11
Nov
Isn’t this image stunning? It was taken by my fashion photography idol Bill Cunningham of NY Times “On the Street” fame.
Although this photograph was used in a compilation about the daring, we-mean-serious-business boot trend in sweet Paris at the moment (there have been murmurs stateside, too) what I found so arresting was the trench coat.
Clarification: not the trench coat, but how it’s being worn. Because there is no doubt that this chic, smiling for Bill, Parisienne is wearing that trench—it isn’t wearing her, not even by an inch.
And of course, one can’t help but appreciate the fact that this lovely, tailored piece—whose predecessors were created merely to keep raindrops at bay—is so stunning, it requires its own protection.
