Morgan at Rush & Walton

Morgan is a supremely talented fashion design student at SAIC. Although she originally hails from Los Angeles, she has since warmed up to life in Chicago. Morgan was actually the first person who connected the dots between weather and street-style during a snowy conversation on the street last winter. We discussed how Chicagoans and New Yorkers are all about layering year round, whereas Los Angeles retains a completely different aesthetic, something only a transplanted Los Angeleno would notice. I wholeheartedly agree, because everyday (non-fashion editor/model) New York street-style and Chicago street-style are quite similar (check out Mr. Newton’s site for gorgeous pics of regular girls for proof), and if you then visit my friend Eva’s blog HiStyley you’ll see just how dramatically the aesthetic shifts with LA street style.

Morgan is also one of the first people I ever photographed back when I had my little Canon Powershot SD. To see how far my skills have come, click here. I’d be embarrassed by the quality of my old photos if I wasn’t proud of how far I’ve come.