Sartorialist, I think you’re slipping. I don’t see anything chic about this guy, he’s even too over weight for the “look” which show no imagination what so ever! Look a lttle harder!
It took reading the story twice to realize that it was the actual gentleman in your story you had photographed and not just a look a like. How interesting!
One of the things which makes The Sartorialist such a joy to read is its straightforward appreciation of style as opposed to “sarcastic interest”. Please don’t turn into a fashion bitch – it doesn’t serve you well.
I am a traditional Brooks Brothers, J.Press, Purple Label type of guy (think Great Gatsby w/ Redford) and I don’t really think this gentleman captures the look fully. I can see the pastel coloured shorts as trad. but the sweater and flip-flops are not.
I would have worn a pair of leather sandals with a grosgrain strap and a rugby or a fitted polo shirt, slightly untucked. This would elude to the, “I am on my way to Montauk, so just snap the photo and be done with it” feeling.
Let’s just say it’s his personal style and I think his flip-flops are ok because it’s not like he wears them at work, right?
Sometimes I think people with casual style are the people who really have self-confidence about what they are wearing, and these people tend to look good all the time too.
argos
June 21, 2006 at 9:07 am
While I’ve previously supported the discerning use of flip-flops on women, I’ve never found inspiration from men wearing them.
Shorts to me are so casual that I tend not to tuck when wearing them.
Sweater tucked in…plus flips…equals odd.
Bart
June 21, 2006 at 9:43 am
Not a big fan of this look. He’s a bit too thick to pull this tucked in sweeter look/belt with shorts look off. The flip-flops just adds up to sloppy.
I think height to body proportion is the best style secret around.
Anonymous
June 21, 2006 at 9:54 am
Sartorialist, I think you’re slipping. I don’t see anything chic about this guy, he’s even too over weight for the “look” which show no imagination what so ever! Look a lttle harder!
The Sartorialist
June 21, 2006 at 10:05 am
Anon 9:54am
did you read what I posted? his style is a very important part of the story.
Géraldine
June 21, 2006 at 11:03 am
Great post!
invisible girl
June 21, 2006 at 11:17 am
Sarto,
Could you define “Trad”. Not only do I love fashion, but I also love neologisms:)
invisible girl
June 21, 2006 at 11:26 am
Oh, she is not all that skinny, and the flip flops are nice. Overall the look is quite comfortable, clean and city smart.
agentlorange
June 21, 2006 at 11:39 am
It took reading the story twice to realize that it was the actual gentleman in your story you had photographed and not just a look a like. How interesting!
Anonymous
June 21, 2006 at 2:01 pm
Please – someone – make flipflops go away! I beg you!
Anonymous
June 21, 2006 at 2:18 pm
I like that belt , can you get a close-up of the clasp
Serge
June 21, 2006 at 3:08 pm
Sarto,
Seinfeld notwithstanding, I find mabags to be incredibly practical. Yet, I haven’t mustered the courage to buy one. Your take?
Thanks
ageez
June 21, 2006 at 4:26 pm
invisiblegirl, i think he simply means “traditional”…yes, sarto?
love the story! sometimes our paths cross with others again, just to show us how far we’ve come. :)
Alessandra
June 21, 2006 at 5:19 pm
Overweight? That guy? You people are bone-obsessed. That is just a regular weight guy carring a little stomach.
Fnarf
June 22, 2006 at 12:02 am
Thank you, Alessandra, for that!
Nothing excuses that belt, though.
Anonymous
June 22, 2006 at 1:49 am
One of the things which makes The Sartorialist such a joy to read is its straightforward appreciation of style as opposed to “sarcastic interest”. Please don’t turn into a fashion bitch – it doesn’t serve you well.
Greetings from London, by the way.
mao
June 22, 2006 at 6:18 am
I am a traditional Brooks Brothers,
J.Press, Purple Label type of guy
(think Great Gatsby w/ Redford)
and I don’t really think this gentleman
captures the look fully. I can see
the pastel coloured shorts as trad.
but the sweater and flip-flops
are not.
I would have worn a pair of
leather sandals with a grosgrain
strap and a rugby or a fitted polo
shirt, slightly untucked. This
would elude to the, “I am on
my way to Montauk, so just
snap the photo and be done
with it” feeling.
=]
Anonymous
June 22, 2006 at 3:01 pm
Sarto-
Do you mean those elongated Armani jackets that buttoned at the top collar?
Miss A
June 22, 2006 at 5:56 pm
Good story! I love that green.
Anonymous
June 22, 2006 at 7:18 pm
Let’s just say it’s his personal style and I think his flip-flops are ok because it’s not like he wears them at work, right?
Sometimes I think people with casual style are the people who really have self-confidence about what they are wearing, and these people tend to look good all the time too.
-VD-
kokuou
June 23, 2006 at 2:23 pm
some of these comments are quite rude and it is quite obvious that the people making them have never been more than 20 minutes in the upper east side