The Sartorialist

Hum, perhaps at the beach but in the city it looks completely out of place. It reminds me of a diaper. :(

Interesting, however, this might be too fashion forward for most men, who may feel like they are wearing an adult diaper.

Quite daring, but I think the various aesthetics come together cohesively.

Goodness! Our very own South Indian “lungi” makes it on The Sartorialist! :)

this is an amazing photograph the contrast of the outfit with its surroundings is really remarkable.

Looks like what my grandfather used to wear. But on him it looks silly.

this is just plain awesome. love the bag, love the lungi, love the birkenstocks. and the harmony of the colors. excellent.

Hmmm… an ethnic garment taken completely out of context isn’t doing anything for me.

I love the color and texture of that pareo, but as the first commenter says, not for the city: it would be beautiful for somewhere more whild -the beach- and worn with a basic t-shirt or, even better, with nothing else than sandals, a straw hat and a straw bag!

the urban wanderer, it’s a fitting look on him and each element of the outfit is clean and harmonious. brave and refreshing i think.

Here is finally the good new idea, that knocks down the codes. Nevertheless I do not find it shocking, nor moved. I find the fluid and well-trained silhouette.

hate the shirt, hate the shoes. the “pants” would be great with a white t-shirt, no collar. and the sandals would be really great if they were the same as the man below (the guy with the jingly belt).

didn’t really get it together very well.

A shout out to individual style. No different than a kilt really. And we LOVE men in kilts.

this whole site is like a public service, in that it intoduces new ideas and breaks preconceived barriers that limit otherwise small-minded people …keep it up

I feel like he could have made a better choice in footwear, maybe more of a slide

excellent – comfortable + confident = style

This took a few hours to grow on me. However, it’s finally settled in. As a whole, the mix of colours is really satisfying.

Somehow, though, I wish that the skirt/pants (lungi) was draped a little looser.

this man wears a longyi like i have never seen before in my life. it’s amazingly creative! i love it completely, thank you sart!

I adore men with bold ear jewelry.

Well if you look closely at the big picture. He’s wearing 2 big hoops on his ears. One ring on his nose and one big ring on his shoulder bag. That makes sense no?

I do like his style. It only works on some certain venues but it still works.

had he gone off and wear something orient-inspired, than occident-inspired top (polo shirt), he’d be much better off.

right now, it’s diaper.
love the bag and choice of footwear, though. it fits the lovely bohemian look he’s after.

this reminds me of gwen’s appropriation of the harajuku culture: silly.

A handsome face and a fantastic picture. This could be a picture out of a film like “Blade runner”. I think men should dare more but reading some of the previous comments I understand why they don’t !

I’ve often tried to wear a dhoti or veshti around LA, especially in the summer, when it’s the only thing comfortable enough to wear, but the looks people give me always ruin the experience. you think in a city as cosmopolitan as this, i could wear whatever i wanted. sadly, not the case.

I love the blue. The style would not work for just anyone.

The burst of color is great, but this style, resembles an inverted picnic table cloth – it’s dreadful. This is not fashion or style forward. It looks awkward, diaperish, and smacks of trying too hard to do not much of anything. It has hippster fashion sagging all over it. The humanity.

Next.

Americans, let’s clarify the birkenstock thing: those sandals have a different reputation in Europe than in America. The fashion community wears birkenstock. It may be silly, but I bet every fashion editor owns a pair.

He should’ve tanned his legs first.

What’s with the Birkenstock hate?, I own more than ten pairs of them and wouldn’t wear anything else, ever. I’m yet to find people telling me that “I’m not working them” or calling me “hippie” on the streets.
You’ll adore silver wedge sneakers, but pooh-pooh Birkenstock shoes?, hmmm…

On the subject at hand, I love everything, especially the earrings; you’ve got to have cojones to make such fashion statements and if he is cool and confortable, even better!.

Well, in Venice Beach he’d be fine. I like that he’s bold enough to wear it even though it is unflattering in every way humanly possible, the Birks notwithstanding. I love Birks.

My opa (Dutch for grandpa) is 1/2 Indian and I did see him rocking something like this a few times but he’s very dark and it looked organic and he smoked a cigar which added a certain old-world masculinity to it. And I’m sure he wasn’t wearing a Polo shirt, manbag and earrings. And I won’t even mention the nose ring.– oops, I mentioned it.

The question of who would go out with this guy is even more interesting to me. I want to see his lova!

Some of these posts are spot-on funny; not in a clever and witty sort of way– but in how close-minded and fashion-fascist they are: Like he should tan or trim the hair on his legs (!).

I think he’s awesome: very “gentlemanly traveler” and ethereal, and truly multicultural without looking synthetic or superficial, despite the obvious fashion environment. And the beautiful environment only enforces a transcendent vibe to this gentleman’s presence. Love it.

–PLO

personally, i love this. if i saw this guy walking down the street, i’d give him a second look before i gave the guy in the picture below him a second look. confidence makes the look.

Actually, I don’t like this look. The color is great, but the shape makes him look like he has no waist line. And that choice of footwear…I don’t think so.

this is a great look – i love how he incorporated the skirt with the bag and the hoops – his legs are even alright – i could talk to this man seriously and become lost in his overall essence enough to forget the details of the ensemble – this is what a look is all about – the ability to pull it together well enough that your real personality comes through regardless of the trimmings

I wouldn’t dare.

oh my gosh! he’s our very own tailor teacher at ied fashion institute! never saw him pulling off this draped skirt look before =D he looks amazingly innovative.

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