website of the week: the sartorialist

To take a quick break from christmas-related posts, I thought I'd share about one of my favorite blogs, the Sartorialist. It is a blog by Scott Schuman, fashion photographer, who takes photos of fashion on the streets of big cities around the world. The photos are interesting, eye-opening, inspirational, and timely. Sometimes there is a story. For me, this blog is mostly about abstract inspiration and attitude. Like Schuman says, its not about trying to imitate what you see, its about thinking of contrast and color and shape and texture, and maybe being inspired in a total different direction.

Being inspired influences the way you feel about yourself, as well as your self-expression.







This is what Schuman says about what he is trying to do:

"I thought I could shoot people on the street the way designers looked at people, and get and give inspiration to lots of people in the process. My only strategy when I began The Sartorialist was to try and shoot style in a way that I knew most designers hunted for inspiration. Rarely do they look at the whole outfit as a yes or no but they try and look for the abstract concepts of color, proportion, pattern mixing or mixed genres. I’m always really happy when I meet a designer and hear that they use some of my photos for their inspiration boards. At the same time I’m also really touched when I get emails from everyday people who say they have been inspired to see themselves and others in a new and usually more accepting way. "






If you scroll back far enough you can see posts that where he shares old vintage photos that readers have sent in of their fashionable grandparents and great-grandparents. LOVE.



Pictures from the Sartorialist.