Cultural Anthropologist, Style Master, Trend Tracker and Legend all describe Bill Cunningham.
Bill Cunningham New York is a new documentary chronicling the life of the legendary fashion photographer. Bill is most famous for his ongoing New York Times column, "On the Street". Cunningham has been working on the column — a collection of candid photographs of famous and non famous fashion icons which predates any style blog out there — for decades and has captured every trend before it's become mainstream. The Satorialist and other bloggers like myself are all in debt to Bill because he paved the way for us to have platform to express our fashion point of view.
The most interesting fact unearthed in the documentary is that Bill is the complete antithesis of what many think Fashion is about. He's been wearing the same outfit for years, doesn't use a car service, bikes everywhere (snow, sleet or rain), doesn't drink and lives in a very tiny studio apartment with just enough space for his millions of photos that he's saved in multiple file cabinets. However, Bill does hold what Fashion is built on and that's: passion for art, acceptance for all, promotion of individuality and dedication to one's craft.
I highly recommend you see the living legends documentary while he's still alive and then pick up a New Times to watch Bill in action.
Stay Stylish!
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