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street style then and now
February 6, 2013

Thirteen Street-Style Stars Before They Started Dressing for the Camera

By Diana Tsui

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Photo: Victoria Adamson; David X Prutting/Patrick McMullan; Youngjun Koo/I’M KOO

When the Sartorialist was founded by Scott Schuman in 2005, it was a small blog devoted to capturing stylish, unknown men (and eventually women) as they walked through the streets and attended fashion shows. By 2008, photographers like Tommy Ton and Phil Oh were gaining attention for their blogs — Jak & Jil and Streetpeeper — as they snapped editors like Taylor Tomasi-Hill, Joanna Hillman, and Kate Lanphear 0utside the shows. Though they were known in the industry, none of these women had attracted the rabid, style-icon status they hold now. Because as photographers slowly noticed chic editors, so too did editors notice the photographers; that’s what got us to the change-in-the-car, call-in-full-runway-looks, pose-for-the-camera moments that now define much of Fashion Week’s street style. Now the trade event follows a set of rules that often involve weeks (or even months) of careful planning and good designer relationships.

Which is not to say that street style is a bad thing: It’s inspirational and educational. These ladies who are photographed have a keen understanding of creating looks and styling interesting outfits for their jobs, so it was only natural that they used that knowledge and applied it to themselves. But it took some time for them to reach their true potential, as they say, and it’s fascinating to comb through the archives and look back at these stars (and their wardrobe choices) before the clothing became so intentional. To be fair, Kate Lanphear has kept things pretty consistent. But click ahead to view some of street style’s most favorite subjects back in the day, before New York fashion kicks off with a whole new set of carefully planned outfits.

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Joanna Hillman Left: 2005, Right: 2012 Photo: Thos Robinson/Getty Images; Victoria Adamson
Anna Dello Russo Left: 2007, Right: 2012 Photo: Venturelli/WireImage; Victoria Adamson
Taylor Tomasi-Hill Left: 2006, Right: 2012
Hanneli Mustaparta Left: 2008, Right: 2012 Photo: Billy Farrel/Patrick McMullanl; Victoria Adamson
Giovanna Battaglia Left: 2007, Right: 2012 Photo: Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan; Victoria Adamson
Christine Centenara Left: 2008, Right: 2012 Photo: Wendell Teodoro/WireImage; Victoria Adamson
Caroline Issa Left: 2005, Right: 2012 Photo: Thos Robinson/Getty Images; Victoria Adamson
Julia Sarr-Jamois Left: 2009, Right: 2012 Photo: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images; Victoria Adamson
Natalie Joos Left: 2005, Right: 2012 Photo: Shawn Ehlers/WireImage; Victoria Adamson
Kate Lanphear Left: 2007, Right: 2012 Photo: Neil Rasmus/Patrick McMullan; Victoria Adamson
Yasmin Sewell Left: 2007, Right: 2012 Photo: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images; Victoria Adamson
Vika Gazinskaya & Miroslava Duma Left: 2012, Center: 2008, Right: 2012 Photo: Victoria Adamson; David X Prutting/Patrick McMullan; Youngjun... Vika Gazinskaya & Miroslava Duma Left: 2012, Center: 2008, Right: 2012 Photo: Victoria Adamson; David X Prutting/Patrick McMullan; Youngjun Koo/I’M KOO
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