The Runway Is Like a Strip Club and Other Observations From a Fashion Week Virgin

Looking at street style photos, I always imagined these chic people walking down rather empty side streets and just happening upon a photographer while looking chic. In reality, outside of Lincoln Center, street style feels like its own elaborate production. Dozens of photographers line up to shoot "real women," including hundreds of people who hang out there all day getting their photos taken and women who will, say, walk across the street multiple times so the photog can get the perfect snap.