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“Bill Cunningham New York” Documents the Story of an Industry Legend

We have been readers of the “On The Street” and “Evening Hours” columns in The New York Times for as long as we’ve been fans of the venerable newspaper of record, but it took a viewing of Richard Press’ latest documentary, “Bill Cunningham New York”, to understand the story behind his constant presence and devotion to fashion. A style industry institution who’s been made an officer in the Order of Arts and Letters in France, Bill Cunningham began his career as a milliner and began photographing fashion after the Second World War for magazines such as Details (before it was purchased by Condé Nast) and Women’s Wear Daily, before settling in at the NYT. Decades before there was a Sartorialist or Streetpeeper in sight, Cunningham has been biking around Manhattan (and Paris during fashion week) chronicling the best-dressed and most colorful figures on the streets and of New York society. No wonder then, that in an interview for the film Vogue editor Anna Wintour proclaims, “We all get dressed for Bill.”
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