The Sartorialist

Dare I say, a revolutionary post by you?
Well, the pink does look good on him..
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There’s something kind, proud in his eyes. An adult and a child. We can feel all his strenght; that picture is incredible.
Thanks!

Cute!

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A real breath of fresh air, if everybody could dress as freely as this, the world would be a lighter place!! Thanks for posting!

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Those eyebrows are so strong!

I love his expression!

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Let me think… Good framing… I like the blur in the background… More documentary than fashion.

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A little too much going on here imo; I think the pink head band is supposed to set it off but doesn’t what it’s intended. Need to go back to the wardrobe on this one.

interessanter style!

Someone mentioned Frida Kahlo, and that’s a lovely reference.

He’s a cross between dressing as a gay man vs. dressing in drag – I like that he’s being true to himself, and his style reflects that. (I prefer drag ALL THE WAY, though! Lol ….)

Good for him.

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Great photo!

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Those magnificent eyebrows steal the show. Love this shot!

Really like this photograph. The way he looks and his sense of style. That tanktop looks so great on him!

sin comentarios…!!!

Gorgeous.

Kate

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a bit to girly for my personal taste but nice shot

Gian
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Amazing style.

WOW! this post is amazing! a record of what’s happening on the streets, real fashion portrayal

Well, I don’t really know what to say about this photo. It’s something I’d describe in polish as ‘misz-masz’ ;) but I admire his courage.

This photo, this young man, emits both truth and courage. What a powerful photograph. I see the clothes but they fade into the background as I begin to see him more clearly through the way he chooses to express himself.

Beautiful moment captured.

Wow, so different but cool!
xoxo
M.

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This is beautiful. Thanks for posting.

We need more affronts to conventional notions of beauty. Accomplished.

Interesting that this photo should appear as I’m in the midst of writing a paper on dandyism with respect to Daphne Guinness and the androgyny of Andreij Peijic.

It’s interesting how clothing is such a stable non-verbal method of communication – our idea of who this man is as a person would change dramatically if if everything he were wearing was camouflage or black. Our eyes see a man, but we’re tricked into believing he is feminine because of what he is wearing. I find it so interesting how people can send a false reality to an audience just by what they’re wearing.

Thanks for posting this picture.

What a gorgeous photo! I do want to give the benefit of the doubt but… I wonder if you asked hir gender orientation before filing the image under menswear? Ze may not identify with hir birth gender. Or maybe you did ask and I’m just being over-zealous. Love your blog, you’re an inspiration!

Very strong pic. It’s hard to rate it on a like/don’t like basis.
Greetings from Santiago, Chile.

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Sorry, but this makes me uncomfortable. Maybe if you know him and what he’s about, he’s a wonderful, interesting, intelligent person, but I have too many questions just from the picture. I worry for him how people might be reacting. Really wish it didn’t bother me so much. I hate it when I find I’m not always as open-minded as I would like to be…

NIce Look!! ;)

V

I would have to say the pink brought the whole outfit together love the picture!

Love that pose!

Your bag is amazing and the pictures are great, I love the colors.

The eyebrows!

Restrained gender bender(ing).

A whole lotta kindness
in his expression.

Graceful. That’s the word I was looking for. The turn of his wrist at the hip?

You lost me on this one Sart. I simply don’t know what to take from this photo. Maybe I’m a little confused about this blog. This guy is posted in men, when everything about him says he wants to be a woman.

Loving his style :)

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He’s so lovely. I really want his tank.

What a beautiful human. I would kill for those eyebrows…

Really nice personal style. Love his attitude.

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stupendo…!!

He had me at his eyebrows, but then I noticed the Mona Lisa smile. Something about this manchild makes me want to take care of him, talk to him, find out what’s really going on. But I’d settle for just where’s he coming from and going to.

Masculine Frida Kahlo! Thank god people are different! :)

Wow!!!!

frida-inspired! love it!

Inspiring!!

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he has beautiful eyebrows …

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Love his style! :D

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grrrll is fierce…………..

The essence of unisex style. Great, strong picture…

What a wonderful picture full of juxtapositions. I love the whole look. Thank you for showing us fashion is everwhere. This light floral shirt suits him!

I must post again, because just looking at him again this morning brings tears to my eyes…He/She (and I do think you might want to consider posting the picture in both the male and female categories, depending on what the person identified as, or perhaps it is the choice of the category itself that has generated such a conversation!) just has the kindest look on his face. And even for those who are troubled by the photo—I think it’s great that you are asking questions. But this photo connects with me in such an organic way…reminds me of my ancestors! you cannot fake the serenity of that countenance, and even if he did, then he is a fine, fine actor who has learned to mask pain and troubled waters. Thank you for this photo.

oh, he is beautiful! I like the simple bracelets he’s wearing.

@Robert

I agree. It’s what feels best for him. I don’t want to see people strangled by other people’s preferences. I would feel uncomfortable in such an environment.

Those eyes show a universe and you let us come in it.

I’m sure lots will say this is odd but fashjon is. Good things starts somewhere, good or bad. People like him with such bravery to wear such, makes fashion fun and interesting. like it or not……

He’s just lovely. And I’ll second what Lynn says. There seems to be an old soul behind those eyes.

He’s either the bravest person on the planet, or illustrating what a man should not to wear in any small town, ever! Either way, he’s a cutie.

This image leads me to recall a novel by P.D. James novel.

The book title escapes me but this person could be a character in one of her best sellers.

She is one of Britain’s oldest and dearest mystery writers. The Baroness of crime is fearlessly open minded and has no limits to character development.

Quite impressive and I believe she is over 90 years old now.

