The Sartorialist

It’s the bowtie.

Love the neo-mod hair.

The most interesting and individual looks this month. At least she doesn’t look like she raided zara.

Very stylish woman, but the only piece I like in this look is the dress. However she definitely has an eye for putting herself together.

great style.
i also like how she is standing in the rectangle for taxis.

This is what I call criativity, for the young lady; and statement-chic, for the man. London still remains the focus of inspiration for all aesthetes. Lots of chic Sart. I wish I have the first photo.

so perfect

something incredible! such a beautiful girl, having such unusual brilliant taste of fashion! not many people dress so intelligent here in Moscow, unfortunately.

the (below) ankle socks over opaque tights is a great touch but I agree the bag doesn’t totally work with the whole look – fantastic effort though and I love the composition of the photograph and the way she is stood in a taxi rank – very english indeed!

Yesss!! I love London! Miss it sooo much!! It’s the only place where you could go around naked and nobody would give a…!

perhaps not my style but I like it, it’s personal and cool. I like it!

loving the bowtie & those shoes!!

i love the interplay between the different patterns and shapes – perhaps a brighter/more block coloured bag would work better though

This is just weird looking.

She is one of the reasons why london is the best city!
I fell in L O V E!

That bag almost ruins it. And I never liked that kind of shoes, they’re just not right for a girl. But the dress and the tuxido and the socks and the bow and the sunglasses are perfect!

I wonder where she found that amazing dress.

Cute, cute, cute!

beautiful. Her entire look seems to reflect the 60′s era, but remains modern. love it

She looks amazing. I love monochromatic ensembles and this girl is a gifted practitioner. I wouldn’t criticize the bag; it’s like a beautiful face, if it’s too perfect it isn’t memorable – something a little “off” is better.

Good to see someone taking risks. Not a trend or a label here, just her own personal style.

wow

First, her haircut is wonderful. It perfectly frames her lovely face. I agree, the fact that the bag breaks up the look keeps it from being too precious. What a great eye!

What’s wrong with the bag?? I love it! Something in a block colour would have been far too matchy.
But I think that’s London style all over – we’re not fans of anything that matches, we have to mess with it a little.

what a beauty…why am i seeing visions of Quadrophenia and clashes of mods vs rockers..TGIF

This makes me want to cut my hair short – she looks great!

With a face like that you can wear anything. And I love the hair.

Meet Mary Poppins of the 21st century. I love the flowery bag and the ankle socks and the hair! Could the hair cut work for blondes as well? Or grey?

What would have happened without the tie and with the neckline open? She has a nice swan’s neck. Sometimes mixing metaphors is exciting, but waiter-meets-school girl weighs down the look. That said…extra points for the lapel pins and patent leather footwear. A hard shot not to like.

I love this outfit. I disagree with those who commented that it looks very editorial. In London it’s SO not! I loved that about the place when I lived there. Just walking on the street you could see the most quirky and eclectic outfits being worn with perfect sang-froid by all kinds of people. They weren’t being showy or costumey – they were just ‘doing them’.
Loves it!

Gorgeous, a girl this gorgeous could make a potato sack look amazing.

Love the dress and love the bag… She looks really put together… Love her look!

Nice dress, but I’d rather see it with a simple white T-shirt and black cardigan and an interested red bag. Too much going on in the outfit otherwise…whole bunch of different themes crashing into one other.

looks as if it’s a magazine piece. too put together. too model like. sorry. don’t love it. the shot is great. should be an ad for the dress, positively.

I really wanted to like this one, she is beautiful, but there are just enough things here that don’t fit together. I wish that dress had a bit better cut to it. For me it would be much more flattering of an outfit. Beautiful woman though.

am i the only one who loves her bag?? does anyone know where is from. i love how the street is captured in this photo … it really does show the urban london ambiance.

I thought English eccentricity was dying,but this only confirms that the spirit of Lord Berners,the Marquis of Bath et alll,shall never die…the patent shoes are sublime,so her face …and the bowtie…
Magnifique!

The entire look works. Bag included. Oversized bowtie is lovely. Ditto pockets on dress.

I love the dress, with it’s competing stripes and monochromatic palette. With colors it would be too much; without the stripes it would be too little. But here, perfect.

Just what I love: true eccentric style.

WOW! That’s all I can say.

Wow.

Her look is so well orchestrated and so perfectly suited to her that I was truly shocked to read critiques in the comments (I know, I should have expected that from the discerning eyes of your readership!).

It’s altogether lovely and almost too good to be real. I’d love to know who she is, what she does. Is it her job to look so awesome?

The colors in this outfit and picture are beautiful. They really tie each other together. Her pose and facial expression is tops also! But to the clothes: the patterning on the dress, the bow tie, and the socks are fabulously styled. I like the addition of the colorful bag to introduce a spirited break from the monochrome look. But the outfit is very playful that the blacks and greys do not look depressing in the slightest! Great picture, great style!

Whoa cool. She almost wouldn’t look out of place in a photograph from some ultra-hip and somewhat seedy New York no-wave club in 1980.

reminds me of a darker version of agyness. this is something i could totally see her wearing!

ohmygod, she’s real?

amazing.

