The Street Style Study from Instahair Auburn's blog

I remember the first time I realized how powerful a simple street could be.

It was early morning—gray sky, wet pavement, the kind of quiet that only lasts a few minutes before a city wakes up. I had one model with me, a photographer who thrived on chaos, and a makeup artist who could do a full face out of a backpack. No studio. No softboxes. No safety net.

Just the raw world around us.

We turned the corner into a side street—brick walls chipped with history, a neon sign flickering above a corner shop, layers of texture everywhere you looked. Thiswas the moment I knew I had the right team.

The model stepped onto the sidewalk like it was a runway meant only for her.
The photographer caught those first movements—unpolished, honest, full of momentum.
The makeup artist faded into the background, watching how the light hit the model’s skin, ready to jump in with a brush if the sun decided to show up.

That’s what I look for as a casting director.
Not perfection.
Not a full production.

Just authentic style meeting the real world—fashion breathing, moving, reacting.

A Street Style Study strips everything down. It shows me who can adapt, who can create magic without a stage, who can make a cracked wall and a neon glow feel like a magazine spread.

Some of my strongest portfolios, for models and creatives alike, began on streets just like that—no grand plan, just a team of three and a neighborhood with flavor.

Because when fashion hits the street, it tells the truth.
And the camera never forgets it.