Simbarashe Cha

New York

Staff Photographer and Visual Columnist at The New York Times

Style Outside @nytimes. Visual work is at my Instagram account. COYS.

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Articles

Street Style Look of the Week: Curly Hair

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Simbarashe Cha

A head of flouncy curls made Billy Willis easy to spot as he was strolling through London on a Saturday in March. Mr. Willis's hair, along with his layers of loose pleats in cool tones, gave him an elegantly refined flow. While describing his ensemble, he confirmed what I had thought upon seeing it: that the clothing was all Issey Miyake (specifically, from the brand's Homme Plissé line). It turned out that Mr. Willis, 21, worked at a nearby Issey Miyake store and was on a break when we met.
Street Style Look of the Week: Spring Colors

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Simbarashe Cha

When I saw Mindy Prugnaud out in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan on a Friday afternoon in February, I was compelled to say hello. I just had to learn more about her marvelous coat. Ms. Prugnaud, 56, had recently bought it at an Isaac Mizrahi archive sale, she said, adding that the brand's eponymous designer was a friend.
The Best Hair at Fashion Week Fall 2025

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Simbarashe Cha

Spring is a season of renewal, a time for refreshing homes, minds and wardrobes. While you are at it, why not refresh your hair? A haircut is among the quickest - and most drastic - changes in appearance that someone can make. No wonder they can induce so much anxiety. But few transformations can leave a person feeling new and improved like a good chop. The recent fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan and Paris were a source of almost endless hairstyle inspiration.
Street Style Look of the Week: Colorful Shoes

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Simbarashe Cha

The sisters Rebecca Meskel, left, and Matilda Meskel laughed after I pointed out that they were both wearing vibrantly colored shoes when we met outside The Broken Arm, a clothing store in Paris, on a Saturday in February. As Matilda explained, it's not everyday that either of them wears bright, poppy shoes. "It was a random choice and then we realized they looked like ketchup and mustard," she said.
Paris Fashion Week Street Style: See All the Fashion and Looks - The New York Times

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Simbarashe Cha

Chappell Roan and other performers figured prominently in the crowds and the clothes at Paris Fashion Week.
Blue Puffer Coat

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Simbarashe Cha

I recognized Valerie Zhang, who has been a regular at fashion weeks in New York and Europe, outside the New York Public Library on a Friday in February. She has an excitable presence, and her big blue puffer coat embodied the type of eye-grabbing attire she is known to wear to the shows.
See All the Fashion and Looks

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Simbarashe Cha

Big eyewear, leather gloves, statement handbags: During Milan Fashion Week, it was often the case that for many people, an outfit was not complete until it was augmented with a visually bold or beautiful accessory - and that's before shoes were accounted for. A proclivity toward things that are lavish, loud and sexy is something Italians share with other fashionistas in Milan, a diverse group that in recent years has grown to include more Ukrainians and Russians.
At London Fashion Week, Street Style Turned Heads

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Simbarashe Cha

Leading up to London Fashion Week, the vibes, as the saying goes, were off. More than a few brands scrapped shows they had been planning and others forewent planning them at all. But any doom and gloom as fashion week approached did not deter the most passionate fans, whose eclectic attire in and outside shows nodded to London's sartorial tradition of bucking convention. Many spectators took inventive approaches to layering that had heads turning.
Street Style Proves It: The Look of Luxury Is Evolving

2 months ago | nzherald.co.nz | Simbarashe Cha

It is far less quiet, if the clothes on and off runways at New York Fashion Week were any indication. Quiet luxury is dead. That refrain has already emerged as a potent theme of this fashion month, which kicked off with New York Fashion Week. The clothes worn on and off runways suggested that, after a long-held fascination with subdued attire, people are craving something more exquisite.
Street Style Look of the Week: Travel Outfits

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Simbarashe Cha

The word "timeless" came to mind when I glimpsed Gilang Al Ghifari Lukman, left, and Medina Janneta El-Rahman at a ferry landing in Istanbul while I was in the city on vacation last November. Though it has been months since we met, I thought of them as I prepared to go to Europe for fashion shows this month.