Simon Crompton of Permanent Style at Pitti 97

Last year when I went to Pitti 97 as a photographer for Styleforum, I posted some street style images on Instagram and uploaded my images to the Styleforum blog where they were posted each day. But besides street style, I shot many various events, as well as the podcast guests when we recorded. I’m not sure most of those images ever saw the light of day. So I’ve decided to feature them here over the coming weeks.

Last week I posted a few photos of Ethan Newton and Tony Sylvester up close from our recording session, and so this week I’m featuring the photos I shot of Permanent Style’s Simon Crompton.

I wrote about my experience after returning home in case you missed that or want to revisit it. All my posts about Pitti 97 can be found here. Simon was a very gracious, kind man, who gave me time of day even though I consider myself no one. Early one morning, I ran into him on the street, and while he walked to an appointment we chatted about his site and how he’s been able to make it his full-time gig, and his experience doing so.

Below are all the images I shot of him throughout the fair, including the few street style images and the more up close ones from our podcast recording session (and that time I ran into him on the street).