The Book That Started It All
Before the Face Hunter or The Sartorialist, there was FRUiTS. This is the book that initially sparked my now decade long obsession with street style. I stumbled upon this book in the culture section at the Hastings bookstore in Fayetteville, Arkansas, when I was fourteen years old. The photographs of outrageously dressed Japanese teenagers instantly resonated with me, as it reminded me of the people I used to live around in Greenwich Village when my mom was a professor at New York University.
Although I resented my parents for years (…like a whole decade) for moving us out of Manhattan so my dad could fulfill his dream of owning a cattle ranch, living in the middle of nowhere did teach me how to daydream. I became really involved with art, which I pursued all throughout high school. Had I not lived in such a boring environment the visual arts might not have become such an important vehicle of self-expression for me, and I might never have started this website!
You can purchase FRUiTS on Amazon.com.