Gray beanies are officially a trend in Chicago this year. I blame Elin Kling for jumpstarting the beanie-as-chic-accessory movement with her styling for the Fall 2011 Tibi show, my first NYFW show. Girls strutted down the catwalk in gorgeous fall dresses topped off with a bright pink beanie. A year later I photographed Elin wearing a neon yellow beanie outside the Alexander Wang show, so maybe it’s less of a trend and more of an ethos. 

I think there’s something glamorous about the simple beanie, a nonchalance I find really intriguing…