A near-forgotten treasure: this conversation between two of my favorite people.

Two of my favorite people: Bill Cunningham was the ancient, ever-curious, gentlemanly bicycling-about-and-photographing “On the Street” Fashion elder icon for the New York Times.

The problem is I’m not a good photographer. To be perfectly honest, I’m too shy. Not aggressive enough. Well, I’m not aggressive at all. I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women, and I still do. That’s all there is to it.

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And Padma Lakshmi, for those who’ve watched Top Chef, needs no introduction: she’s poised, married to [sketchy] novelist Salman Rushdie, stunning and funny, grounded, powerful, elegant.