I managed to track down her latest novel, Death Comes To Pemberley which I plan to read at the mountain cottage. It will probably be her last so I am in rush to rip through it.

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Even as a woman I would love to have his brows..really nice photo.

This mister reaally has style. Love the picture you made.

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Jeans are the key to this look, beltless and fit to perfection.

Spooky

I could be called a hater, but I feel this is just weird. No, I am not homophobic (phobia means persistent fear, and I do not have a persistent fear of homosexuals), but I don’t see this as normal, or beautiful. Yet I DO NOT hate the guy–just want that to be clear :)

That’s it.

Finally!!! undoubtedly your eye has never been blind to the richness offered by other genders. Thanks for sharing!!!

This lovely young man reminds me of myself in the mid 80′s. While he has a look of welcome on his face, I wore a look of “don’t mess with me”. I see that sadly he is being met with the same small mindedness that I was when androgyny made its first big foray into the spotlight. His clothing choices will evolve, he is young. To call him “tacky” is cruel, he is developing a taste level. Bravo Scott to welcome us all into your blog I always assumed anyone was welcome. Now I sure. Kisses to Garance!

Immaculate brows!

hair, headband, eyebrows – on point.

proportions and status/pattern mix not working … are we grocery shopping in at a discount store or out in the capital of the world?

this outfit is not working, in fact, it quit before it started.

I beg to differ dear Sartorialist.

I do not like the combination of elements I see here, i.e. the scarf, the tank, the jeans and the bag. They do not match at all and confuse me a bit.

The eyebrows, oh, yes, but this is another story, a matter of careful grooming.

Well, it is all defied by the triumphant look in the boy’s eyes. Oh, the power of youth!

A big kiss from Greece!

A courageous look, do what you want and be whatever you want to be and to hell with anyone else!

Although I don’t understand the outfit, I do like the picture because of his gentle face expression.

The groomed eyebrows but yet the moustache remains.
My mom had a top like this in the 70s.

ridiculous

I know someone’s got it going on when they inspire a wide, happy, smiley response from yours truly. The design lining his shirt reminds me of some pleasant grade-school memory (some shoes? a blouse? too long ago) and I really want his brows.

let me guess: they are doing a new release of
“Paris is Burning”
and the casting was hold in
St Marks Place???

His style expresses his personality so wonderfully well! He obviously has a great, gracious heart and positive attitude to life.

Love it!

-Amy Rose x

wonderful, controversial, beautiful, brave

How can you say this “man” is confident and comfortable in his own skin, when clearly he is dressing as something he is not….a WOMAN. This is not style, it is typical St. Marks crowd looking for shock value.

back in the saddle, Satorialist.

bag——–> WHY????????

Hate the eyebrow wax in man, I don’t think that anything he/she is wearing is interesting, sorry but this is just plain tacky, I don’t understand why anyone would find this fashion worthy.

Yeah it’s frida. Effeminate guy, or just a fashion of being incroyable, or rather “mode incontournable”.

Some comments gave me a great shock. I hadn’t expected that this site was visited by such frightening narrow-minded people. Scaring.
Greetings from Amsterdam.

What Katie K said. I think it’s quite possible this person is transitioning and I’d be sensitive to what gender pronouns you assign them. Or maybe not, who knows. Maybe they just like pink.

Me too. :)

Wish I had Hir confidence. So pleased to see so many positive comments.
Remember : ” Theorise your own identity, don’t theorise anyone else’s”

I am so addicted to you, Scott!

Obviously influenced by To Wong Foo……

He has the most beautiful eyebrows!

Becky
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Love the style, really stylish!
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For a second I thought he was wearing a Sikh turban! That would have made this picture even more unique!
I am not a fan of the bag though…

A kind of earless Minnie Mouse cosplay? Sorry I don’t get it, maybe this has not a lot to do with fashion. Then this Victoria Beckham way to carry a bag…. can’t understand it on males. Cute face and lovely skin anyway.

I want his arms..
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I really like that pink, though I’m not a big fan of pink but its doing good and those eyebrows are too strong. But, J’adore It!

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I agree with Remy! There are some very uneducated, narrow-minded people on here. Also, you can’t label someone trans or “wanting to be a woman” based on their clothing. Clothing does not define gender at all. You can be a cis man who likes women’s clothes or a TRANS man who likes women’s clothes! It’s just fabric, has nothing to do with the mind or heart.

I think he’s really yummy. Personally I love the middle-line between male and female. He looks both sweet and sexy.

Wow, Sartorialist. Thank you for bringing me this image: this man has such inspiring and original personal style (akin to early ’90s John Galliano/the look at least reminds me of his playful, masc/fem hybrid aesthetic). Just because this photo is in many ways a foil to the more conservative/more pallatable/popular 2012 “mod revival” styles doesn’t mean it’s NOT fashion. In fact, it’s often individuals such as this one– doing the contrary of what is normally aesthetically accepted– that is the fashion revolutionary. They’re the ones who start the fads. Why? Because unlike spineless, fearful trend consumers, they have the balls to try something completely different and be ridiculed for it.

The comments on his “horrible” look and gender identity are offensive to many viewers of this site, including myself. Regardless of viewpoint, please be conscious of how your posts appear to other people in the blog community, particularly LGBTQ people and (more specifically) transgender folk. For me, it was an unpleasant and confusing experience to read other bloggers’ transphobic/homophobic comments.

Really free look, but miles away of what I think style is.

Finally! As someone said in the comments above. A big departure for you, and a good one…i would like to second that!
Great photo. Great style.

Scott, thank you for your hard work. I have been following but haven’t felt compelled to leave a comment until this shot. This one is beyond fashion, beyond media…So strong and yet soooo gentle. So true.
You hit a higher key.

Drag casual…