6 Essential Street Style Books You Need to Own
Fashion month may be long over, but you can still get your street style fix. We've rounded up six books you need to own in order to call yourself a true expert on real world fashion snaps. Our picks cover pioneers of street photography like Vivian Maier and Amy Arbus as well as contemporary internet darlings like Scott Schuman and Facehunter's Yvan Rodic.
Whether you prefer Susie Bubble's quirky ensembles or the effortless chic of French fashion editors, there's something here for everyone!
1/7Beef up your fashion library with these important tomes.
2/7<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vivian-Maier-Street-Photographer/dp/1576875776/" target="_blank"><i>Vivian Maier: Street Photographer</i></a> by Vivian Maier and John Maloof
As a nanny in the 1950s and '60s, Maier took hundreds of photographs of people engaged in daily life on the streets of Chicago. Her photos weren't discovered until 2007, when a historian purchased her archive at an auction. Street Photographer is a truly fascinating peek into city life (and style!) in the middle of the 20th century.
3/7<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Street-Amy-Arbus/dp/1599620154/" target="_blank"><i>On the Street</i></a> by Amy Arbus
Before there were street style blogs, there was Amy Arbus's monthly photo feature in The Village Voice. Titled "On the Street," it showcased the looks of New Yorkers both well-known (check out a young Madonna on the cover!) and not during the '80s.
4/7<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Paris-Street-Style-Guide-Effortless/dp/1419706810/" target="_blank"><i>Paris Street Style</i></a> by Isabelle Thomas and Frederique Veysset
Ever wanted to achieve that uniquely French brand of cool? This book mis tips on how to master that quintessential look with gorgeous shots of Parisian women out and about. If you can't afford a plane ticket to Paris right now, you can at least soak up the essence of French dressing.
5/7<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fruits-Shoichi-Aoki/dp/0714840831/" target="_blank"><i>Fruits</i></a> by Shoichi Aoki
In 1994, Japanese photographer Shoichi Aoki founded the street style magazine Fruits to chronicle the growing fashion movement in Tokyo's Harajuku neighborhood. Fruits compiles 45 of his best shots from the mid '90s up until 2001, when this classic book was published.
6/7<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Facehunter-Yvan-Rodic/dp/3791344536/" target="_blank"><i>Facehunter</i></a> by Yvan Rodic
If you prefer your street style with a quirky international edge, pick up this anthology by the globe-trotting Facehunter himself. Rodic doesn’t confine himself to established fashion capitals, and instead focuses on finding young people who wear their creativity (literally) on their sleeves.
7/7<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sartorialist-Scott-Schuman/dp/0143116371/" target="_blank"><i>The Sartorialist</i></a> by Scott Schuman
Even if you’ve been following The Sartorialist for years, chances are you’ll find some snaps you’ve never seen before in Scott Schuman’s first book, published in 2009. As is Schuman’s style, street portraits of industry veterans like Carolina Herrera are interspersed with photos of stylish civilians.
