'Fashion Climbing' Is A Lesson In Perseverance
Written with more enthusiasm than literary panache, fashion and society photographer Bill Cunningham's memoir, discovered after his death, is a charming ode to being true to oneself.
For decades, Bill Cunningham trained his eye — and camera — on New York City's constant fashion parade for his New York Times "On the Street" and "Evening Hours" style columns.
Clad in his distinctive royal blue French worker's jacket and often straddling a bicycle, the nonpareil people-watcher snapped outfits — some might say getups — that delighted him. Each week, he highlighted a different trend with a spectacular collage of photographs: black and white stripes, men's ankle length
