Fashion & The City

May 22, 2018May 22, 2018 ~ Kristin ~ Leave a comment

Fashion. The city. Two loves entwined. Another month of images from behind my lens to weave together the visuals of styled, fashionable stance behind thick panels of glass and the structural visuals that a city bestows to those who look closer. Details. Captured. The essence of a fashion and the city that surrounds it…

It was late April in Chicago. Blue skies. Minimal Chicago winds. Spring was in the air. Alas, my timeliness in sharing is late…but images are lasting and one month spills into the next swiftly. Time itself is swift. The month of May images await from behind my lens. Yes, a monthly visual compilation continues. Yet appreciation of the moment captured is always my intent to share. Onward in that. From behind the lens.

City Structure & Fashion’s Whimsy At Neiman Marcus

City Scene & Brilliant Whimsy, Neiman Marcus

Stripes & Structure: Neiman’s & The City Of Chicago

Max Mara: Blue Hue & Architectural Details

Michael Kors & Iconic Chicago Architecture…The Wrigley Building

Every once in a while I photograph a mannequin that beckons a rendering in black and white. Brilliant fashion style that endures to delight from behind the lens (thank you, Max Mara).

For the love of Fashion’s Mannequin… Max Mara Style

Consider the world of fashion as it exists in the city. The two collide in a delightful city scene. For the love of fashion and the city, Onward.

Kristin

Fashion & The City

March 31, 2018 ~ Kristin ~ Leave a comment

Fashion & the city. Entwined. Architecture and the city. City scenes and fashionable luring windows endure to bring appreciation from behind my lens. An ongoing attempt at capturing the essence of fashion’s change in a structural world of distinctive architectural details. A love affair, indeed…

Spring onward, from behind the lens…

The Beauty Of Neiman Marcus Visuals & City Details

Seasonal Nods Of High Style, Neiman Marcus

For the Love Of Chanel…And The City Of Chicago

The Windows Of Prada, The Artistry Of Visual Display & Details Of Substance In A City

Fashion & The City: Always Entwined. Max Mara.

Appreciate the details that surround you. Looking closer, looking upward you will find details of beauty. And from behind the thick glass panes of fashion’s changing stage? Inspiration and appreciation of fashion’s whimsy and artful displays of style will loose you, if but for a moment, into the timeless and often fantasy world of fashion.

One side note…On this day, March 31, 2018, Jcrew has deemed it to be International Stripes Day. Befitting that the image below finds me in Jcrew stripes. Breton Stripes forever!

Onward!

Kristin

Self Portrait Off Burberry’s Reflective Exterior.

Fashion & The City

March 10, 2018 ~ Kristin ~ 2 Comments

So it was February. Fashion and the city. Intertwined. As fleeting as time is, the changing windows of fashion move at the speed of the city streets. Constant. To see the world of fashion behind the windows of a city is to see the city itself that these representations of style dwell within. From behind the lens, once again, my shift has changed to add the details of the city and street scenes paired with fashionable style…

Burberry Tulle & Parisian Architecture, Chicago

Chicago Details & A Fashionable Mannequin Of Saks

Consider the city surrounds and the fashionable representations therein. City life is certainly a mix of energy and fantasy. Look closer. Look upward. Appreciation for the visuals and details that surround will only bring gratitude for the very gift that each day brings. Alas, I will never tire of saying it…“Every day is a gift”.

City love and fashionable love, Onward,

Kristin

PS: Perhaps capturing myself in my own way is documenting personal change. Internal change in recollection of a moment captured. Time and place. With change comes growth. Onward into change. There is freedom in that, indeed.

Fashion & The City

February 3, 2018 ~ Kristin ~ Leave a comment

Fashion and the city. Two loves. The art of fashion and the architectural city. Chicago. For the last few years I have presented a monthly visual of the mannequins of high end fashion that grace the streets of Chicago. Oh, Chicago. A few snapshots of my love of the city and the fashionable streets joined together. Fashion is linked with the city it surrounds. To me, the two are entwined.

