The Year in Phil Oh
The year 2025 isn’t likely to go down in history as anyone’s favorite. Too much chaos and too little compassion. And yet, each of us found ways to grab joy where we could get it. One of our little pleasures this year and every year is clicking through Phil Oh’s street style photography. With December winding its way to a close, we asked him to choose the images that best sum up the last 12 months. @mrstreetpeeper will be back in action before January is over, so be sure to come back early and often in 2026.
“Take me to your leader” and the PR team accompanies the Martian backstage to meet Thom Browne.
1/11
I love all the eyes in this snap from the Gucci screening in Milan. Achol Ayor giving model face, the security dude doing threat assessment, the chauffeur’s look of utter bewilderment.
2/11
It’s been about a decade since I last saw Zoë Bleu Arquette at a fashion show, but this outfit was worth the wait.
3/11
I really need to know what the photographer on the left is thinking. Upset that Vogue’s Naomi Elizee stumbled into his shot? Concerned for her safety on the ice and snow? Hated her boots?
4/11
The MVP of supplying fashion pubs with the content we need — the perfect backstage soundbite, a top-notch runway video for Stories/Reels, and really giving it for a street-style snapshot. A round of applause, please, for Alex Consani!
5/11
Chloe King and Roopal Patel with the matching pailettes. They swear it was unintentional, but who can know for sure?
6/11
As fashion houses switch up their creative directors, so goes their brand ambassador lists. With or without the blue face paint they wore for Demna’s final Balenciaga show, I hope this isn’t the last I’ve seen of Industra, my favorite fashion week duo.
7/11
No one gives joy at a fashion show quite like Tracee Ellis Ross. I also love the Dior boys—one playing it cool, one with the cheeky smirk.
8/11
Mingi, having heard this gal’s hysterical “I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU”s, approaches with absolute calm, looks her right in the eye and says “I love you too. I love you too.” I’m still not sure if that was incredibly sweet or deeply disturbing.
9/11
A gentleman would have offered her assistance, but I took some pictures instead.
10/11
I used to say that Jerami Grant was the best dressed athlete at fashion week, but I think I need to remove that qualifier and just say best dressed at fashion week.
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