Not all streetstyle photographers are made equal. Some are more equal than others. One of those is Vanessa Jackman, who consistently shoots the kind of girls you wish you were. They always have perfect hair, and great smiles, and clean skin, and - of course - fantastic outfits. She has such a good eye for style, as evidenced by the fact that the girls she shoots often don't find themselves on any other street style blogs. This is a perfect example of her discerning taste. It's a double whammy, because not only is it a shot of someone who is very cool, and very interesting, and of real note in the Australian fashion industry (Jess Blanch, Editor in Chief of RUSSH magazine), but it's also a shot of perfect - yes, I said it - street style. When street style first started it was a movement to highlight "real" fashion. That is, fashion as it is negotiated and understood by everyday people. As much as I love the street style that comes out of fashion week, I have to say that this has distorted the original intentions of street style somewhat. Documenting editors and models and show-goers is a hyper-reality, a heightened sense of fashion as distilled in a group of people to whom it should, by definition, come naturally. I'm not saying that I want shots of people in supre get ups on The Sart every day, far from it. I do want shots that are more real, though. Like this - chipped nail polish and simple knitwear and that something special extra you can't define. Jess Blanch has that kind of style. It's good style, yes. She's an Editor in Chief after all. But it's real style. And that is the material point. It's not changeable every season, or dependent on trends, or the folly of it-bags and fruit-print dresses. She looks fantastic. That rich coloured coat, those perfect jeans, that crisp white shirt. It all comes together perfectly with the glasses, and there's a hint that it might not work on anyone else. That's good street style. Where you get the sense that the look is completely owned by one person - and that person alone.
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