Like fashion, my life continually changes. Perspective. As I have held firmly to the word “onward” in recent years, in the first month of this New Year I was struck by another word. Prevail. Just as truth prevails, the city prevails. As a word that can be used in several contexts, in this case, fashion and the city that surrounds prevails in continually offering us such a vast array of visual delights. Oh, for the love of the energy of the city, the architectural delights and the changing visual world of timeless and whimsical fashion that awaits behind shiny panes of glass off the streets of a city. Not to mention the sounds of the city. Or the weather itself that changes the city seasonally. On this particular day intense fog rolled in and shrouded the city by afternoon end. Oh, for the love of Chicago in January.

That said, a New Year, a new intent, onward…

Fashion and the city. Architecture and fashion as art.

From behind the lens I offer my perspective which is a personal passion and a love of the city and the world that resides within its realm. A world of fashionable fantasy, architectural history and reality. Onward in appreciation of all of those elements. Life. The world that surrounds us and the joys we find within our realities are gifts. From behind the lens I will continue to capture what inspires. City inspirations, indeed.

Kristin

The Photographer. Self Portrait. January 2018.

City Inspirations: Fashionable Windows of Chicago in November

December 3, 2017December 3, 2017 ~ Kristin ~ Leave a comment

So it was November. And in Fashion, like time itself, change is inevitable. Fashionable streets of Chicago in a month that preludes the Holidays. Yes, fashion and the city. A city bedecked in pre-holiday fete from the windows and beyond. Perhaps no other words are needed except a recap of the visual delights that awaited the eye on the city streets. Fashion and the photograph. If, but for a moment, captured in time. Onward we go to the holidays and celebrations that follow…

Join me in the photographic journey, as we near years end, in appreciation of the windows of fashion on the city streets of Chicago. November in Chicago. The Magnificent Mile and the Gold Coast. Behind the lens, onward…

Burberry & The World Of Visual Merchandising

Chair Style: Burberry’s & The World Of Visual Merchandising

Golden Palms & Classic Black: Michael Kors

Consider with appreciation the fashionable windows that surround. There is always something to delight the eyes. Whether whimsy or pure, classic style, fashion endures to inspire, to excite and to push those of us onward in appreciation. Details of an art form captured from behind a lens. In a moment of time, indeed.

Time. It is all we have. The moment. Let’s relish the moment and with gratitude appreciate the gift of time. That, therein, is the greatest gift to be reminded of during the holidays. At the onset of Christmas and a New Year, may your inner world be one of appreciation and gratitude. The world before us. Our life. Our perspective.

For me, from behind the lens, onward in that. Although few may read these words, respond or peruse the images, it is with the inner passion of sharing the art and beauty of fashion that I continue to push forth the images that I am inspired to capture and present. Impact. If but for a moment…in time.

Onward,

Kristin

Fashionable “Selfie”, Caught in the reflection paired with city fashion window love

City Inspirations: Fashionable Windows Of Chicago In August

August 27, 2017 ~ Kristin ~ Leave a comment

Chicago. There is something about August that brings our attention quickly to the pending change of Autumn that lies ahead. Perhaps there’s a yearning for denim (Oh, I adore denim). A yearning for layers of fashionable style. Alas, perhaps not beyond the cool, crisp Autumnal days of Winter white that loom in the distance, but the beautiful days of Autumn that will precede. Fall. My personal favorite time of the year. The windows of Chicago change, once again, to match the season that seems to be arriving. As I embarked the city streets, camera in hand, I was reminded again that with any season it is the details of fashion and the fashionable form that continue to energize me. City life, city fashion, city style. Onward to fashionable changes ahead…

Fashion & The City: The Magnificent Mile

Consider the fashionable world that surrounds. If only for inspiration of the art form itself. The world that surrounds us can daily inspire us. It is changing constantly, as we are. Appreciation of the art forms found within the energizing city life endures to move me forward. Onward, always.

Onward,

Kristin

City Inspirations: Fashionable Windows Of Chicago In June

June 30, 2017 ~ Kristin ~ Leave a comment

Chicago in June. Late June. On the cusp of July and the heated streets ahead. Yet June itself brings forth a burst of Summer from behind the windows of fashion and onto the city streets. Summer in full swing. Even on such a day in June clouds and lake breezes brought layers on and off. Summer in Chicago. And of inspiration? Inspiration was found and captured behind the lens upon the windows of fashion, indeed.