Wow, I’m almost speechless.
That look is baaad. She looks like she’s wearing a dish towel. The bowtie looks Bozo the Clown goes to a funeral. The bag, dress, bowtie, tooooo much together. Just too much. However I do like the shoes, and dang she is wearing the heck out of that wonderfully short haircut – super cute, really.
It looks like this look is getting lots of positive feedback, but I really must digress on this one.

I can see the artistry in this. But really I don’t know why anyone would want a girl this lovely to wear a bag? I really don’t understand the attraction of smocky dresses. I am tall but tiny and when I put these things on I feel breastless, hidden. This girl’s lovely face and haircut almost compensate, but still…someone explain to me the appeal of a raggedy-ann dress please?

this girl is from brooklyn originally, but my guess is she’s in london because she models. and she usually dresses a lot wilder than this.

She is utmost elegant – her style is in perfect balanced and rare.

I like it a lot <3

She looks beautifull in every way. That bag is the finishing touch.

she’s simply stunning.

question: why do u only post up skinny people?

I can’t stop staring at this. It is perfection–the right amount of polish and whimsy. The bowtie is magic.

great shoes and socks!

I’m old enough to remember the days when London was the epicenter of style. Seeing this woman makes me think it may be again…

sigh

i’m so jealous

you could only pull this off in Europe.

awesome

She is wearing black, white, and grey to a T. I love the stripes in different widths and directions…it’s more than a plain striped dress that way. But I wish that bag wasn’t there.

And I like how she is standing in that spot for taxis with the infamous “crossed leg” pose! :)

That is a person with GREAT personal style. Thanks for the photo!!

All They Need is Some Fashion Jewelry. And its set. beautiful Post. Thanks.

wonderful! i love her socks, patent brogues and sweet grey sunglasses. spot on.

Amazing! apart from the patterns of the dress and the bag. Plain colors would have worked better, but the outfit per se is just amazing. Well done!

hm, the longer i look at this picture the more i think that the dress makes her head look too small… and i actually like the hair, but i’ve just seen it so often lately. anyway, great look. the shoes are amazing.

The look’s forced but the girl’s very pretty no doubt.

Sart – It’s imperative you go to East London – Around Bricklane, Spitalfields, Hoxton etc.. you’ll find that everyone has amazing style like this girl – You literally will want to shoot everyone – it’s insane, no other city can match it [As a N.Y'er I can admit it!] … Just try & stay away from the main tourist areas b/c you never see anything special b/c it’s all tourists! – You really need to hang in the areas that Londoners hang! If you want oldies in traditional tailoring then I guess around Piccadilly / St James’s / Mayfair etc … Are you shooting in London for anything specific?

She looks like she stepped out of a dark and sinister fairy-tale. I love this look. The hair, the sunglasses, the makeup, the pockets, the bowtie and the shoes….so whismical and sharp at the same time.

It’s a gorgeous look and unlike others here I really think that the bag is going perfectly with it. There’s need for a little colour and I think taking a simple cheap shopping bag is fine – the outfit is not too serious anyway. Beautiful girl!

I really enjoy this style. I do not would put it but she is fantastic. AH! Today is a sad day, a sad farewell YSL

LOL. I LOVE this look so much, I read all 116 comments on it. hahaha.

i really like the dress and jacket.
this style is soooo quirky.

her haircut is awesome.

and i agree about the bag – if it was a block colour it would be so predictable. her look is all about getting people talking — not to quietly agree.

I might not like the outfit itself, but I absolutely ADMIRE the person who is so creative and has a good sense of humor :o)

The Guardian featured the exact same girl in the exact same outfit as part of its style profile series today, Monday. Interesting background info. Also shows how fabulous The Sartorialist’s pictorial background choices are. And that the “English Rose” is in fact a model from NY. A well… a really great, stimulating blog, though. Thank you!

this girl was in the Guardian’s G2 section today – I loved her comment on how much she once spent on an Issey Miyake dress which she then lied to her mother about.

What a great outfit. Very cool

Very editorial. Love her face, hair, make-up and attitude.

The outfit? Not so much. She’s the female PeeWee Herman, and that’s not a compliment.

Fabulous. Though it looks like it was something of a fashion shoot day for this girl/designer – she was featured yesterday in one of London’s evening freesheets (The London Paper), as one of their random ‘street fashion’ shots.

Possibly the only decent photo they have ever featured – somwhat spoiled by comparing her outfit to the ‘noise you get whent he TV goes wrong’.

BTW Sart I agree with the anonymous comment above – go to Spitalfields (particularly on a weekend). Much better than the dross that is central London!

She was also featured in the Guardian yesterday, in that outfit. Apparently the bag was the only one she brought with her from NY.

Love. Her. Hair.

Inspired. London I LOVE you.

Love the hair. I don’t think the dress works. If she lost it this whole look would be much better, I think, because I love the shirt, the bowtie, and the wonderful jacket. I just really don’t think the dress is working.