I just came upon www.streetpeeper.com which captures supposed "street fashion" in cities around the world. These are mostly high fashion outfits but I LOVE seeing the people in the background that DO offer glimpses of everyday street wear.

http://www.streetpeeper.com/cities/p...pe=street_peep

-Ann Marie

Thanks Amwosu! Some of those ladies have the skinniest 'chicken legs' I have ever seen. Don't come to Africa Ladies - the animals will reject you! LOL!

The minute you get 'street people' to pose, you have lost all authenticity, because it indicates that you have chosen the people that appeal to you. At least I don't do that -- I take them as they come.

I see kerouac posted . I was just about to post his photos are moe authentic

Ditto

Some of the women in the photos are well-known fashionistas in Paris and are named in the photos. These men and women don't really represent Paris street fashion (hence the title of my post) but they do show what is currently coming out of the high priced fashion houses as well as low priced stores like H&M and Zara.

Even in the French papers, I sometimes guffaw when they do a little article about "street fashion". You'll have maybe 5 photos of slightly chic yet ordinary people with the captions along the lines of "Oh, I just wear anything. I got this T-shirt at the flea market for 3 euros, and the jacket was a real steal at XXX for 250 euros, my skirt is from H&M for 29 euros and the boots are from YYY for 530 euros." Yeah, real street fashion. We all spend our money that way.

Yes amwosu, Carine and Alt and That Italian woman, whose name escapes me (she dates Carine's son,) are all involved with the height of the fashion world and are not to be considered as the average person seen on the streets of Paris

I have been looking at Streetpeeper, Tavi, Marquis de Lannes, Emperor's Old Clothes, The Sartorialist, Altamira, etc. for a long time. My fav is jak/jil, which is also one of Mimi's favs. Of course, most of the people in these photos are part of the fashion posse--people like Danielle Steel's daughter Vanessa Traina, a fashion stylist. She can afford a 2K Givenchy headband.

Right now, I am really digging Alexander McQueen and his muse Lady Gaga. The future really looks brighter with these two on the scene.

I am most appreciative of Kerouac for all the wonderful photo collages that he posts here. They keep this forum interesting.
Thank you, K.

Thin

Is there a problem in Paris with "pigeon-toes"? Looks like an epidemic.

Just out of curiosity Kerouac, where in Paris is the "wooden-looking" wall quite a few posed in front of?

for tod: on page 4 and 7 (at least) you can see that the "wooden-looking" wall is in the Tuileries garden. However, I do not know what it is for.

Frankly, I have never seen that wall. It must have been temporary.

Wooden wall??

Get some glasses, sweetie.

That is a Richard Serra sculpture.

Thin

It is a Serra sculpture but it is steel

As Thin and cigalechanta have said, t's a sculpture in the Tuileries called Clara-Clara.

http://www.thearttribune.com/The-ill...-of-Clara.html

Personally, I hate it in that location, as it disrupts the views.