The Sartorialist

Wow, I’m in love with that girl’s attitude and style!

I’d love to see how exactly fits this leather jacket… I’m pretty sure its oversized fit is amazing!

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she looks so smart and has a ‘don’t mess with me’ persona but still looks very casual I think.

I love this street style shot, catching a good walk is one of the hardest things to photograph

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I can only imagine what she’s concealing in her jacket. Hopefully some great accessories, like these coral necklaces (new guilty pleasures of mine):

http://www.etsy.com/listing/74238943/orange-coral-necklace-handmade-clay

Love the way her legs matches the shoes and the shape of the jacket and skirt. She almost looks like Björk. Very cool!

oh my, what a classique! black-beige cap toed heels are my weakness. I have 3 pairs!

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Without the shoes there would be nothing…..what a remarkable eye you have. Bravo.

Mmmm.. Nice shoes.

I agree with Debbi. First thing I noticed was her skin blending into the shoes. I’m very pale like this woman and I’d love to find a pair of nude shoes that matched my skin tone.

Adorable
Lady
in black and white.
Extreme feeling,
Compact view,
fruity full
with complex questions.

Love the shape of the jacket!

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I adore this look. It’s so simple, yet so complex. She is really pulling it off. I love her style.

Kacie
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fantastiques proportions! tu enlève la tête de la photo et cela me rappelle une bouteille vide à remplir de parfum

So nice!! Definitely a great outfit!

Giada

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Have you ever seen a cello walking?
Well I did.

The effect would be even more pronounced if she didn’t cross her legs when she walked.

Music in motion.

The shoes are a great add, but my favorite part is the over sized leather jacket. You really get it right.

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Love leather, leather forever!
Kisses

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love the shoes!!!!

I love this look! very clean and chic.. love here shoes as well! very pretty

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volume and easy on make up, superb
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So chic! I love especially the shoes!

I love this look!!

Coll, gracious and very sexy

the photo is great!!! love your style so much!
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Oh, perfect angle of shooting.

Mmm, those shoes. What I wouldn’t give…
-Charlotte
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Love the glasses!!!!
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get it gurl!

Love her hair and glasses!

xx
Andrea

Amazing silhuet!

xx
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Love the leather jkt and glasses

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Congratulations on your award Scott! You and Garance deserve the recognition : )

Love!! effortless and deceptively simple.

This is inspiring on so many levels. I’m getting my glasses out. Just, WOW.

Love this look. Where can I get those shoes?

Great outfit – I adore how demure and sophisticated the overall look is.

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o0o0o lovin those shoes! we want em! xx,
The Golden Girls

Gotta love a woman that’s willing to be a bit chilly in order to wear the outfit she loves. I’d wear that 3/4 sleeve leather jacket of awesomeness in 40 degree weather any day. Some outfits are just worth it!

that’s a pure shape..and the black colour brings it to perfection.

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oh my what a beautiful nude and not so nude shoes!
are they also comfortable? then let me to please where I can get them :)

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I love everything about her style, the skirt & glasses are so gourgeous!

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oh wow! love it to the 10th power.

I love what she’s wearing, she’s beautiful. And her glasses are beyond!
-Victor

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Love the shoes & the eyeglasses!!

x
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i’m definitely going to try putting my hand like that the next time my fingers get icy instead of reaching out for a glove

I would like to see the dress completely! :)

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Why is that les parisiennes are elegant and effortless in 2 ways: Some of them all of time and all of them some of the time?

@e – those are astute observations, but in the age of Tumblr blogs endlessly proffering images of ‘the ideal,’ I simply cannot believe that each of the stylistic cues you’ve identified must exist in a vacuum, mutually exclusive of one another. If anything, it will be increasingly difficult – if not impossible – to separate and contain such eras in the tidy boxes to which they once belonged. As other comboxes have elucidated – there is a story being told here and I think of all people, you may have identified the elements, but you seem to ”not see the forest for the trees.” That is to say, step back and appraise the whole – what else do you see? I find lines that are exceedingly nice to look at; colors which flow and retain balance; and energy in the body language itself. In short, she matches! And not just satisfactorily, she matches exceedingly well. I’d point out that our identities are malleable and our clothes help us communicate the influences that presently constitute them. Basically we all want to be a little bit of this and a little bit of that, right? I hardly blame her for sending mixed messages with the librarian glasses and the rock-star leather bomber. In fact, like a wonderful bottle of wine from Burgundy – the complexity is very much to her credit.

