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As per usual, when I want my camera, I don’t have it; and when I do have my camera, I don’t need it so it just weighs down my bag until I take it out again.  I don’t understand this curse…

Today I finally met lovely Valerie (gosh, I hope I remembered her name correctly…) at the library– I have seen her before around town, and recognized her by her awesome sneakers. Unfortunately, her great juxtaposition of colors and prints must suffer to be captured by my crummy phone camera.

Valerie is rocking a pink tee with blue and white floral capris.  Her black and pink cheetah print sneakers and ikat-style print bag are from Forever 21.

Superwomen of Fashion

Diane von Furstenberg, Superwoman of Fashion

Wendy Mullin of Built by Wendy

Nawruz & Persian Women

Shadi Ghadirian, Iranian photographer

Tahirih

Street Style from 1960s Mali

Malian photographer Malick Sidibe, via PSFK

Almost the only way you could tell these are not modern photos is from the boys’ clothes– wide collars and flared pants– seriously, these girls, in particular the 2 above, look like they could have been photographed for a Bamako street style blog like, yesterday.

Ohhh, this is like finally catching that elusive, big, beautiful fish after trying, season after season…

Introducing Faith, server extraordinaire of Marcus Dairy.

I saw Faith in this very uniform the first time I went to Marcus Dairy, last year, and of course I didn’t have my camera, and I wasn’t even sitting in her section, but I vowed I would document her style for Danbury fashion posterity.

Today, I was finally successful.

I just adore her fantastic (she called it ‘cheerful’–indeed!) plaid bowtie, and coordinating red apron.  I noticed she also always has this sparkly, dangly pin on her collar.

I have several of just this type of apron in offwhite, that belonged to my great-grandmother, I guess from her days of operating the family hotdog stand/diner.

And of course, I didn’t have my camera, so these are phone-photos that are not doing her justice.  But Faith was so charming, and gracious in letting me take her picture.  And she told me about her mother, who ran a farm stand, but was a bit of a fashionista, and was a pioneer of mismatched, multicolor accessories.

Yes, there is a story there, and hopefully Faith will call me so I can give you a full report.

Not always an oxymoron.

It’s been a while since I have had the opportunity to record for posterity the jewels of Danbury street style.  If you thought it was scanty during the warm months, believe me, style is clearly taking a back seat to warmth at this time of year.

Luckily, there are a few sparks in the dark that I find at or around the train station, particularly among the gentlemen – and I can only assume that they spend most of their time in NYC.

This morning I met Reggie as we were waiting for the in-bound train.  As usually happens, the days that I decide to leave my camera at home are the days when I end up wanting it.  Hence the camera photo, which is really insufficient to express how great Reggie looked– sorry, friend, I’m not doing you justice here.

Really nice gray wool coat, classy Ralph Lauren satchel, burgundy cords, and very nice brown leather shoes.  Best of all:

As you can see from this super photograph, Reggie is wearing a paisley scarf, which is so subtle, unexpected, and perfect.

Thanks for being a good sport, Reggie!

There is a formal dress shop on Main Street in Danbury, and while the dresses aren’t my taste, I enjoy the prop styling in their windows.  Earlier this week, I walked by on my way home and the sun was hitting the scroll decals on the windows, and casting a shadow on the white dresses they have out, creating this big, graphic pattern.  I didn’t have my camera with me that day, and then had to wait another day for clear skies, and today I tried some shots.  My timing wasn’t exactly the same, so the scroll patterns aren’t in the same placement as when I first framed the shots, but I think I got a couple of not-too-shabby pictures, and the black & white filter helps a lot.

…is always entertaining, usually for the wrong reasons.

Today, I found Ellen, which was so right.

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(My apologies to Miss Ellen and my dear readers for the poor quality camera-phone shots…)

Ellen is on the bus with me occasionally, and I’ve noticed her outfits before.  In particular I remember a nice plaid cape she had on one chilly morning.

Today, she had on a cute print sheath dress, and over it a camel color, ruffled duster sweater.  Like me, she was wearing her walking shoes– I should have asked her to show me the pair she was going to put on at the office!

Another rider on the bus this morning was dressed casually, but she put her outfit together really well.

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She had on this sweatshirt-fleece jacket from Forever 21, gray yoga pants, and navy blue deck shoes – similar to these (link corrected 5/4/09 – sorry!)  "eco-friendly" pairs from Keds.  So classic.  And I love that she pulled off the comfy look without seeming like she was still in her PJs or going to the gym.

PS Forever 21 is also apparently getting on the ‘green’ bandwagon with– you’ll never guess– tote bags! and a couple of t-shirts!  Excuse me, I dripped a little sarcasm there…

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The sparkly hat reappeared!  This fellow is sporting a disco-worthy newsboy cap– actually sort of a leopard print on gold lame– handlebar mustache and paint-splattered leather jacket. Very Village People.

Reminds me of a less-refined version of this guy.

The hat is available at– where else?– Danbury Dollar and Gift, 249 Main Street.

Also seen on this round of Danbury Street Fashion:

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Stay in school, kids.

I am looking for a man in a gold-sequined cap. He was last seen around 11:30 this morning, standing outside of a Main Street bakery, smoking a cigarette, and talking to two other people, at least one of whom was a woman. As I said, gold sequins adorning a newsboy-style cap, black leather jacket, mustache, perhaps a goatee. Anyone with more information about this man, or his hat, should contact me immediately. Or, if he is in your immediate vicinity, please distract him until I arrive on the scene with my camera. Fans of street-fashion photography everywhere will thank you.

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