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Images of beautiful people posing in gorgeous outfits are plastered over every blog, including this one, each Fashion Week. But rarely do see you the other side of the photograph-what it's like to work in the trenches as a street style photographer.
Succeeding at this game doesn't just mean stalking the right position outside the shows, it also means possessing encyclopedic knowledge of idiosyncratic street "celebrities" that most people have never heard of. This season, Driely S., Racked's star photog, has elbowed for space outside Alexander Wang; managed to spot and stop the likes Erin Wasson, Julia Restoin Roitfeld and Hanne Gaby Odiele; and snagged a prime snap of the biggest (and most reluctant) face of Fashion Week, Anna Wintour. Enter her world with our video, above.