There are so many words that I have shared and expounded upon on these posts of fashion in the past that should carry through to each monthly collection of images. It is a passion. It is style in a moment. Captured. Perspective. The art form of fashion presented for those that notice. I do. I seek it…and inspiration follows. Behind the lens….Chicago in June.

Salvatore Ferragamo: Black & White Delight

And of Chanel’s windows? Need I say French inspiration abounds? Having just returned from Paris, seeing the French Empire Chandelier a part of this iconic tweeded window of Chanel on Michigan Avenue offered me pure delight. Merci, Chanel, in gifting us a bit of French style onto the streets of Chicago…

Classic Chanel & The French Empire Chandelier

Saks Fifth Avenue: Visual Impressions Of Fashion

In a word…one of my favorite windows of Fashion… Max Mara. Expansive panel windows of striking mannequins that beckon me. Classic and timeless. Strikingly presented. Perfect to have my own recollection of one of these moments in time. In the distance…

Consider the windows of fashion as an inspiration for change. Fashion changes. We change. We continually change. We continually discover. Life is all about change. Onward in that. In appreciation for the fashionable world that surrounds, I move forward. Next month is merely a click away, indeed…

Onward,

Kristin

Captured While Capturing Fashion’s Windows… in City Treads to walk the Mag Mile

City Inspirations: Fashionable Windows Of Chicago In May

May 31, 2017 ~ Kristin ~ Leave a comment

Chicago in May. The apparent arrival of Spring into Summer, indeed. May brings with it the blooms of floral bliss and the energy that warmer weather brings. Especially in the Windy City of Chicago. Appreciation. River life awakens on the Chicago River, Lake breezes waft onto Michigan Avenue and fashionable visuals of warmer days ahead are presented. Inspiring, indeed. That is a constant. City life, onward…

Change is constant. Yet consistent is my commitment to capturing the fashionable forms from behind the glass panes of fashion merchandising. Visual merchandising to inspire. And so, yet again, a compilation from behind my lens of Chicago’s fashionable forms. To add to that, for me it is perhaps a love affair with the very art form of fashion: the mannequin itself. Oh, for the love of visual appeal. Escape and travel with me on the journey of capturing moments. Fashionable moments in time…

Fashionable Style Statement: Neiman Marcus

Black & White Delight In Carolina Herrera

Carolina Herrera: Behind The Windows Of Saks

Carolina Herrera, Dolce Gabanna & The Windows of Jil Sander

Mannequins Of Fashionable Form: Tom Ford

Max Mara: Visual Appeal Of Fashionable Form

Max Mara: Summer Style On Michigan Avenue

Fashionable Love: The Mannequins Of Fashion At Max Mara

Fashionable Statements On The City Street: Chicago

Consider the fashionable world that surrounds you. For me, it is with appreciation that I seek to be inspired by visuals set before me. Style is personal, yet when one sees the vast representation of style, perhaps it furthers one’s sense of personal style. Inspiration. Appreciation. Style, onward.

Onward,

Kristin

City Inspirations: Fashionable Windows Of Chicago In April

April 23, 2017April 23, 2017 ~ Kristin ~ Leave a comment

Chicago in April. Perhaps it is April when the reality of Spring’s awakening is truly upon us. Spring blooms arrive late in Chicago. Yet when they do arrive the blooms are breathtaking and rejuvenate those that strut the streets of style and the city itself. To appreciate Spring in a city that anticipates its arrival with heightened awareness is to even further appreciate the gift each day brings…

The windows of fashion once again change to beckon passerby’s with the seasonal shift towards warmer days. Neutrals of classic whites paired with infusions of pastel and floral bliss welcome Spring. Spring green, onward. Onward to the images captured from behind my lens. A continual monthly visual of fashionable appeal from the streets of high fashion of the great, Windy City of Chicago. Fashion and photography compiled to inspire…

