Chicago Street Style: Nadia

When I saw Nadia on Rush Street what caught my eye was the simplicity. A great look can be created by combining a tough edge with soft elements but requires a measure of restraint. A fail-safe combination is to combine girlier elements, like a flowing skirt and knit sweater with combat boots as seen above. It’s perfectly stylish and totally wearable.

Happy New Year 2012! (Idiosyncratic Fashionistas)

Advanced Style

This is another one of those great unpublished photos from New York that I’ve been hanging onto for the right moment. After reading Ari Cohen’s street-style blog Advanced Style for so long, it was a pleasure to finally meet the two Idiosyncratic Fashionistas in person at the IFB blogging conference in September.

The circles in Valerie’s earrings and necklace reminded me of the giant swirls used for time machines in movies like Austin Powers. How perfect for the first day of 2012. Happy New Year’s everyone!

New York Street Style: Unpublished Portrait

December 31, 2011  |  Close-ups, Individuals, New York, Streetstyle
Goth princess
I decided to publish one of my favorite unpublished portraits from New York fashion week in honor of the New Year. I have such a huge archive of photos that I still haven’t published. Rather than subject you guys to any more obnoxious retrospectives featuring photos you’ve already seen and covering things you already know (which I did below, if you’re interested), I figured why not celebrate the arrival of 2012 with something new?