Our Street Style’s Best Dressed in 2009

Like great art, personal style is subjective. To some, a pair of lurex gauchos with a private school jacket might look absurd, but to others, it's pure genius. So, in homage to all the unabashed genius we've hosted this year in our Street Seen section, we're bringing you the best of the best in street style--great get-ups worn with honest-to-goodness savoir-faire. On the eve of a new year, we recommend using these 20 snaps as inspiration...sort of like a resolution you can wear.

Above, from left: Sisters Caroline & Alice Rausch shot by our Milan street style correspondant Tamu McPherson/All the Pretty Birds; Danielle Prescod, fashion assistant at Marie Claire, photographed by our own Mr. Newton for a fall roundup of NYC street style. Enlarge Image

Above, from left: Favorite fashion iconoclast Susie Bubble shot by our own Mr. Newton for a roundup of the best Paris Fashion Week street style; Lauren Santo Domingo photographed by Mr. Newton for our best New York Fashion Week street style roundup. Enlarge Image

Above, from left: Stylebyme's Iman Abbas, in perfect layers, photographed for our latest Milan street style story by Tamu McPherson/All the Pretty Birds; Geri from Because I'm Addicted caught Mr. Newton 's eye while shooting street style at Alex Wang's show during NY Fashion Week. Enlarge Image

Above, from left: Mr. Newton loved the painterly tights worn by Bunny Bisous' Julia Frakes featured in our NY Fashion Week street style roundup; our friends Jenny and Søren at Copenhagen Street Style shot Veneda for their roundup of the best dressed at Copenhagen Fashion Week. Enlarge Image

Above, from left: Our photo intern Ashley Jahncke shot this SoHo sweetheart for our Perfect Outfit column in October; Mr. Newton photographed Liberty's Yasmin Sewell for our best of Paris Fashion Week street style story. Enlarge Image

Above, from left: Perfect trousers spotted by our Milan street style correspondant Tamu McPherson/All the Pretty Birds for a piece on Milan Fashion Week style; Mr. Newton shot this bobbed beauty for our Paris Fashion Week style story. Enlarge Image

Above, from left: The epitome of casual chic spotted by Mr. Newton for our best of Paris Fashion Week style story; Glamour's Blake English photographed by Lianna Tarantin at Rachel Comey's spring show. Enlarge Image

Above, from left: Short pants done right, spotted by Tamu McPherson/All the Pretty Birds at Milan Fashion Week; Mr. Newton shot this bohemian brunette for our fall roundup of NYC street style. Enlarge Image

Above, from left: Coco Young photographed by our intern Daniela Jacobs for our story on street style in the line on Topshop's opening day; an editor from Oyster magazine shot by Piera for her diary from London Fashion Week. Enlarge Image

Above, from left: Caped singer Janelle Monae spotted by Mr. Newton for our story on street style at Alex Wang's show; Lucky's Jenny Kang shot by Lianna Tarantin for her story on street style at Rachel Comey's spring show. Enlarge Image