The Sartorialist

A true New York worker. Love it. What is that exactly on his head. Look a bit like a turban?

Beautiful combination of subject and background.

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HE is Simply COOL. This is the proof that you don t need to be all branded to be stylish, I love this kind of looks!
Thanks for not beeing Obvious, who cares of seeing a total look you can find by window shopping? Style is much more interesting!

A new yorker, you know. I like that :)

xoxo

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So bitchin! Love your shots of non-office workers. Thanks Scott.

pretty face! I love the gold ring detail. It's amazing to see how many interesting people are around. :-)

Ylenia
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Beautiful face and love the colors. Warmly, Karen

I love the pants!

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ahhhhhh real life AND style, a lens into a spectrum of realities that overlap one another.

Sartorialist always gets it. It's that simple!

Camilou

Partly it's his smile, partly the turban. It's so informal and works well with his shirt. I like the colour combination of grey and tan as well.

Beautifully posed and shot, getting the ring, the cracked stoop, and background placed just so. Top is fashion, just like the bottom half–probably a grey tee protecting hair from plaster, paint & dust.

He's working that headwrap… and the wrap works. Perfect marriage of form and function there.

he's cool!

"A young youth, yo rockin' a gold tooth…"

OK!

I LOVE the t-shirt wrapped around his head. He looks like a drywall guy, a common practice in that field to keep the dust out of his hair, but WOW, the way this guy has wrapped it is so chic!

To "Anonymous" at 10:57AM –
Open your eyes!
This site doesn't limit itself to designer labels and status symbols. Sometimes people merely have style or some other indescribable quality which merits their photos here. I praise the sartorialist for recognizing this.

All the comments here about style, I think, are totally misplaced; this picture has nothing to do with style, it's simply an interesting picture, one that you would find in a National Geographic magazine, possibly involving the adaptation of Sikhs to New York in the construction sector. The grey sock around hi head, is probably a turban protector. It's funny how so many people insist on talking about personal style.

This is culturally some real groundbreaking stuff – I presume this fellow is a Sikh? If so, his look is an incredible combination of East and West. Fabulous.

Did anybody notice how his cool eyebrows really stand out…? Must be the headwrap! I love his ring as well. It's tricky to look stylish while being practical… :)

The paint stained trousers make look

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He looks to me like he is from the Horn Of Africa region. He also looks like he is a hardworking man earning an honest living :D His family should be proud.

Crosby st… I volunteered at the book shop there when I was a interning in NYC. New York Housing Works!

Although I know he is at rest from drywall construction work I almost expect him to get up, after his smoke, and part that heavy tarp to go into a rough studio – grab a brush, liberally dipped in paint, and go at it against a wall sized canvas…

What one can do with a all cotton t-shirt! He wraps it with such swag! Great face.

this photo speaks a true depiction of new york life. i commend him.

dear the sartorialist, i love that you chose to put this picture on your blog. he is obviously a construction worker and that is the first impression you get from this shot. then you realize the small nuances like the gold ring and his his matchy neutral colors. the grays match each other perfectly. maybe his turban is the same shirt he is wearing. the ring definitely catches your attention. this shows you can put style into what you wear. and i think this man is proud to be who he is.
–Summer

This is why I love your blog so much. You see style where others don't even look twice.

There is something sweet about him :)

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so awesome.

Why i love those stairs?

A new worker! A real one! He could be from new york or new delhi…

Work-casual chic, if you know what I mean.

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Those eyes and that smile.The whole composition of this photo.Excellent.P.S. I think that might just be another sweatshirt tied about his head.

I don't know about anyone else, but the first thing that caught my eye were his gold rings and his (possibly?) gold tooth. I love the very simple colour palette and the touch of shine with the gold pieces. Wish they actually made shoes like that though….

I think he wears his smile best.

I maybe wrong on this one but this dude reminds of me a guy I met in Boston, a fellow Somali. Perhaps the sartorialist can confirm. If not, I must say its good saying other cultures also wear gold tooth for its a dying trend at least in my culture/heritage. Cheers all.

Infoafrican chic…love the head piece and the smile lets you know he's talking to a woman.

I think those who don't see the fashion in this photo have missed the point. Even though it appears as if this doesn't follow fashion he is still dressed in a number of runway trends. The photo makes an important statement on how you can find fashion in the everyday, and style in the unconventional. Fashion is more than those who are making a point about getting dressed up. It's everywhere we look.