When not debating thongs, denim thongs, Hillary Clinton’s Twitter debut, and the validity of trends like sneaker wedges, we spend a lot of time on the Cut commissioning photographs by up-and-coming fashion photographers — some of which even make it beyond the site and end up on the newsstand. Click ahead for 50 of the best images we made this year, from our shoots backstage at Fashion Week, on streets all over the world, as still lifes, portraits, original fashion shoots, and more.