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post a commentfinally.... Fall!
really amazing
Mhhh black is the new black this year, it seems.
I like the motion in this picture--she looks like a stealth hippie ninja on a mission to get her morning paper.
i love the atmosphere you have captured as well as the movement...and her lovely hair in the wind!!! congrats on all your success!
BIRKENSTOCKS SS10
i knew it.
BIRKENSTOCK????
That looks very comfortable! :)
simply chic!!!
When in motion, wear black... :) Gorgeous photo!
She flies through the air, with the greatest of ease...
Baggy style (: Her hair in the wind look really cool.
Peace and love!
love black colour ^^
I never, ever take my Birkenstock clogs off, that's why I have many pairs in many colors, so this makes me happy!.
To think that one day the Sartorialist might see me in the streets and would not get put off by my shoes!.
Wonderful shot!
Reminded me of Henri Cartier-Bresson's photo behind the Gare Saint-Lazare train station. I've often wondered if you use continuous shooting to capture such great motion in your subjects... ?
Graham
suckmysavvy.com
Lovely motion.
I can't yet shed my Birkenstocks (Gizeh in a variety of colors) although it feels cold already here in Paris...
Oliver Peoples Riley glasses you're wearing in the signing photos, Scott?
birkenstock! the trousers are beautiful and very original.
you're work is really god!
kiss kiss
I wish she would not have worn Birkenstocks. She looks good from the ankles up, and then that horrid footwear.
I love black, but during the day, under sunlight it seems heavy, doesn't it?
I love her "Spock-like" eyebrows!
beautiful image !!
beautiful shot and THANK YOU THANK YOU for the variety--this woman doesn't follow trend but has a ton of style and good sense judging from her cool birkies.
thank you AGAIN!
Wow, the hair
Very nice! Comfortable, chic and sensible footwear. How refreshing!
Such a perfect outfit for today's weather. NY fall is the best. I love her blond hair in contrast with the all black ensemble!
Interesting contrast of being bundled up in a warm jacket and wearing sandals.
Baggy and Birkenstocked! What an excellent turn of events!
Oh I love this photo! Very elegant and classic!
glorious. where's she going? per se perhaps.
The outfit does nothing for the female form lovingly bestowed upon her by the heavens.
It is as though she were protecting herself from her environment further highlighted by the left arm sheltering the torso.
Her expression befits her clothes.
Non mi piace.
Pietro
This is a neat photo. Its what fashion photographers are always trying to capture in studio shots where the models are jumping around and there are fans blowing, but this is real. i like how the straps of the shoes add to the motion. My least favorite shoes in the world, by the way.
Love this site. Great inspiration!
I joked on Birks about one hour ago. Context: Sitting in the locker-room with a friend after having played icehockey for the first time this season, complaining about our feet hurting. He said: good to be back in the Birkenstocks. I answered: Birks are the problem - They ruin our mental strength. (german cliche on german shoes)
Since I also wear Birkenstock occasionally I am appeased to see this strong woman just after coming home.
aaaahhhh.
refreshing.
I love the look-head to toe !
birkenstock.... please no...
otherwise - nice!
love it!!
the pants so such a cool motion!!
very good photo and amazing pants!!
-fashion + animation
-Best of NY fw ss10
on
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With hair like that she can get away with Birkenstocks.
also reminiscent of boccioni's unique form of continuity in space
Birkies!!! It gives a very 'naturalistic' vibe to her flowy outfit, love it! :)
xx
like abbey road...birks, high fashion and big hair...captured that beautifully
Let's be honest Birkenstocks have never been chic.
Thank G-d this woman is wearing shoes that are not crippling her feet. I am so tired of the gorgeous, yet ridiculous, things women in NYC wear on their feet.
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LOVIN YOUR PHOTO. SMOKIN....
XX
CHICMUSE
it was so great meeting you, and having you photograph me (i was with pete from style sightings in front of MILK)--of course im a huge fan!congratulations on the book!
x
Krystal
lovely hair
xx
the crumpet girls
amazing photo
I used to think the black birkenstocks were particularly ugly (not that I don't own them in different colors) but the other day I saw someone wearing them in real life and I thought they looked really pretty. Somehow it works, especially here with that nice hair!
Is this tonne goodman?
Was at first surprised to see the Birkenstocks. But pulling back and looking at the entire low-key outfit, it quite nicely fits. :)
nice good ( www.beritanyata.blogspot.com )
You captured a lady on a mission...I love it!!!
OMG! I never thought I'd see Birkies on The Sartorialist!! I am SO happy, 'coz I am in them 24/7... Woo-hoo!
Wonderful motion shot.
Effortless, classic; literally a woman on-the-go. Her mane makes her look like a lioness.
