Bill Cunningham's view of New York's finest

She Will Dare Any Fashion; Isabella Blow. Cunningham's picture of the late fashion icon was published in the New York Times in April 1999 Photograph: Bill Cunningham/The New York Times

Monday, 10:55am: Wind Chill Minus 10 Degrees. Cunningham's photographs don't just celebrate the trend-setters. Here, a passerby swathed in layers against the cold is transformed into a fashion leader. Published in January 2000 Photograph: Bill Cunningham/The New York Times

Monday, 10:35am: Wind Chill Minus 11. Another New Yorker tries to cope with a windy day. Published in January 2000 Photograph: Bill Cunningham/The New York Times

Making Like The Sun. A striking photograph of a striking ensemble, published in August 2000 Photograph: Bill Cunningham/The New York Times

Stepping Out In Wild Spots of Fake Fur, December 17 1989 (but not published until December 2005 Photograph: Bill Cunningham/The New York Times

Anna Wintour, pictured in the street in September 2009 Photograph: Bill Cunningham/The New York Times

Businesswoman, interior designer and all-round veteran style guru Iris Apfel, snapped by Cunningham in September 2009 Photograph: Bill Cunningham/The New York Times

Italian fashion writer Anna Piaggi, dubbed "the world's last great authority on frocks" by Manolo Blahnik, photographed in November 1979 Photograph: Bill Cunningham/The New York Times

Bill Cunningham seen off his patch in March 2012 during Paris fashion week Photograph: Wayne Tippetts/Rex Features

And the man at work, seen shooting women attending a show during New York fashion week in New York City Photograph: First Thought Films