Photographer Clémence Polès captures the passersby of Paris.
who touch down in the city to attend shows—and these attendees are no doubt well-dressed as they shuffle from car to front row with every hair in place and every cuticle cut. But beyond the step-and-repeat, there is a tenderness in the style of the everyday Parisian woman. Their style is distinct from the “French girl” stereotype and filled with personal details: like a pair of tried-and-true lace-up flats on an older woman, or a mother carrying a baby in a wax print wrap.
Polès has developed her eye as the founder of the online publication Passerby, in which she spots women—sometimes random people on the street—and asks to photograph and profile them. Her profiles have included an ER nurse with an epic bag collection, as well as Polès’s Serbian gym teacher with Chanel boxing gloves. “I typically turn my gaze to women who have a certain attitude, one that is a little defiant or bold,” says Polès.
Elsewhere, a Beatrice Dalle lookalike in hoop earrings wears a floral embroidered vest that looks like it was plucked from the acid-era of The Beatles. But her real charm lies in her white sneakers with filthy laces. Another woman pairs her wired Apple headphones with a searing royal blue headscarf and silver earrings that appear as if they are woven. A Hasidic Jewish woman is modestly dressed with a baby pink turban and a fuchsia floral print dress with ruffles at the shoulders.
Sure, we don’t know who these women are in Paris, but through these photographs, we surely want to get to know them.
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