New York's Most Extravagantly Dressed Dogs

In Couture Dogs of New York, photographer Paul Nathan documents the world of "pawties," "puptials," and "barkmitzvahs," in which canines wear clothes more elaborate and expensive than those of most humans.

If the wolves of the last millennium had known their descendants would someday evolve into the plumed and rhinestoned creatures featured in Couture Dogs of New York, they might have stopped reproducing out of horror. The book, by photographer Paul Nathan, captures the most extravagantly dressed pooches of the Big Apple, often alongside their doting, matching owners.
Owners humanize their pets to an alarming degree.

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