Good morning everyone! Welcome to our second YLF Book Club meet-up. We are talking about Bill Cunningham New York, a documentary about the famous octogenarian photographer who has been documenting street style for decades now.

I'm super curious to hear what you think of the movie! So let's hear it everyone.
(I for one absolutely loved the film, and Bill Cunningham as a person, and I'll chime in later with something that really spoke to me.)

There are many elements I can't wait to talk about, but since the film is very much an ode to street style and the creativity of the people in New York City, I thought we'd start things off with a thread about the street style angle and then take it from there.

> At one point we hear Bill say: "See, a lot of people have taste, but they don’t have the daring to be creative.”
Do you share his point of view or do you think there's more to it than that?

> Bill is renowned for being able to see and predict trends before anyone else in fashion can put two and two together.
Why do you follow street style photograpers/blogs? Do street style images inspire you to copy exact outfits, or rather to try your own take on the latest trend?
Or are they maybe not that helpful at all, and do you need a bit more guidance (e.g. like Angie breaking down outfits into their individual elements) to help you translate what you see for your own style and shape?

> "I think that the fashion show is definitely on the street always has been, and always will be."
Bill is very much convinced that trends are made on the street. (e.g. the connection he saw between the early work of Japanese designers like Rei Kawakubo and the bag women of NY City)
Do you agree?