https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 21:59:37 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist/page/2#post-293152 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:23:23 +0000 Lisa 293152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not a fan either. I'm not even a fan of most of the photos (ignoring the outfits) just not into this style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist/page/2#post-293079 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 05:16:12 +0000 Mac 293079@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been to most of the cities where he takes his photos, and I find his blog alienating, too. Very pretty to look at, but alienating. That being said, I love all of Marley's interpretations of Sart looks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist/page/2#post-289594 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:13:35 +0000 Maya 289594@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess we'll just agree to disagree, Angie. I find his blog alienating. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist/page/2#post-289588 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:00:04 +0000 Niki Lea 289588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What insprires me about the Sartorialist is the "style story" each photo tells and not necessarily the outfits he chooses to feature. I try to view each photo like I would read poetry - it's more about the feeling I get from the photo than it is about the subject or fashion. Because there is definitely not much I could personally pull off on that site. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist/page/2#post-289573 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:42:28 +0000 Angie 289573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just thought of something else. The Sartorialist has chosen to photograph beautiful fashionable people in fashionable cities - that's his niche and he has an audience who wants to see what he snaps.The photos might not be representative of the street style in that city, yet they are very representative of the few streets where he takes photos (like at Rue du Fauberg St Honore in Paris). That still makes it a great blog I think </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist/page/2#post-289563 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:23:22 +0000 Angie 289563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah. I hear you. I guess thats to my point, isn't it </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist/page/2#post-289562 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:21:05 +0000 Maya 289562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like seeing photography from runway shows because I know that it isn't representational. It's theater, and I'm 100% ok with that. I still enjoy it, and I don't feel that it puts on any pretenses.</p> <p>Street style blogs are the opposite. They are supposed to be democratic and aspirational. But in reality most of them just show supermodels or could-be supermodels on their off days. The IDEA of street style blogs is awesome, but it never seems to come together. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist/page/2#post-289554 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:05:01 +0000 Angie 289554@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Why aren't you a fan of street style blogs, Maya? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist/page/2#post-289537 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:40:43 +0000 Maya 289537@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"I've been to most of the cities he frequents."</p> <p>That's one difference, I suppose.</p> <p>I acknowledged he's a great photographer. But there is no denying that the main purpose of the blog is a showcase of street style, so to say the style of the subjects doesn't is to dismiss the main purpose of the blog, which in my view makes it a bit of a failure. As a photography blog, it's a success. As a fashion blog...not so much. Since YLF is a fashion site and not a photography site, it can be assumed I'm talking about fashion. </p> <p>That said, I'm not a big fan of street style blogs in general, so I am definitely biased. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist/page/2#post-289535 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:37:06 +0000 yublocka 289535@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I subscribe to his blog in RSS. I view it more as photophography/eye candy than either true street style or style inspiration. I've never been motivated to try and reproduce the looks he captures. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist/page/2#post-289496 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:36:50 +0000 Angie 289496@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, I agree with what you said about the Sartorialist in the opening part of your thread - but with one big difference... I do like the Sartorialist! </p> <p>I never read the comments though. I browse at his site once a week and take in the phenomenal photography. I've been to most of the cities he frequents, and I also know that most of the people in those cities do not dress in the manner which he captures in his photos. I kind of get a kick out of that. Is that weird? </p> <p>I'm not inspired by his photos for my own style, but I am *very* inspired when I walk around in those cities taking in all the street fashion. </p> <p>I think it's a fun site and he does a great job. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist/page/2#post-289423 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:27:56 +0000 Mo 289423@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My confession: I had / have no idea who he is and only looked at the blog through a link here once. Never went back. Actually had to look up the definition of the word a few weeks back to understand it in context and not as a label of a blog. Don't remember what the word means today ha ha - something fashion I think. If you enjoy it I think that's great. I don't honestly don't go anywhere but here fashion wise. I'm interested in the world of my peers and the one right in front of me that I live in. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist/page/2#post-289408 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 23:51:13 +0000 Maya 289408@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting. I just read an interview with him mentioning Steve McCurry as a big influence on him. I'm not surprised. But still prefer McCurry by miles. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289397 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 23:16:22 +0000 annagybe 289397@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Actually I think Garance Dore (his significant other) is worse for only photographing the young and beautiful women. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289375 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:34:05 +0000 Anchi 289375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to read the Sartorialist a lot, but nowadays I just glance at the site every once in a while. The photography is beautiful, no doubt, but I just don't see why they call it a "street style" blog.</p> <p>Am I the only one who gets tired of looking at fashion models and women who look like them on that blog? The only diversity in terms of looks, ages, body types, etc. that I see are when he photographs men, *not* women! That really irritates me. He photographs men of different ages, body types, economic classes, etc. But NOT women! The women all seem to be stick thin and dressed in either couture or really out-there styles that work only on stick-thin figures. </p> <p>Somehow I find it all incredibly sexist.