Dressing for fashion shows has practically become a farce since the rise of street style photographers. Editors and fashion people angling for their own little rectangle of real estate on the Sartorialist or Jak & Jil went to the shows in the middle of February wearing sheer skirts and sandals. (Hell, even if you’re kind of badly dressed you can get some attention, so hungry are the plentiful photographers with fancy enough cameras to make them look legit.) So it’s hard to imagine the fashion crowd shying away from these camera people — but apparently some of them have gotten so famous, they are choosing their own well-being over further exposure. Astute Business of Fashion editor Imran Amed has seen things on the front lines of Paris Fashion Week.
