The Sartorialist

Wow you're in Paris now? I arrive Monday, hopefully I'll get to see Mr. Sartorialist in action lol

lovely pic, as usual!

x

Isabel

Oh, she is flowing.
Absolutely flowing.
Full of movement, that one.

i looks like she has no legs!!

cool

been seeing those wine lips circulate the internet today, love them, and the color palette she has goin on for fall. the scarves on her bag and rings on her finger. love it

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White jeans are chic anytime of the year!
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I like the boots and top!

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AMEI as botas :)

Now THAT'S courageous and TOTALLY works, for me looking at her and for her too.

Fabulous! Exactly what I come to this blog to see!

White jeans for gray season!

YES!!!

If the pic came from NYC, I'd say cool, downtown rocker chick. Love the man's watch and the dusty harness boots. The jeans-cut leather jacket is sweet. Too many rings, though. Not to be age-ist, is this outfit age appropriate?

I think she wore the white pants and walked through the white gravel only to accentuate DEM BOOTS! where can i get some.

lovely.

now if only I had some white pants…

nah, it's probably better I don't.

she looks great, though.

And why, pray tell, wouldn't her outfit be "age appropriate"? What age are we talking about, really? I'm going to be 60 in a week, and I would wear everything she's wearing – except the jeans wouldn't be white for long, I do tend to drip gelato over myself. Are women over 30 supposed to wear a burqua? Sheesh!

She is the editor in chief of Velvet Magazine, Michaela Gattermayer, she is ever so strong in her style.

Love all her jewellery and her boots are amazing!!

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I loved it until I got to the lips and the hair… too severe for me, but LOVE the boots.

Correct me if I am wrong, but is this not Mrs. Rick Owens? BTW I am in love with her bag!

Anon 6:09 PM, mate, brilliant.

Those same boots have been around for centuries. I was 13, about 30 years ago in Italy and could not scrape the quaranta mila lire (about 40 dollars) necessary to obtain a pair via legal means. Every kid on my street had a pair thanks to their mummies and daddies but I gave up on the idea and moved on with my life.

Goddamn I nearly lost a lung laughing when they became fashionable in Sydney – 15 years later!

Pietro

stunning combination. i am loving those boots.

Great photo – the flying hair, scarves, intensity! I think white jeans are great but a slippery slope depending on your size and the cut of them. Hope I can find some one of these days that work like these!

I love this action shot. And I love her look, she owns it.

Who´s that bag by??? I LOVE it!
Muá!

striking ensemble.

This is the "variations" chick from the other post!!
She is just fly…..her flawless style makes anything she rocks appropriate. Steel and Velvet. I love it.

Gladman

are those hudson boots?

Don't start a comment with "not to be ageist" and then make a comment that's ageist. No one's commenting that the dandy man under this pic is too old for his colors. Please. No one is too old for anything, it's all in the attitude and the panache. Very insulting how all of the ageists (who aren't ageists, of course….) come out in full force when it's a woman in the photos. She is brilliant and beautiful.

This picture reminds me myself, I am from Europe, and there, we drive less, and sometimes we go all day long, from one place to another, lunch with a friend, school, movies with boyfriend, she is having a great time,

She looks cool as usual, however, wasn't this photo taken during the last fashion week about a month ago? About a month ago it was still summery pretty much everywhere in the northern hemisphere- more or less-so still arguably white jeans and old leather weather! Now I think we are all bundling up in tweeds- even if it's still cafe weather.

Love that lipstick shade as well. A nice tough look all together for someone her age. Interesting.

I love that she has accessorized her accessories to the hilt and that she has some sort of watch fobbish looking thing hanging from the controversial jeans. Her hair struck me the most. WOW. And I am scared of the idea of age appropriate hair.

I would much rather talk to this woman, with all her rings and interesting face, than most of the lovely young girls we usually see on this site.

I think she perfect in her choice of attire and is much more stylish and creative than most. I love her decision to wear what makes her feel good, rules be damned.

i would definitely wear this myself. its fresh and just sexy and comfortable.

Marni blouse……..pulling out the old stuff. Loves it!

This is by FAR one of my FAVORATE photos you have taken to date… AWESOME!

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Wow totally want to wear my white jeans but always stick to the no white after labor day rule, maybe I'll be daring and try this sometime.

Everything fits her so well but the hair: too long for a woman her age ( I'm 63 ). I particularly like the jacket, the boots and the rings.

