The Sartorialist

Or Batman meets a monk. Not a look for the masses certainly, but I’m very glad you took this photo

I love this – I think capes are great for me, when they are worn with the right outfit – I perfer it to be cut down a little, a bit too long for me, but it’s fun and it works with that dismoal weather behind him.

great!

I’d put money on this one goin past 100 posts.

Great pic, Sart. I call this one your ‘Goth With A Beard’ photo. I love the black cape and the rainy, somewhat gloomy city landscape. Very evocative.

Love the cape! Very Count Dracula mets Little Red Riding Hood!

Of course, as a New Yorker, I worry about how he might get out his Metrocard, then thru the turnstile….

Vampire-chic!

I love medieval cape-man.

The Phantom of the Opera! Very daring, very dashing.

He resembles Vincent van Gogh, doesn’t he?

First thought was that he looks like he’d fit into “The Wizarding World,” and I love it, it works for him.

Oh, I love it! I love the movement and graceful lines of a long cape or cloak. Too bad it’s been hijacked by goths and most people see it as a costume. This guy makes it look like real clothes.

Oh, how dramatic! I love it, that theatrical look.

> The Phantom of the Opera! Very daring, very dashing.

Yes, I had commented similarly earlier, but, apparently, my comment has been marked as spam or something (or deliberatedly deleted? dunno.) for some obscure reason. Oh, well, nevermind.

To Butch: Is your only concern when you are getting dressed how to have access to your metrocard within 2 seconds at all times? If yes, then i feel sorry for you.

Carramba!

I’d don’t say it’s a costume.
It looks like a “tabarro”, traditional cape or mantel here in Italy, still common in the ’50s.
My grandfather had one, he wore it while riding his bicicly to meet my grandmother (40 kilometers a day!).

I’m beginning to see them again on the streets (capes, not grandparents!) normally worn by younger people.

Not that comune, but not costume-y either.

Ciao!!

You have posted several photos of this man over the years, and this one finally confirms what we have all wondered about ourselves: Yes, this lovely Italian man is a vampire.

His face looks like Van Gogh. I personally think he’d look better in a slim pea coat, but perhaps a big poncho is warmer.

all I can think about when i see this is Sweeney Todd. I saw it this past weekend.

this is definitely one of my all-time favorite pictures on the site! I love it so much!

something about this looks sort of old master-y to me. maybe it’s his face, he looks like young rembrandt or somebody.

on another note, this is also the second man-cape in as many days. are they coming back in?

he looks so nice and has that fantastic beard, therefore he can pull off wearing a cape without it looking like a goth-y costume…

i love the cape! the neck looks so comfy.

I think the cape is a bit pretentious.

All I know is that you, dear Sart, are such an artist! We love your work. The sequences you have manage to post lately are borderline delirium. I mean where on earth you spotted this man with the cape!
Do not put in the same folder with Vigo in the poncho.
I mean rally… a Milano vampire standing on a crescent in a rainy day proves that you are simply a wizard.

how striking, in that cloak. :)

i wonder where he parked his horse …

seriously, absolutely fab, medievally speaking!

and WHERE in the world did you come across this guy??

WOW, great cape

I think he looks fantastic. But I’m a little jealous because his cape gets Sart love, and mine only ever gets fun made of it.

Very Name of the Rose

Nice! He looks a lot like Bradley from last season’s Project Runway…anyone else agree?

I really like capes but wearing them is very difficult. I have a loden with a cape that I almost never wear because the image I have in my mind before I put it on never matches with reality. Anyways, this guy does it really well. Thanks for the great pic Sartorialist.

ooh how bram stoker-esque

he looks like a vampire…

Is that a dolma? *like* i have an old dolma made for the Swedish army. Its a very convenient garment. It might not be for every one or for every day use but I like it a lot.

bellissimo.