Why Street Style 'Peacocks' Are Critical to the Fashion Industry

The streets of New York City can frequently be considered a runway in their own right, a veritable feast of people-watching — but never more so than when fashion week rolls around. Twice a year, the world’s leading editors are pitted against an ever-increasing crowd of style bloggers, each surveyed by a mob of photographers outside Lincoln Center and at various other venues along the city’s west side
 
Last season fashion critic Suzy Menkes, writing for T Magazine, referred to the scene outside fashion week venues as a "circus," a “cattle market of showoff people waiting to be chosen or rejected by the photographer." She called out offending peacocks, including Filipino blogger Bryanboy and Read more...