This is urban cowboy with a twist. I love it-People's personal style always fascinates me. Beautiful woman though I think the make up is a little harsh or maybe that's deliberate as otherwise it would be quite a Summer look, S x.

Although I would not wear this outfit personally, what is the comment about age appropriate? That sounds like my mother who once told me:

No white anything after labor day. And hair above the shoulders after 40. And so on. BTW, she came of age in 1942! So those rules, ANY rules are not for today.

I am an "older" woman and I wear shorter skirts (I have lean and have fabulous legs), have had longer hair, white jeans, etc. Break rules.

I think the brown leather in this look are perfect with the white jeans. But I have never been a fan of that sort of tunic top look, or dress over pants. To me unless your 6 feet tall it cuts you off and makes your legs look short.

Too much going on with her rings, phone, watch, scarves.

I love her boots, they look like my old Frye's.

Susan

ya no one understands how gorgeous white jeans are so they should be worn ALL the time!

That yellow peaking out gives her extra swagger.

Graham
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Is it for Halloween ?!

Love the boots, couldn't pull off the white jeans myself!!

Sart,

White denim in winter rocks.
Love your blog its inspirational.

She looks great! So glad white jeans in fall is kosher despite what my mom says. I have the perfect brown boots too!

Well done ladies. Keep on making our world worth living.

In a society which wishes to have mature ladies either at home wrapped in flannelet and pink sweat pants rotting before talk shows or wasting their bank accounts on poker machines surrounded by senile old gits, I take my hat off to the ones that are still turning heads on the street and daring to stay young.

Lovely.

Pietro

Tired of "age appropriate" Know your style and enjoy your life!

I am 56 and wear size 0, have long brown hair. Prefer dresses/skirts-don't own dress slacks-plenty of lean jeans. I can dress "up" and dress "down" Attitude counts-know how to accessorize!

Less is more.

i love the shoes…not so sure how i feel about the rest of the look..there is only one person i know who can pull off white jeans.

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The idea of dressing in an "age-appropriate" way is nettlesome. I think the key is, you have to know what works for you, period, no matter what age you are. And often, what works for you at 50 is a version of what worked for you at 25 — only in nicer fabric, with a better fit, more coverage in areas where you need it. For evening, less glitter and more glow — that sort of thing. It's a matter of tweaking and refining, not just saying, "I just turned 40, time to cut my hair chin-length and wear Barbara Bush-style pearls." Ugh! Who needs it? So while some people may say this woman looks "wrong" for her age, I'd argue that she looks "right" for who she is (whoever she is!). And each of us has to decide that for her/himself.

Parece o Indiana Jones feminino numa aventura em Paris.

Yes! white with natural leather.

So tough to be a photographer. we are only as good as our next photograph.

So tantalising: of course it's worth the wonder for such a beautiful image, but the wonder is what is going on at the neck? There seems to be a flash of yellow – how to solve the problem of clahing collars?

one of my favourite style. Because we think about travel and freedom. Love the bag and the old boots. Powerful white trouser and roots is a trend.

white jeans rock! Love the pallete ;D!

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This is SO working for me! I Love everything about it not to mention it's a great photo. But I don't get all the age inappropriate comments – very disturbing. Who decides this and when ?! What is the cut off age? When/why must hair be short ? I don't see anything inappropriate here. Just someone who looks completely comfortable in their own skin and expresses their style really well. Apparently , if it were up to some of the readers here, Talbots should be the next stop for you Sister !

You don't see a lot of white jeans in fall. I really like how they brighten up the picture and how they work with the background.

Beautiful! She wears the white jeans well!

Love the rings! And I'm so glad she isn't sporting some ridiculously straightened ponytail sometimes natural is better and I haven't seen a real hair forever!

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I love my favorite pair of white jeans…I don't wear them in winter because of the old fashioned rule of my moma…so thanks to all of my Satorialist blogging friends I'm going for it this winter! My mind is racing with ideas of how to stlye them for the colder months. Thank you all for your unconditional attitudes…you make my world brighter!

Have the same boots!

only the boots!

Can we please kill that awful ageist (and covertly sexist) phrase 'age-appropriate'?

I don't like all the brown distressed leather (3 separate items!)or the droopy crotch jeans or the lipstick or the ponytail but this woman is so stylish and interesting and original, I like HER.

To MayKay who posted at 2.44pm, check out the Advanced Style blog it has some great posts of older women (and men). I'm not a fan of white jeans for myself but I like all of this, she's having fun and if she likes how she looks, that's the most important thing…

love the boots!

