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Street Style: The Best-Dressed on the Pavement

Between shows, in the rain, in the wrong shoes. A week of outfits worth a second look.

By Imogen Vale 2 min read
A woman in a long trench coat and flat boots crossing a wet city street, other pedestrians blurred behind her

Some of the best outfits of the season were never on a runway. They were on the pavement, on the steps, on the way to the next appointment, and mostly in the rain. We photographed a week of them.

What stands out is how little of it is new. Coats that are clearly years old. Trousers that have been taken up and let down. Bags that are scuffed in all the right places. The overall effect is of people who dress like they mean it, and who have been doing so for a long time.

A woman in a long trench coat and flat boots on a wet pavement
A man in an oversized grey overcoat with a scarf, crossing a street
A woman in wide jeans, a leather jacket and white trainers
A woman in a long skirt and a thick knit carrying a canvas bag
A person in a tailored suit and a bright scarf waiting at a crossing
Two friends in matching camel coats laughing on a doorstep
Between shows: the week in six outfits.

If there is a lesson, it is that confidence matters more than novelty. The best-dressed people on the street were rarely wearing the newest thing. They were wearing the thing they were most at ease in.

Imogen Vale

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Imogen Vale

Fashion director. Writes about tailoring, the economics of getting dressed, and why most people already own enough.