still be able to take an Uber to the first show. From the first show to sunset, I\u2019m out running around. There\u2019s no time to really eat, except maybe McDonalds. You know, rain, sleet, hail, snow\u2014[the outlets are] going to want the pictures. I get home when the sun goes down, have a quick meal, and sit and edit through like 3,000 photos. For 30 days straight. I usually wrap up at like three or four in the morning every day, four or five in the morning sometimes. I\u2019m usually on four hours of sleep. It\u2019s super exhausting.<\/p>\n
Weather wise, February in New York is the worst. So painful. There were a couple seasons\u2014this is before I bought my Sorrels\u2014that I just wore sneakers. I would have to go to Duane Reade in between shows to buy pairs of Hanes socks because mine would be soaking wet and ice cold. I would change socks to prevent frostbite.<\/p>\n
You have to be a little strategic about which shows to go to. Show A will have really good models. Show B might be all the way downtown and also across town, but you have to go to that, too, because all the cool kids will be there. Then there are the designers that nobody knows but are repped by good PR agencies, which means that a lot of people will go to their shows anyway. There might not be many photographers at those shows because no one has heard of them, which is good for me. It\u2019s about trying to find shows and presentations that other people don\u2019t know about so you don\u2019t have a huge scrum of people. I never really get into any arguments with anybody else because, you know, it\u2019s 30 days. We\u2019re going to see these people every day for 30 days. I just sort of roll with the punches.<\/p>\n
Physically, I don\u2019t really handle it that well. By the third week, in Milan\u2014by London actually\u2014my eyes are bloodshot red. People think I\u2019ve been crying all night. Which I may have been! But usually not. By the time Paris ends, I don\u2019t want to look at a computer screen, I don\u2019t want to look at any clothes. When I get home, I just have to sit in my apartment for three or four days and not have any sensory input whatsoever.<\/p>\n
What disappoints me about the state of street style is when I read or hear industry people talk shit or make fun of other editors or stylists who put in effort. When these people get dressed, it\u2019s not just to get photographed. I mean, they work in fashion\u2014they love the clothes. I don\u2019t understand why someone would want to make another person feel bad for trying to express what they love through their clothes. Usually the people who complain are the ones who don\u2019t get photographed, you know what I mean? Sure, some people are strategic about what they wear. But, I think that overall it\u2019s still a reflection of their own personal taste and personal style, so I don\u2019t see what\u2019s so wrong with that. Deal with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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