The Sartorialist

love the glasses

i’m imagining that it’s a new-fangled electric razor in the guy’s hand, and the other guy’s pocket as well i think so that it can be 1963 in this picture… i have to believe this because i will never be brave or cool enough to wear those lapels, etc. Holy crap the dude left-center looks GREAT.

I wish I could see the details of his hat in his left hand.

Love this photo! It speaks volumes. The gentleman facing the camera looks so, so cool, he is immaculately dressed. He could only be Italian.
[Hope this photo doesn't prompt a barrage of boring anti-cigarette comments. i don't smoke, i don't like smoking but i defend peoples' right to give themselves bad breath and hideous diseases if they want to.]

I LOVE this outfit. I wear things like this on a daily bases, all I need is to start smoking! Haha.

Great job! :D

How charming!

Wow, everything old IS new again. Two questions – Is the murse “in”, or is he holding for a lady friend?
And isn’t the purpose of slimmer and smaller electronic devices avoidance of that unsightly pocket distortion?
-Capt. Mike

Perfect! Absolutely impeccable.

The boys watch the girls while the girls watch the boys who watch the girls go by
Eye to eye, they solemnly convene to make the scene
Which is the name of the game, watch a guy watch a dame on any street in town
Up and down and over and across, romance is boss

Guys talk “girl talk”, it happens everywhere
Eyes watch girls walk with tender lovin’ care

I love Italian men after my last visit to Milan, but this picture made me love them even more!
I like the way he holds his cigarette and his hair.
I also like the glasses and the turtleneck of the guy in the front.

Viva Italia…

make it black and white and it IS Rome 1963.

I like it. :)

I love it, it looks right out of a movie!

Super cool!

I think they look more Diana Ross than Beatle.

How fantastic, i love this picture, you can see that a moment was captured, but most of all i love their shades.

I wonder where they are going for lunch!

They look incredibly affected and self-conscious. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. I’m just pointing it out. I would also say that this kind of affectation is more culturally acceptable in Europe. North Americans have more of a taste for the “natural”.

Amazing. Very cool. Bravo!

What a great shot!
This photo makes you want to listen in on their conversation.

LOVE IT
wish i looked as good as he does in white pants.
I´m SO jealous.
but still. LOVE IT:=)

Yes! who is playing Fellini? who is playing Pasolini? Godard?

I can only agree with Suzanne Nelson’s comments near the top of the responses. They both olok great!

yawn

black velvet blazer…amazing!!

i adore this photo
such class

Lovely!

i love it! classic!
a man with great style is a man i adore [x]

Great shot Sart…and a very apt comment to boot. I love seeing shots like this that are very timeless. Could be 1963, definitely is this century. That said, the fellow on the left is sporting a hairstyle that is VERY much early 1960s Italian/French/Continental – the rock & rollers in "La Dolce Vita" come to mind. Nice.

Love this portrait– all those great sunglasses… Such a modern take on the La Dolce Vita sensibility.

PLO

wonder what their shoes look like

First: To everybody who said, ‘yawn:’ could you possibly be any more disrespectful? Despite the fact that the technological era seems to have recast all art (blogs being an obvious and decidedly post-post-modern example, as public property) it is still art. Therefore, show a little respect when you’re commenting on somebody’s work, for crying out loud.

Second: I don’t think this look is boring at all. It’s classy, it’s classic, and it’s well-played. You can’t go wrong with clean, cool, and collected.

absolutely stunning.

what a great picture! the guys just give off a “cool” vibe.

These guys look so cool, I’d love to dress like this everyday.

Not sure though, should white trousers be only worn in summer / spring.

i love it

I hate to be so pc but all I could see was the ciggy.

well, that and a totally affected “look”.

Yeah, ‘stylish,’ but way too femme.

I can’t begin to imagine how many times the word “fabulous” or “fierce” came up in this conversation. They should be a judging panel on some sort of fashion reality show.

this blog is inspiring!!!

love, love the sunglasses on all three of them! also can’t ignore the jacket/ white trousers combination on the left, it is excellent!

What make are the black sunglasses? where can i get them ?

I love the look of these three young men. so natural, so classy, so together.

But what I love more, is your ability to catch people being themselves. Not posed, not pretending – these images are the reason why I’ve been returning to your blog for well over a year.

thank you for inspiring me and delighting me

LOVE it, i like the femininity, the slim silhouettes, and the hair :P it helps that the man facing is so handsome

oh and the sunglasses are the prada version of the wayfarer…

If they are Italian they wouldn’t say fabulous or fierce.

S

This is not new. Or innovative. It maintains some kind of ready wear ready to sleep aesthetic.

too girlie to be 1963

i mean what man
and i say man carries a clutch bag, and what sort of person thinks this is cool !!! these guys walked into my local they would get called wankers straight up

that’s not a cell phone.

absolutely! ^-^

L O V I N G the young gentleman in the velvet smoking jacket !!!

i really love this photo! ^^

Oh, Marcello! Where’ve you been!?

Marcello Mastroianni was asked by an interviewer, “What is ‘la dolce vita’?” He replied “To eat, to work, to smoke.”
Nonsmokers(and I have been one for life) do not ‘get’ what a pleasure this is.

Great shot, makes me look and look!

god, the romans are so chic.

he looks like Valentino around the period

I’m shocked that someone could say “yawn” to this one….this man is FABULOUS!!!! Perfect poise, perfect hair, great glasses, and that jacket! White pants…men need to wear more white pants.

Love this shot!!!

Twenty-First Century Paninaro!

FIERCE!!!

impeccable.

«Marcello, come here!»

Daniele, Naples

Perfect! I just LOVE this outfit!

loves it.

YES YES YES, this photo is fantastic, what a capture

I love this shot! Like stated above, it makes me want to see “The talented Mr Ripley” again!

I love it!oh my god they’re so chic!I love milan..

this shot is out of a movie– beautiful, scott!
sc.

Very cool, I agree.

BUENA VIDA

careless sophistication

” Anonymous said…
They’re acting out a Rufus Wainright song.”

The song is “Poses” and you are 100% correct

Great silhouettes, but a bit too precious in the details. I would remove the ribbon tie, open the jacket, and muss the hair a bit.

Great jacket. The whole look is slightly undermined by the pompness. Life’s not a commercial!

definitely lovely:0)

I adore that photo… Whoever took it, really caught the moment.
The men had to be Italian, just look at the immaculate outfits they’re wearing, and the GORGEOUS sunglasses!
Lovely, definately 1963.

Re: mentalia 4.59pm

whoever took it?

why sart of course!

I love all of your photos from Italy the best, particularly that of the men. The way that they dress is just as powerful as the French woman in Chanel or what Ralph Lauren romanticizes as being quintessentially American. They give men a style and an authority that is otherwise lacking, as if fashion is an art for BOTH sexes to participate in; they illustrate that there ARE options for men other than J. Crew, what most Americans perceive to be the higher evolved man from T-shirt and football jersey. I implore you to take as many photographs of Italian MEN as you can – perhaps even start a side blog, even seasonal, dedicated to Italian men only. May I propose The Sartorialist Italia?

he has a feline quality

very Dolce Vita.

This look works well, though I can’t help but agree with previous comments that this look is slightly effeminate.

Though it could be argued that it isn’t so much the gaping lapels and ostentatious bow that is dare-I-say effeminate, yet his posture.

Thoughts?

This is guy really exists? Is he single?

how hot are they!?

WOW!
This guy is GENIUS!

I WANT HIM!