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I knew Geoffrey was different when I saw him on the school bus with his Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper ®, spouting trivia about ancient Egyptian civilization… in elementary school.  And that was perhaps my only encounter with him until high school, by which time he was a loud and proud young gay man.  Although he was two years my junior, we soon connected in the Art Department over our mutual obsession with historical costume.  Again, his encyclopedic knowledge of anything that might remotely be connected to his topics of interest was his claim to fame: royal portraits, palace architecture, the royal families of Europe, styles of dress and coiffure…  We remained close for the remainder of high school and for a few years after I graduated.  Geoffrey even graciously organized and hosted my “debut” (in the 19^th century literary sense) for my 18^th birthday, complete with formal wear and punch. 

By the time I looked him up on Facebook a few weeks ago, we had not had any contact in about 5 years.  Needless to say, it will take us a few sessions to thoroughly catch up…  I traveled to his house (!) in central Connecticut for tea and reminiscing and geeking out over fabric and antiques. 

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Photographers documenting street fashion have been getting a lot of press lately: The Sartorialist, Garance Dore and others are the newer kids on the block; New York Magazine has The Look Book; Bill Cunningham has been at the game for much longer at the New York Times.  (Video interview here. I was introduced to Mr. Cunningham’s work by this great New Yorker article.) 

And there’s a "democratization" process taking place, I think, in fashion in general, to the point where designers are actually using the street as their venue of choice for shows.

Given my dormant aspirations to be a photographer, and my current fashion projects, I’ve come up with the scheme of putting a similar street-fashion feature here on the blog. 

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