Favorite so far this year.

Just elegant and lovely!

so chic…..love the posture!!

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@e, I agree with Craig…and I agree with Craig. Your negative comment is not without valid points, but from my knowledge of that young lady’s fashion background–she was a Sartorialist interviewee–I believe she deliberately mashed up the genres/eras to her desired effect, without any confusion.

OMG! I want the same look! It’s so stylish!

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does anyone knows the brand of the frames? breathless shot, by the way.

That look is so classy!

Sara Ottavia C.

the colors and shapes run and go together so nicely. love this.

Guys, I liked the debate above, but I would also like to stress one point:

I am always struck by ladies who are not wearing tights/pantyhose but are bundling up and holding on to their jackets so tight to protect themselves from the cold. This contradiction always makes me wonder. She looks both frail and fearless.

As for the styling, I agree with Craig, it is a success, and not albeit the mix-max of references, but BECAUSE of them.

A big kiss from Greece!

@Craig: Thanks for your well-considered response – all of your points are very salient. I should start by saying that I give the subject the benefit of the doubt. In other words, since intentionality can be the key difference between edgy experimentation and a messy hodgepodge when mixing eras/scenes, I want to believe that she understands her references.

Even when intentionally combining one reference to offset another (like “biker” to balance “sweet”), though, isn’t there a limit? In order to send a clear message, I realize that I never mix more than 2-3 references within a given outfit. Maybe this is because I’m short (5 feet small) which requires me to be really strict with my presentation, or maybe it is because I am overlooking the overall picture, as you said. However, while I do agree with your comment that her lines and colors are fluid and balanced, for me that is still overshadowed by the overreaching nods to 4 elements that don’t speak directly to each other.

Thanks again for your time! This was great food for thought.

lovelovelovelove the way the shoes blend in, making her legs look longer

Lovely shot. Any idea whose jacket that is?

I love this outfit. It would be great for anything.

Striking pose. Great shot to capture the attitude

Have fun in Paris

Absolutely love it! <3

Interesting proportions, elegant look & wonderful that she didn’t cheapen the look with fake tan

I love that she has a bookish meets bad girl look. Oh what a great pair of specs and a leather jacket can do!

looks beautiful, but cold!

At first I wasn’t sure about this but the more I looked at the picture, I realised how cleverly she’s put together this outfit from the sharp angular silhouette to the almost nude shoes

Love the beauty of simplicity. You really captured a great shot here. Trying to master the art as well on my blog. So many beautiful photo’s waiting to be taken :)

Nice look…I love the skirt and shoes!
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I NEED THE SHOES! ANYONE KNOWS HOW CAN I DO?
BRAND?
THANKS
CAMILLA ALIBRANDI

I love the entire look. All black with a touch of beige. Plus, I love skirts with volume.

Can’t stop admiring this pic! What a cool lady

she’s doing it right with her point shoes in metal , this year’s spring trend :-)) love the nude/black combo!!$

i love this look!

love her look!and everything she is wearing!

I loved the shoes

Love the rock and chic style! So French!

office chic! I love seeing RTW ensembles that I can actually wear to work. I think a lot of times, it is quite challenging to infuse runway pieces/looks into every day work wear, so that one still looks professional but not obviously a “professional”. As a female working in Finance, I have to adhere to a strict corporate dress code. It’s stifling, but I still try and have set up a blog to showcase my efforts. One last thing- Leather can definitely be corporate- I wore a leather blazer to work recently, and my boss loved it!