The Sartorialist

What’s with the fans all of a sudden? It’s like the Karl Lagerfeld Appreciation Society or something.

Then again, don’t we all appreciate Karl Lagerfeld?

when are you coming back to Stockholm to photo people over here :)

I’m just not sure I can abide. I want to want to go there… I’m disappointed with myself that I’m not taken with this. I am taken with the subject overall, though…

Hey, that’s Jean Grimbert of Arnys Paris!

I’m less interested in the outfit–though the ties is nice–than in the apparent fan trend. Which is both wonderful and deeply silly. Which perhaps amounts to the same thing.

I´m too puzzled about the fans.Ages ago women wore them,but not men. If the idea is to ´hide´yourself for some reason,this man should have chosen a huge fan.Why the fan-he looks just an ordinary,somewhat overweight guy?

What an interesting tie, it is very large and flowing.

Karl doesn’t hold a monopoly on fans. They’re great and Spain had them looong before. This gent looks terrific. K Q:-)

“Dandy”… what a great word.

The fan is the outfit.
The rest, for what I see, it’s OK.
Maybe a full body view (shoes, etc) would be nice too.
He looks like a jolly grand-papa!

My best,

Pumpkin Man

http://little-pumpkins.blogspot.com/

I am a huge fan of the fan and of the tie bar (or is it a built in tab closure, I can’t tell from the photo). Recently, I made a shirt like this for myself. Funny, though, I think of the tie bar as being a more old school British thing, than an old school italian one. Where is this man from? This is not Lagerfeld AT ALL (save the tall collar).

I really like the fan. I am thinking about toting one around now too, sometimes I have to be outside in stifling heat!
-h

when there is no air conditioning the fan is your best line of defense -can’t imagine how hot it would get in a suit like that!

Shouldn’t the fan be larger to be in better proportion to the holder?

And, ummm, no, we don’t all appreciate Karl Lagerfeld.

i LOVE the fans – an absurd, cult man-accessory is exactly what the fashion world needs. can’t wait until it goes mainstream, ie appearing on red carpets fluttered by JT, orlando bloom, etc.

It’s the fan.. :)

his tie seems rumpled by his weight

Is that a monocle hanging in his pocket?

Why not a fan? Why not purple in the tie? A sculpted beard?

Brilliant.

Please say he’s a banker, an art dealer or a financier.

– desertwind

That, is real style. He is an old guy with white beard and a bit over his goalweight, but still, I would stop to look at him, if he past me down the street. That is the apophthegm “Fashion fades, style is eternetal”, personalized.

erm. what is he looking for? :)

The amazing thing is that I can’t find him ridiculous…Unlike Lagerfeld who surely is!

This is addiction, pleasure, faithful routine, whatever.
Oh Italy
Cordelia

nice!! rawk.

Gentlemen’s fans are the height of practical elegance, in my view, and as Kate said we’ve had them forever in Spain. In precious wood and plain cloth, and small enough for a gentleman to carry in the top pocket of his summer jacket. They can still be bought in good fan stores like de Diego in Madrid. Large and decorated fans have always been a symbol of female authority; for men they are as uncouth as air conditioning, although at least they can be avoided.