Spring Green On Michigan Avenue: H&M Visual Delights

Neiman Marcus & The Striking Mannequins Of High Style

Stylish Form Behind The Windows Of Neiman Marcus

Oscar De La Renta Behind Saks 5th Avenue

Spring’s Floral Fusion: Macy’s State Street

“White is Always Right”: Classic Max Mara

Chartreuse & Bright Plum: Visual Delights From Max Mara

Fashionable City Love: Chicago & Max Mara

Oh, for the love of fashion. For the love of a city. For the love of the mannequins of fashionable form that beckon my lens continually. Inspiration a constant. Change is a constant. Consistently do I aim to inspire with sharing images from behind my camera each month. Fashion and the city. May the arrival of Spring inspire you to appreciate the artistry of visual merchandising and the art of fashion itself. Fashion’s seasonal change awaits. Onward in being inspired no matter where you reside.

Onward,

Kristin

Fashionable Reflection: Plumage & The Photographer

City Inspirations: Fashionable Windows Of Chicago In February

February 26, 2017February 26, 2017 ~ Kristin ~ Leave a comment

Chicago. Always a visual treat. On a day that was unseasonably warm for February (a record 65 degrees!) I ventured onto the streets, camera in hand. As always, seeking to capture the changing fashionable visuals that awaited me. Change was most certainly in the air as passerby’s delighted in the warmer winds of Chicago and the rays of bright sunshine that filled the city streets and reflected off the city buildings. A Spring tease, indeed…

Chicago In February: Unexpected Delights On The Chicago River

On the streets is where I meander, searching each month for a fashionable visual that inspires, I embarked yet again. Changing fashion. My eyes seek the timeless, classic fashion yet I am always delighted by the visual merchandising presenting the current whims of fashion. Worth photographing, for certain. Moments in time. Onward to the visuals of a month that focusses on love. February. Pink and red certainly abounded behind the thick glass windows and “stages” of Fashion. Although my journey with my camera was after Valentine’s day, the visuals still proclaimed love. Compilations of my fashionable photographic journey await…

Neiman Marcus Visuals Of Fashionable Whim

Fashion Display: February's Visuals — Fashion Display: February’s Visuals

Stylish Accessories Behind Salvatore Ferragamo

Classis Stripes & White Cuff Appeal: Michael Kors

Fashion In A City: Reflections & Style At Max Mara

Wedding Cake Impact & Fashionable Form: Macy's/State Street — Wedding Cake Impact & Fashionable Form: Macy’s/State Street

Slice Of Heaven & Heavenly Tulle: Wedding Inspirations

Flowers & Hues Of Rose: Wedding Delights Behind Macy's — Flowers & Hues Of Rose: Wedding Delights Behind Macy’s

Bridal Party Delights: Macy's/State Street — Bridal Party Delights: Macy’s/State Street

Embellishments & Details: Bridal party Visuals

"I Do": A Statement Of A Lifetime... — “I Do”: A Statement Of A Lifetime…

A word about the visions of white tulle…on a personal note…

While photographing the windows filled with wedding bliss on State Street at the venerable Marshall Field’s building (now Macy’s), a passerby stopped and asked me which dress I would wear. My response was that I had already done that. My “I Do” became an “I Did”. My personal fantasy, spilling with white tulle, was over. No longer a ring of gold encircles my finger. Yet for the love of the dress of white…for the love of the promise of love and its commitment to a successful future together endures. Onward to those who confidently commit to that and embrace that as a reality in the years that follow. My appreciation will always endure of the beauty, the elegance, the dreamy visuals of a bride and her wedding party. One of life’s greatest memories, indeed. And yes, onward to a slice of delicious cake…

And onward to life’s moment ahead. For me, it’s fashion. Captured from behind the lens of a camera…

The Fashionable windows beckon me continually. This passion that I have continued to share each month will endure. That is a commitment that I have followed with fervor. For inspiration abounds behind fashion’s window. Watching seasons changing upon the mannequins is absolutely thrilling to capture from behind my lens. Artistry in visual merchandising, indeed. Onward, from behind my the lens of my Nikon. Always…

Onward,

Kristin

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