Streets ahead of the rest...

With so many bloggers and fashion critics today, it’s easy to forget that this modern-day phenomenon of documenting street style was actually pioneered long before The Sartorialist was born... 83 year-old Bill Cunningham has been obsessively chronicling high society charity events and fashion street trends for ‘Times Style’ and his own columns ‘On the Street’ and ‘Evening Hours’ for The New York Times for decades. Bill loves clothes, not labels, or that a celebrity got their dress for free. He is interested in style and clothes. It seems for a lot of people the line between fashion and style is blurred... But Bill can definitely see the difference. He is an eccentric who lives for his work and has dedicated his life to documenting what is individual.

"More than anyone else in the city, he has the whole visual history of the last 40 or 50 years of New York. It’s the total scope of fashion in the life of New York.” - Oscar de la Renta

Bill caught the attention of Richard Press, who created a fascinating documentary that follows Bill doing what he loves. This highly acclaimed film is a portrait of New Yorkers and their dedication to style. It’s also a portrait of a man whose most valued wealth is his humble dedication to something he loves.

The documentary (that was made in 2010) has been brought into the spotlight once again with its March release in London this year.

If you haven’t seen it already, hire it and treat yourself to a night in.........

Love, Pink Ink X