The Balenciaga Boots

Outside A Wang Balenciaga Shoes
These are the Balenciaga cut-out boots from Spring 2011 that I would kill to own. Although they lack functionality as actual “boots,” they’re more like the really kick ass punk version of sandals anyway. Showing off your toe cleavage in 5 inch heels is overrated (did you hear me Mr. Louboutin?).

This photo is symbolic too: I’m always the girl in the flat shoes – notwithstanding the fact that they’re either my Margiela sneakers or Celine ankle boots – next to my friends in towering heels. I like it that way. After all, I can’t run in heels.

Carine Roitfeld & Terry Richardson

Carine and Terry

Carine Roitfeld is the former Editor-in-Chief of French Vogue. She now freelances as a stylist and recently styled the Chanel Fall 2011 campaign.

Terry Richardson is a highly controversial fashion photographer with roots in the punk scene of West Hollywood.

Rumi Neely at Rag & Bone

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This photo of Rumi Neely was taken at the loading dock of the warehouse used as the venue for Rag & Bone’s Spring 2012 runway show. Rumi and her boyfriend Colin were laid back quintessential Californians, and really pleasant people to chat with.

I wanted to take a photo that was different from the other street-style photographers so I posed her in the narrow loading dock area while they were off fighting for shots of Anna Dello Russo and Bryan Boy. I love the quasi-industrial feel, and the way the sunlight perfectly frames her ombre hair.