</p> <p>For *truly* diverse, interesting photos of all different kinds of New Yorkers, I love the New York magazine Lookbook. Unfortunately they don't update as often as I wish they would. I get soooo inspired by the Lookbook! It's amazing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289361 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:06:36 +0000 Maya 289361@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I actually feel a sense of relief for his ex-wife. He seems as insufferable as his commentariat.</p> <p>I always felt he did too many obscure industry insiders and not enough real people. Now they're just less obscure.</p> <p>I'm sure the reason the woman are all thin and beautiful and young is because that's the kind of woman he likes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289359 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:06:17 +0000 CocoLion 289359@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There are no outfits I have been inspired to literally re-create 100% because they wouldn't be me or work w/ my lifestyle. But I think the Sartorialist has plenty of inspiration. I saved a few photos because there were ELEMENTS that inspired me. A color combination, a way of layering, the combination of shapes.</p> <p>One of my favorite photos is of a construction worker. And the male photos inspire me just as much if not more than the female ones.</p> <p>I like that he photographs people of all ages, especially men. Haven't found too many older women with the exception of Carine Roitfeld.</p> <p>I never read the comments. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289356 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:04:05 +0000 puffenstuff 289356@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nope nothing there for me either. I thought the Sart challenge is a great idea in theory but I think alot of the looks on there arent realistic for some of us to replicate. We should have a copycat challenge but based on your favourite blogger/celebrity/random inspiration photo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289350 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:53:38 +0000 Kristen 289350@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Funny, I had no idea anyone even *would* comment on a Sartorialist photo. I mean, what's to say? </p> <p>I am with MaryK; I don't keep the blog in my Google Reader for fashion tips or specific inspiration. I like it because the photos are gorgeous and evoke an urban, exciting, clever life happening somewhere. To me, it's the equivalent of seeing a pretty postcard in the middle of my regular daily mail; I know it's not reality, but it's lovely and inspiring in a general sense, and it always makes me yearn for a European vacation where I can walk on cobblestone streets in gorgeous Italian clothes and drink wine. Not that I really *want* to do that, but the idea makes me warm inside. Wish you were here, and all of that! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289349 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:52:14 +0000 Jonesy 289349@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I saw this subject line, I thought you meant you don't like the man, Scott Schuman (sp?) who snaps the pics for the site...I was going to share my slightly snarky take on him (how he left his wife to be with the photographer Garance Dore and has become this sort of caricature of a fashion photographer, IMHO) and how this has somewhat colored my opinion of him and his work...</p> <p>But, re. the pics on the site: I used to like them more than I do now. I still look, but not as avidly. Once you start seeing the basic archetypes over and over, it somehow loses its charm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289341 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:34:24 +0000 Marley 289341@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have never read the comments on the Sartorialist - I'm like Una - I just don't read comments. But, I love the artistry of the photography - and I do like some of the outfits - and the faces of the people. I like the Sartorialist mainly because the people pictured are so very different from me. I don't expect to go there to necessarily get fashion ideas - but I do go there to get inspiration to try new and creative combinations of my own clothes and in my own style. So . . . I must admit, I love the Sartorialist! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289334 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:29:04 +0000 Sally 289334@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I actually prefer the men in the photos...they look a bit more real. Why are all the women thin and beautiful and young?? I wish there were more real people....maybe we should start one of our own...stylish people we see in the streets. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289323 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:13:37 +0000 catgirl 289323@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never read comments anywhere, unless there is an actual written article of substance that interests me. Like everyplace else, I take what I can use, and let the rest go. Sort of like thrifting! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289320 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:09:01 +0000 judy 289320@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like to visit his site because I'm curious to see what captures his eye. It's not just about fashion or perfect photography, it's more about seeing the world through his filter. If it resonates with you, fine, but also fine if not...there's so much out there these days to be inspired (or not) by! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289316 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:01:05 +0000 MsMary 289316@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I never read the comments! That way lies madness... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289307 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:51:21 +0000 annagybe 289307@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to like it more when he photographed more regular people. Now it seems to be mostly fashion people. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289306 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:50:48 +0000 MNsara 289306@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MaryK voiced my take on the Sartorialist, too. (How did I miss her pointing out that flowchart before - pretty good Thanks, April.</p> <p>Also, a number of Sartorialist pics evoke memories of traveling and that's a plus for me. . . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289302 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:45:41 +0000 Mamapicklejuice 289302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya - will you be my BFF? I just wrote and deleted a comment about how the only thing more pretentious than the Sart were the commentators! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289301 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:45:36 +0000 Kari 289301@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aw. My mom has that book too, Maya. I love thumbing through it and looking at the incredible, striking personalities. My mom and sister (both artists) often turn to it for sketching inspiration. I'd love to be capable of portrait photography like that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confession-i-dont-like-the-sartorialist#post-289300 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:45:13 +0000 Debora 289300@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you are a guy all you need to do is walk around Manhattan with flood pants, and you'll get your picture snapped in no time flat! </p>