Love the blustery movement of this one. Looks like fall!
what a beautiful picture.
i really don't know (i'm a guy,) but i think that look could be very affordable, right?
i was just browsing the antithesis of this site: www.peopleofwalmart.com
they get a lot of hate mail for "picking on the poor." but, having class and style is not limited to the rich. to me, this is the beauty of your work, Scott.
"i could be that beautiful" (well, maybe not me, but my wife.)
I love black outfits, but I am afraid I do not like at all her shoes!!!
I love how the cars are still and she is moving...very interesting movement here!
And her hair is great.
I agree that the jacket looks a bit heavy, but I know mornings can be chilly in fall...
I'll never rid of my affinity for Birkenstocks.
C'mon you know you'll be wearing 'em soon.
Dr. Marten's came back, why not Birkenstocks?
skiddish.blogspot.com
Birkenstock:
unfortunately hyped by bored fashon-victims (like ugg-boots...)
was nasty
is nasty
will be nasty for all time
only reasonable for nurses and doctors
It reminds me Tood Lynn... Did you see the show? He's great!!! Look here the last show he made in Milan with Alexis Mabille... GREAT!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBK0Xv8hrk0&feature=channel_page
The shoes are very... crazy... and the atmosphere is so cold!
It looks like she's going to buy cigarrets.
I'm not a Birkie fan at all and someone commented that they look pretty. To me that is no "pretty" shoe. It is a great photo however. You can still have comfortable footwear that isn't so damn ugly.
Great picture - love the movement
Polly x
This is refreshing. Does EVERYONE have to wear 6" stilletos outside the confines of their homes????
The only shoes uglier than these are crocs. But this picture is really about her beautiful hair, and the all black outfit in contrast with the color of her hair, and the sense of volume, empty space, enclosed by the hair and the bagginess of the clothes. And about the coming of fall! Hooray!
But seriously, I agree with the post that she looks like she is running down to the corner to buy some smokes. Or cold medecine. It's a strange thing about cities: you have the chance to be vulnerable in front of a lot of people. And I think that is why this image is appealing.
love it.
exchange link?
Kisses
Kind of the beatles pic, at the Abbey Road!
Very Nice!
fantastic. birkenstocks actually work. love the shot!
She looks so regal... like the wind is carrying her away in her all-in-black glory!
i really like the motion of motion in the picture; not convinced however about those birkenstocks!
that's monicka hanssenTeele, producer of all the calvin klein shows
explains a lot
I absolutely ADORE the Birks in this shot. As everyone else has said, I love the sense of motion, the color aesthetics of the whole shot, the motionless cars, her gorgeous hair in flight, the black outfit, the sense of fall captured by the jacket--and the practical shoes!
I know Birkenstocks trigger either a love 'em or hate 'em response--no one is ever neutral on Birkenstocks, which in itself speaks volumes about the power of their "look." For me, though, they say "Screw conventional beauty, I'm my own person."
great picture
I agree with Pietro completely, the clothes are too baggy and they detarct from her natural gifts of beauty. However, the true eyesore, terrible eyesore, is the footwear. There are many comfortable shoes around; a pair of Superga runners in blue would have been perfect with this outfit, but the Birkenstocks send an odd signal of deliberate: "i'm angry and trying my best to look ugly".
Non mi piace affatto; i Birkenstock fanno schifo
Who knew Birkenstocks could look so chic?
Great pants. Great shot.
In my "mind", if it's cold enuf to wear a coat, then it's time to put your sandals away..........Love the blog!
I love that she's making Birkenstocks look so fashionable. They should hire her for an advertising campaign to lose the hippy stigma!
It's just a cork bottom and two straps...how can that be considered the epitome of ugly to so many people?
Crocs, Uggs - YES! But BIRKS? They are just harmless sandals, chill out everyone. I don't find anything offensive about their look, only perhaps about their outdated hippie conotations.
Black is the color of elegance. I once read that in GQ. I believe it. Her look is so refined. Black is Beautiful.
i love the bagginess of the clothes. looks so yoji yamamoto. the birkenstocks don't make or break it. i thikn she looks so casual and cool. im sick of the typical fashion week outfits..
I feel this picture epitomizes NYC, the girl in motion, hurrying somewhere, all in black, and the yellow cab... I love the outfit and I think the shoes raise it to another level, it would not be the same, if she were wearing some other footwear. It's so nice to see someone not in the uniform of the day, shoes with heel lengths longer than their skirts!
the two Italian men commenting on here that this woman's clothing isn't revealing enough make me laugh. News flash, boys: fortunately, the vulgar and all-too-prevalent Italian bimbo look (overly-tanned muffin top, pushup bra under tight, artificial fiber top, and a huge, shiny metallic, studded handbag doubling as a reflective safety vest) just isn't much seen outside of Italy. This woman epitomizes grace, style and individuality. One doesn't have to "put all the goods in the shop window," as my great grandmother would have said, to show real beauty. And PS: women were not put on this earth to display themselves to you, despite what you may have "learned" from Italian television.
this is so refreshing!!!!!