Regarding comments about breaking age rules: I believe some rules are good. With rules, even those who are not interested in clothing have some guidelines to look appropriate. If you know the rules and feel confident about breaking them with style, that's fine with me.

On paper, this doesn't seem to work: The Frye boots, the distressed leather bag, the multiple rings… BUT, she MAKES this work so seamlessly and elegantly. The heaviness and lightness balance out so perfectly. She's fantastic.

Your composition is killer! Love the energy and movement (even the tired mobile pose looks natural on her– so candid this time).

–PLO

Great mix, I love pants with the boots

The background is perfect. I would love to see her wearing butt-lifting jean, her hair down and with a softer lip color. Great picture.

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She is awesome. I love her. She's got her own thing going and frankly seems like an interesting gal.

I'm 40 and I am going to wear whatever I please but of course that going to be what I think looks good on me. … I'm going to cover certain things (no mini skirts please) and lots of ruffles seem silly. You don't want to see a 40 year old dressed up like a doll. But there are always exceptions! Betsy Johnson rules.

I do realize that dark blue jeans are a lot more boring than white ones but I really think they’d work much better here.

She obviously owns her look and is not trying too hard to be fashion-y. Whenever I see 'older' (older than what?) women with the nerve to have longer hair and I-don't-give-a-damn-what-you-think accessories and make up I get happy for the changes that we've made as a global fashion culture. Rules are made to be broken. Now the issue of whether one's choices are actually flattering…

She looks like Grace Coddington.
I'm around 50 and people constantly think I'm 10-15 years younger. My hair is long, but no longer as shiny and thick as before. When I go light on makeup, I look sick or faded away, but if I go even a little too heavy, it looks harsh. I think being more age-appropriate would make me look my calendar age, rather than my spiritual age. I wish I could turn back time, but I don't regret all those eventful years.
The young and beautiful can wear rags and look great. It is so much more challenging to look good as one gets older. I see here a woman of action, a woman with a life, with a sense of playfulness and confidence. Bravo!

I'm with Anonymous 3.22pm. We older women know how much more calculation now goes into looking well. Thank goodness, though, that we have been thinking for so long about what to wear that we have become very good at it! Example: this wonderful woman in your magnificent photograph!

Michela Gattermayer is Velvet Italia editor in chief and is a great woman as well as a great fashion insider. We all truly love her

I am 45, and what is appriopriate for her it may not be for me, but please don't forget that we are alive and different, just like the very young. We still would like to have fun with clothes. She looks to me like she is an independent spirit, and yest you can still be that when you 50!

Funny-looks like she has invisible legs! Real cool lady she is, though! Always admire how a woman can wear rings on so many fingers!

love white jeans…..just bought two pair of 501's last month in anticipation of my winter in northern california….with a simple unlinied 3 button long light black cashmere coat big boots & a thin sweater…..i plan to paint them silver when i'm thew with them……..

Anyone know where I can get such boots? In Australia …

She look eager, Vibrant and just so cool.
I say wear what you like at whatever age. I can't imagine being restricted by a number when the mind energy is saying something else. It's the way you wear it, your mindset, your lifestyle and your attitude that makes it. So a twin set, knee length pleated skirt and pearls can look great on an 18 year old if that's in her soul.
In any case this look of good jeans and worn quality leather is style eternal. And I think white with rich chocolate –2 basic natural colours–will nearly always work but still be a little different.
The splash of colour and bold jewellery here adds interest and zest. Her hair makes her look practical and a go-getter which from reports seems what she is.

Edgy…on the go and unfetttered…Yes!

Would love to see more than I have of her please!

Love & Light,

Tee

The rebirth of cool. She owns the street, the white jeans and the high ground. Super fab.

ahhhh…to be an older woman and not wear old woman clothes. and long hair!! she makes me smile!

As a woman of a certain age, I applaud her sense of style and vitality – she doesn't CARE what you think, and that is what sets her free.
I wanted to kill my roommate when she accidently threw out my 15yr. loved Frye low
engineers, it was like losing part of myself – if they could talk…My 26 yr red lizard handmade cowgrrrrls were in the same bag.
The Horror.

She could never be insipid.

a force of nature

Is she Michela Gattermyer of Velvet magazine?

Big thumbs up – thanks!

Her face … Her face is nearly in profile, but still, she reminds me of Anthony Hopkins.