I follow Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson through the crowd for no creepy reason and Cara high-fives a little boy that I don’t think she even knows.
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To me, New York Fashion Week feels like a game of Chutes and Ladders: I am a game piece moving forward, each colored block a new day. Sometimes those shortcut ladders are literal, like climbing up to the stage to shoot Rick Ross while he’s performing at the Alexander Wang x Bulgari party. And other times, feeling like I’ve come so far, down the chute I go, like waking up last Friday morning (the first official day of fashion week), after shooting Vanity Fair’s best dressed at Saks Fifth Avenue, and a soiree at Alan Faena’s the night before, and a celebration for Zimmermann’s new store opening the night before that…and realizing I haven’t even officially begun the game.
Still, games are fun! Especially this one. Trying to get from one side of the board to the other, with a swirl of fashion statements and celebrity quips and unexpected moments along the way.
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“I love your camera strap, it’s rad!” Hey, Nicky Hilton Rothschild, thank you so much — and I, you — and your whole very personable and general vibe.
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Suki Waterhouse arrives and I overhear her say she needs to find a Juul charger. I give her one. She is elated and I am her new best friend.
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Kaia Gerber won’t pose for photographs — ugh. The other photographer tells me it’s because she says she’s not supposed to be here. We [are instructed to] sneak a shot anyway. Success.
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A collage of guests wearing the most insanely amazing outfits I’ve seen in the history of shooting fashion week abounds.
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Nicki Minaj didn’t come to Helmut Lang, as she was rumored to, but all good. A lot of other cool people did.
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Hailey Bieber and Justine Skye are the cutest best friends I’ve ever seen in my whole life.
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Jacquelyn Jablonski’s hair is this amazing undone wet look and I realize later it’s because she came straight from walking the Prabal Gurung show.
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I follow Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson through the crowd for no creepy reason and Cara high-fives a little boy that I don’t think she even knows.
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While Kaitlynn very impressively does her own makeup, we gush about how sweet the single flower on the sink basin is and so I make sure to include it in the shot.
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Mafalda hugs me and giddily tells me how excited she was to see her feature story in WWD’s print edition and thus took four copies when leaving the Oscar show.
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Bummed because I have to leave before my forever crush Mark Ronson arrives, but took some cool shots of the guests from the balcony as a peace offering to myself.
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The ultimate chute! I thought fashion week was over! But am happy to shoot this event because Kim Kardashian is one of the most cordial and easy-to-photograph high-profile celebrities I know. (Aside from Paris Hilton, who was also there!)
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