Love this. Great movement and the Birkenstocks are very unexpected but SO right.
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I'm not much of a Birkenstock fan, but those shoes are infinitely more practical for NYC than the sky high stiletto heels I see in so many of the pics here.
GREAT!!!
Susan,Designer&Writer,Toronto
I agree with Alessandro completely and I disagree with Anon 3:44 AM completely. Finally, a bit of discussion.
With all due respect to you Anon, and the reason which triggered Scott to deem the subject worthy of immortality on his esteemed blog, I broadcast my sentiments not out of malice but genuinely from my aesthetic perspective as a man - an aesthete that has been embroiled in the industry for some time.
Leonardo Da Vinci once said that "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." The clothes that I see being dragged across the zebra crossing are neither simple nor sophisticated.
They may be appealing to you from the perspective of a woman but to me they do zero.
You say, "women were not put on this earth to display themselves to you [men]" In the grand scheme of things and the finely tuned cogs of mother nature, you will find that you are wrong.
Respectfully Yours,
Pietro
But Pietro, it's only your perception that this woman is not dressed attractively.
Once upon a time, a woman could dress with taste and discretion -- and in shoes in which she could walk, yet -- and men would still find her attractive, despite not being able to see her cleavage, her navel, eight inches of thigh and her thong underwear. Are you seriously arguing that, for instance, Audrey Hepburn or Grace Kelly were somehow sexless, simply because they weren't spilling out of their clothes and tottering down the street in six inch heels?
The obvious and the vulgar have only recently and regrettably become the norm; the words "lowest common denominator" spring to mind. Still, it's amazing how quickly someone like you has managed to develop the sense that you are entitled to see a T&A show on the street.
Living in Portland, Oregon. I can definitely say this is the most fashionable I have ever seen Birkenstocks look.
love it!
Anon 10:56, you're preaching to the choirboy. I find what you describe just as detestable. From a man's perspective, I find an overabundance of skin to be vulgar. Any of my comments throughout Scott's blog are a testament that I admire taste and discretion in a woman's choice of clothing rather than peeking thongs, winking navels, stilts and cleavages.
Give me an Audrey Hepburn or Grace Kelly whose feminine charms still inspire today over a Pamela Anderson or Paris Hilton type anytime.
Look, read my comments about Gloria above (posted by Scott at 10:11 AM) or the two ladies under Tonal Trenching (posted by Scott at 5:00 PM) and you will understand that our sentiments run somewhat in harmony.
Yet I stand firm, although the lady is obviously attractive, I find this lady's outfit somewhat reminiscent of a burka, too isolating from her environment, too protective of imaginary fiends, whether they be the climate or ogling male eyes. As a man, I would not approach the lady for fear of having a ninja star lodged in my forehead.
Pietro
Of course I'm female and thus biased, but IMO comfortable and confident can't help but come out looking sexy ...
Scott,
I saw the Avedon show at SFMOMA last week, and in my mind have been comparing and contrasting your work and his.
I love your work, but often it's static, and one of the things Avedon did was put motion into fashion photography.
I was just this evening telling someone about your work, and noting it's largely static nature, and now this!!!
Well done.
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I don't see this particular picture as being about the clothes. In fact, the details that much of the work on this site concentrates on - fit, for instance - are lost here. This image is about the purity of the image itself. If you caught a glimpse of this woman out of the corner of your eye, this image, would it not burn into your retina, and it's after-image shimmer in your cortex, for a noticeable period? I would consider myself LUCKY for the rest of the day.
Who gives a shit what shoes she has on?
Agree. This picture is simply beautiful. Who cares about the clothes? The way you've captured movement is breathe-taking.
The pictures is beuatiful, no doubt. But given the title of this blog and the majority of posts, it's hardly out of place to comment on the clothes. It is most certainly not out of place to comment on Birkenstocks, an item of clothing that in my view is always out of place. If anything this picture serves as yet another example of how Birkenticks (and shoes) can affect the way somebody looks. These shoes have the power to infuse ugliness; even Heidi Klum looks ugly with them. Birkentocks are the proverbial 'ugly stick'.
I,too, am shocked to see Birkenstocks on the Sartorialist. But she looks great in them. Maybe with enough exposure I won't be self-conscious when I wear my comfy shoes.
See this sart posting with chic Brikenstocks:
http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/9149Vespa0131Web.jpg
There's hope for me.
lottiebird.blogspot.com
Great fluidity. Great citywear. Black is sooooo the colour for blond hair. A traffic stopper.