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January 12, 2016

Look at These Cats and Dogs Doing Chic New Year’s Yoga

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Photo: Dan Borris/Yoga Dogs

If you’re looking for January fitness inspiration, you can’t do much better than an English bulldog doing a handstand while balancing a Louis Vuitton trunk on his toes. To help carry our New Year’s motivation into the second week of the year, the Cut asked photographer Dan Borris to create photo illustrations of cats and dogs with over-the-top accessories from the latest spring resort collections.

Borris is no stranger to editorial work: He’s been shooting for the past three decades for outlets like New York, the New York Times, and Vanity Fair. But he’s also got a sideline as an animals-doing-yoga impresario. He first photographed a dog in a pose in 2003, and since then, his Yoga Dogs franchise has grown into a photographic retail empire.

Borris’s wife (whom he met in a yoga class, of course) plays with each animal as he shoots. A portion of his earnings goes to the animal shelters where Borris finds the kittens and puppies.

Click ahead to see Gabriella the Doberman pinscher execute a flawless Warrior 1 in a silk Gucci scarf, Savi the Siamese cat in Half-Lotus pose in a Bottega Veneta necklace, and more.

Photographs by Dan Borris. Styling by Rebecca Ramsey. Text by Catie L’Heureux.

*A version of this article appears in the January 11, 2016 issue of New York Magazine.

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Savi A Siamese, in Easy pose. Photo: Dan Borris
Sammy A bulldog, in a handstand. Photo: Dan Borris/© 2009 Dan Borris
Gabriella A Doberman pinscher, in Warrior 1 pose. Photo: Dan Borris/© 2011 Dan Borris
Granger A Jack Russell Terrier, in Locust pose. Photo: Dan Borris/© 2011 Dan Borris
Babs A mixed breed, in Warrior 3 pose. Photo: Dan Borris/© 2009 Dan Borris
Ramona A teacup poodle, in Cobra pose. Photo: Dan Borris/© 2009 Dan Borris
Candy In Revolved Triangle pose. Photo: Dan Borris/© 2010 Dan Borris
Duke In Warrior 2 pose. Photo: Dan Borris/© 2009 Dan Borris
Ghost In Feathered Peacock pose. Photo: Dan Borris/© 2009 Dan Borris
Ginger In an Upward Bow pose variation. Photo: Dan Borris/© 2013 Dan Borris
Maude In Side Plank pose. Photo: Dan Borris/© 2009 Dan Borris
Mela In Half Lord of Fishes pose. Photo: Dan Borris/© 2009 Dan Borris
Ming In Mountain pose. Photo: Dan Borris/© 2009 Dan Borris
Nina In Firefly pose. Photo: Dan Borris/© 2009 Dan Borris
Tazz In Plow pose. Photo: Dan Borris/© 2009 Dan Borris
Tiny In Rooster pose. Photo: Dan Borris
Tyler In Monkey pose. Photo: Dan Borris/© 2010 Dan Borris
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