Little Advice from Garance DorĂŠ for Fashion Week
HOW TOâŚÂ
BE ASSAULTED BY A HORDE OF STREETSTYLE PHOTOGRAPHERSÂ (MYSELF INCLUDED)
You think your look is as good as all the editors and stylists that you see on all the streetstyle blogs? You think itâs no fair that itâs always the same people?
So listen up, Paris fashion week is on the horizon and itâs your time to unleash your inner Anna Dello Russo. If you want to immortalize your look via a streetstyle photographer, donât leave home without these tips:
Streetstyle photographers react to the most simple of stimuli. So to excite their instinct, make sure to :
⢠Wear colors â> It makes for photos that pop.
⢠Wear nothing but black â> Youâll look like a fashion editor.
⢠Wear big sunglasses / Wear big corrective glasses / Wear a big hat â> The less youâre seen, the more youâre wanted.
⢠Wear heels. Super high ones OR/AND super bizarre OR/AND super colorful. If the heel is made of an old doorknob / legos / a stuffed animal, +2 pts.
⢠Mix improbable prints.
⢠Wear open-toed shoes without stockings in the snow / fur in summer â> dressing for the wrong season is very in fashion.
⢠Wear the pièce de resistance of the season. This season, itâs :
- A long skirt (make sure you have the burst of wind to go with)
- Leopard print (a little last season, but still works)
⢠Wear something wtf. â> Wear a shoe as a hat, make a skirt from your shower curtain, steal some construction workerâs uniform to go with your Jil Sander plastic bag. Itâs miraculous how well these things work.
2/ ATTITUDE CHANGES EVERYTHING.
If you have only 2 of the 10 elements listed above, you still have a chance of getting a snapshot taken. The secret? Have the right attitude.
⢠Attitude #1 = Have a telephone, of course! But not so fast, donât you dare talk, it doesnât photograph well. Just listen, or even better, send a text.
⢠Attitude # 2 = Look busy! Have a fancy invitation in your hand (â> youâve got somewhere to be)(You donât have one? Just grab pretty much any half-sheet of paper and youâre set) and walk fast (â> your driverâs waiting on you, youâre so important) with the sense that you just want to be left alone, but not too much now (be careful to keep moderation).
⢠Attitude #3 = Hail a cab like a ballerina would dance Swan Lake. Long lines ladies !
PS : Are you arriving by taxi? NEVER get out right by the entrance, big mistake. Get out on the other side of the street at the very least. You need to give the photographers some time to find you.
WARNINGÂ : Anna Dello Russo gets there at the same time as you?
Youâre gonna miss your entrance. Give her about 10 minutes to let her have her wow moment, thatâs the least amount of time itâll take her to parkour herself to the show entrance.
Streetstyle photographers are always attracted by other streetstyle photographers, no matter what outfit youâre wearing.
If you really have tried everything and youâre about to throw in the towel, bring a two or three friends with you with big cameras and have them run around in front of you taking your picture.
4/ IF YOUâRE REALLY DESPERATE
Find Anna Dello Russo, Giovanna Battaglia or Taylor Tomasi Hill and just attach yourself to them while theyâre getting their pictures taken.With a little luck, youâll end up in one of the photos. Hey, you gotta start somewhere, right?
5/ BUT BE CAREFUL, DONâT LOOK LIKE YOUâRE DESPERATE
Streetstyle photographers are like hunters : they donât like too easy of prey, no matter how chic they are. Donât platter yourself up, meaning, donât just stand there in the position TAKE MY PICTURE in front of a show. Let yourself be desired. Or hey, even be uncooperative, itâll make getting a good picture that much better â Everyone wants to get the perfect picture of Anna Wintour because she would never stop to have her picture taken.
6/ IT WORKED! YOU GOT YOUR PICTURE TAKEN!!! HOW TO NOT RUIN EVERYTHINGâŚ
⢠If they ask who you are, pretend like you canât speak English, or French, or Japanese, or anything really. Just say your name and let them imagine you are the editor in chief of Vogue from the Federated States of Micronesia.
⢠If they ask you who youâre wearing and you donât want to say itâs Target, even if itâs brand new, say vintage.
⢠Never ask where youâll be able to see the photo (see âdonât look desperateâ above).
PS : Itâs useless to go parading yourself around in front of a night show. The lighting is terrible. Streetstyle photographers arenât out at night, seeing as thatâs photo editing time.
And then next time around, Iâll have to explain how to NOT Get Assaulted by a Horde of Streetstyle Photographers, because being a star of streestyle blogs is sais to be awfully exhausting. Big hugs!
Check out her blog here, and her Tumblr here. x
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