The Internet is saturated with street style documentarians, especially those featuring the smartly accessorized and well-layered denizens of the globe’s coolest cities. We’ve got nothing against well-heeled editors or models in the wild, but it’s time to take a look at a rarer breed of bloggers: Those who focus their lenses on unlikelier subjects, whether of certain age, size, sexual persuasion, or even, in two cases, species. Some have created new categories (welcome to the age of the Accidental Chinese Hipster) or reimagined the medium, shunning photography in favor of illustration. We tracked down several street style innovators — past and present — to see what motivated them to spotlight more offbeat subjects. Click through to see what they had to say.
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