The Sartorialist

Looks like comfort and style – great combination. Fun and practical. That’s good, too!

Another beautiful photo, and a fantastic combination of clothes that go so well with the wearer.

I don’t know whether it is the light, the people, the backdrops, or all three, but India seems to suit your style incredibly well. I have loved every photo you have taken there.

Wow! Wow! Wow!

Diggin’ the slim fit of the shirt+the baggier bottoms. And also the colors in the top+her skin tone and hair…perfect.

but the same shoes…

I wouldn’t recognize her, though.
she is really beautiful.

Not so keen on the bottom half but my what a stunning girl and a lovely top. Great shot.

I like this look much better. What a change!

i do have to agree that these shots from India are my favorite of yours….just beautiful :)

gorgeous! love how she can transform herself. she is fabulous

the possibilities are endless with this girl.
i admire her.

Wow. I really like this. She looks pretty, yet natural and she looks like a woman and not a girl as in the previous post. Look I’m saying something nice for a change.

Your pictures are amazing!! And the girl is so cute:) Such a beauty!

this is what India is now.People always expect it to be extremly disconnected with the rest of the world somehow.

I love the way she can pull off the baggy-sweat-pants type look of those pants while at the same time wearing heels. She looks good yet so comfortable and casual

Interesting how this is hippie/boho chic, but when you think about it, the original inspiration for Western hippie chic comes, at least in part, from India.
I’d love to know where she found these clothes, and/or who designed them? In any case, I love every aspect of this outfit, and I’d wear it entirely.

Love the relaxed mood of this photo.

Ah, what a difference. These baggy trousers are fabulous. And the details of the vest are stunning. This is one of my favorite looks from India because I could easily see myself emulating this style and feeling comfortable and attractive.

Well, it does help that she is absolutely gorgeous. I like the combination, but I’m wondering how it might look on an older woman with a few extra pounds….

Where can I get those shoes? They look terrific.

This woman is fantastic. What an eclectic balance to her previous fresh, conservative, pink-shirted look. If it weren’t for the shoes, I wouldn’t have believed you that this was the same woman…

She is gorgeous.

wow! a night & day difference (expect both are shot during the day)
stunning, absolutely stunning, perfection how the wind catches her hair. and that top is wow!

@ books:

Um, the surroundings are urban too. The shots are all from New Delhi. India’s urban areas just happen to be a bit greener than their counterparts in most Western countries.

Good lord this woman is stunning! She was in the first shot as well, but in a completely different way. I love that she is wearing the same sandals and similar menswear-type bottoms but in a totally different look. She’s amazing. Gorgeous hair and fabulous embelleshed vest.

Soda the warrior princess. I love the pants.

Hey, I think I’m falling in love with this woman.

i don’t like the shoes with the rest of the outfit, but everything else looks very fresh.

cool to the power of a million…

SD is FIERYY!

Perfect blend of ancient India + British Raj + Indian beauty (those Eyes n hair!)

she’s great. i love your India picks!! makes me want to go 10 times more now !

so wonderful

loving the harem pants…i want them

That top is fantastic– so earthy yet sophisticated and vibrant. I love how her hair just falls loosely around her, letting the wind just take it however it wants.

Isn’t this the same woman from the earlier post with the tights? If it is she is quite the style chameleon.

these pictures from new delhi are so gorgeous, thank you for sharing them with us: i feel as though their use of colour and the different shapes the fabric makes of the clothes makes the fahsion so much more organic than in north america…

their clothes (from what i know) don’t scream a certain designer… but they rival any new yorker…

she’s beautiful

This is probably the best outfit I’ve seen on here for a while, which is crazy considering how many amazing outfits there are.

Her eyes are piercing in their intensity, without appearing angry or malevolent. She has the eyes of an icon (as in Orthodox iconography). You may have taken photos of her for the world to look at, but it is she who is looking at us. Visceral and a bit surreal.

T.

What an incredible change. One day a girl, the other day a woman :-)

Great photograph…the camera really loves her.

Lovely but I would really like to see what non-fashion-professionals are wearing in Delhi. 2 posts each of 2 fashion professionals makes me suspect that you have not found enough other inspiration?

India is just my favorite. Where else can you see women in bright orange saris moving baskets of bricks? Or walk alone at night and maneuver around cows?

She’s beautiful. She’s very fashion forward –those knickers and the form fitting blouse would be seen very “daring” in some places in rural India (like out in Rajasthan).

I hope you’re having fun. I’ve got lots of travel stories about India. Are you going to see Falguni & Shane?

the shape of the trouthers ist gorgeous

that’s absolutely amazing – fantastic.

the overshirt strikes me as unnessecary and detrimental.

but gosh it warms her skin tone..

on a different note, the hair over her left shoulder contrasting the truck is fantastic. and how it starts so evenly in the autumn leaves and falls down.. nice.

Those shorts are epic!!!

it’s amazing how clothes and hair can change a persona. in the pink blouse and neat updo, she looked demure. here is looks sexy sophisticated with her hair down and no stockings.

i love the relaxed-comfort pants look with heels. awesome. also the colors in the photo are beautiful as well, so is the lighting!!!

Thank you for capturing fashion and style in rising countries. I’ve been to Southeast Asia this past winter and the women from Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City proved that original style transcends money and designer names.

Fantastic. And conclusively disproves the argument that you only shoot women pigeon-toed or with legs crossed at the ankles!

this would look really stupid anywhere else. but i guess location must be a consideration when dressing, i.e. resort wear.

Dear Sartorialist,

I very much appreciate your blog and your work. It is a true inspiration to me.

I am amazed with your latest shots taken in India and I think it is a very positive contribution to the diversity on your blog. However I am curious about your motivation to use the same model again. Why did you do this and are you planning to do this more often? I wonder about how much these photo’s are prepared and how much control you take in them. Although they are very nice shots it loses spontaneity and becomes fashion photography as known from magazines etc.

All the best for the future.

that is one beautiful girl and her style is great, could have walked the catwalks I think

in some poor countries they use metallic silver markers to line their eyes

Perfect

I am from India and I want to thank you for exposing the culture and fashion from the country. It’s a great change from the European countries and America.

I love the composition of this photograph. Rich colours in the background. Beautiful movement of the hair, gorgeous face and top. Not really feeling the shoes, but overall, I couldn’t stop looking at this photo for a while.

Life is beautiful and your photos are so full of life. When I see them I can´t help but think that we have to fight for our individuality. At last that’s what defines us, what creates our style. Your work reminds me that I have to stay true to myself, to my taste, to my heart. Thank you, Scott! Living in a third world country sometimes kills my fashion thoughts, but then you appear and make me want to dream a little bit higher!

Kisses from Mexico!

Why imagine this in NY? Why can’t you simply imagine it as it is – in India?

no photo from you for the 4th day now…..where are you? please come back quick. i need my daily fix. by the way beautiful beautiful photos. thanks sart, you’re the best.

Absolutely stunning!!

I love her whole look, the background colors, how her hair looks like its being blown~

The hair, the shoes and the outfit – very v nice :)

The pants look kind of funny, but not on her. She’s really beautiful.

This is such a beautiful shot. She herself, is gorgeous, and the look she has put together is elegant and unstudied at the same time. That is really the point isn’t it.

I love your India pictures too – so winsome. I love how you imbue every photo with some dignity.
x

OMG! that is so beautiful!

lovely wild beauty….

Perfect picture! Love everything about it!