Christopher Fenimore in 2025
What to expect from me in the year ahead.
The last thing I posted here was in August, and people seemed to resonate with that feature, so I will be doing more profiles and interviews this year. Considering it’s content that takes a fair amount of work to publish, I’ll be adding a paid tier to this Substack—surely there are some followers who feel my upcoming work will be worth the price of a coffee each month. You can see my past work here to get a sense of what’s in store, but included will be some street style, probably individual focused, but I’ll also make an effort to be more present this year at NYC happenings. I know my street style images end up on mood boards. I’ve taken thousands and thousands over the years that are all over the internet, so I figure going forward, I should be paid for them. Let me know if there are other things you’d like to see from me that you enjoy from other folks whose content you pay for and I’ll see what makes sense.
If you don’t know my story, I worked in the fashion industry for about a decade, getting my start at the now defunct SoHo menswear temple, Carson Street Clothiers. I learned how to take photos there. The owners graciously bought me new camera gear and brought in a studio photographer to show me how to use lights and build various product shot setups. I styled, wrote copy, fielded emails, sold clothes on the floor, you name it. Probably best of all, though, was my inclusion on the twice yearly buy trips to London, Florence, Milan and Paris. Since I was the in-house photographer, I was there to capture it all. I interviewed designers like Massimo Alba, Salvatore Piccolo, Umit Benan, and Alexandre Mattiusi. I photographed street style in every city. I photographed showrooms and products and I loved every minute of it. As time went on, I started handling all of the editorials and creative direction of the website. When Carson Street shuttered, I worked for Deveaux New York, which started as Carson Street’s in-house brand and soon became it’s own thing. I handled all of the creative there again—all things digital and marketing. Following Deveaux, I worked for Grailed as their in-house photographer, which was a wild, messy ride, but a very fun phase of my life.
I say all of this to let you know that in paying for my content, you will gain access to an insider’s insights and photographs—the work of someone who has cut their teeth in this industry in one way or another for 13+ years. I’m going to get back to the Sunday night features, too, which will remain free to all, and with those, I will include a recap of my work for the week, which usually includes my Esquire column, Five Fits With. I ended the year with Ken Leung of Industry, but if I may so, it was a very solid year of interviews with folks like Toro Y Moi, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, the legendary Smokey Robinson, industry titan Paul Smith, Queer Eye’s Jeremiah Brent, and many more. As always, thank you for taking the time to read my work. Our attention is constantly divided and fought over and it means a ton you’d allow yourself a moment with what I’ve written or photographed. I’m looking forward to this year with you.
