“What a joyous occasion!” Bill Cunningham said last year of the Fifth Avenue Easter parade, calling it “a carnival celebration of spring.” He explained to us<br />that the parade, which gained popularity in the 1880s, started as an after-church fashion procession by the residents of Fifth Avenue.<br />Bill Cunningham: Unpublished Easter Photos -<br />Compiled by JOANNA NIKAS and JOHN KURDEWAN APRIL 16, 2017<br />Unpublished photos from the past six years of the Easter parade on Fifth Avenue.<br />His pictures capture the humor, oddities and imaginativeness of the event, where fanciful hats, brightly colored clothes<br />and enthusiasts of all things vintage are found on every block.
