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Design Sleuth: Bill Cunningham’s French Work Jacket

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Design Sleuth: Bill Cunningham’s French Work Jacket

February 6, 2012

Last year's documentary Bill Cunningham New York had us entranced with the New York Times' iconic street-fashion photographer.

Cunningham can be spotted out and about wearing a classic French work jacket, worn for decades by the country's laborers; Cunningham buys his at the Bazaar Hotel de Ville in Paris. Mimic his look by acquiring your own version (we especially like the jacket in black) at the following sources.

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Above: Bill Cunningham at work; photograph by Scott Schuman of The Sartorialist.

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Above: Original Bleu de Travail French Work Jacket from Le Laboureur in Burgundy; $150 at Hickoree's.

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Above: The jacket sports a multitude of utilitarian pockets.

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Above: The Bleu de Travail French Work Jacket in black is $150 at Hickoree's.

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Above: An interpretation of the Le Laboureur jacket from Tokyo-based fashion label Beams: The 100-percent cotton Beams+ French Work Jacket in cobalt blue is $505 at Unionmade.

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