On The Street......26th St. Flea Market, Chelsea

On The Street......Brown/Metalic, Uptown

The other day I did a post about Brow/Black color combo.

Yesterday I saw this young lady and I thought her Brown/Metallic color story was really great.

Also I usually think of a plaid coat as country-ish and more cozy but she gives it a bit of city edge working it back to the silver metallic.

The Shot I Got...And The One I Didn't

The flea market is such a great place to find a wide variety of styles.

These two gentleman walked by right before the "American Classic" guy.

I think their look is such a nice contrast to his so I'm happy with the shot I got.....but the shot I missed was a photo of the young lady that they were with - Helena Christensen!

She very politely declined my photo request, which is too bad because she still looks stunning.

On The Street......American Classic, Chelsea

This young man's look is probably the closest to what i would call true "American Style" of all the shots I have posted so far.

Menswear Article

A while back I posted some photos from a shoot that was to accompany an article in Menswear magazine written by Sandra Nygaard. Last Friday I finally got around to buying a scanner so I won't bore you with the whole article but here is a particularly funny section (ps Sandra I'm not saying what you wrote was boring just the subject - me)



There weren’t many teenagers in Indiana who wore suits to high school in the early 80’s but then again there weren’t many guys as obsessed with men’s wear as Scott Schuman.
The sartorially savvy teenager was so dedicated to fashion that he would regularly visit L.S. Ayres ,the local high-end department store, where he'd pour over the Italian labels with the sort of reverence most guys his age reserved for baseball or the latest album from The Police. Sometimes the kindly salesmen would even bestow him with leftover copies of men's magazines.

One day the fashion gods shone down upon Schuman and by mistake a salesman added a L'Uomo Vogue issue signed by Giorgio Armani to the giveaway pile. When Schuman later returned to the scene of the slip-up, the salesman asked him if he still had that magazine. The teen calmly shrugged and claimed he'd thrown it away.

"It was like finding a piece of gold - there was no way I was going to give that back!" Schuman recalls without a hint of regret. "There was no way that guy was going to appreciate that signature more than me."

On The Street......Layered, Soho

On The Street.......At The Flea Market, Chelsea

Fashion Week Shopping Has Begun

I did that APC jeans post yesterday because I have started shopping for January fashion week/months and it reminded me that I should do a follow-up on those jeans.

That was great and really funny.

One thing I learned ,the hard way, last time was that I needed a shoe between a true dress shoe (like the Lidforts I bought) and my Jack Purcells.

I'm standing and shooting most of the day but I'm not a big fan of rubber-soled dress shoes. I think (hope) that these Tods will be the answer. They look great and should be more sturdy that the gum-soled boots I have had in the past.

APC Jeans UPDATE

Several people have inquired about how my APC jeans (that I purchase before Sept fashion week/month) worked out for me.

All of you were right - the waist did stretch out comfortably BUT they are still tight in my calfs.

I am considering Jeanie-o-plasty (Angioplasty - is a medical procedure in which a balloon is used to open arteries around the heart)

I think I will get a weather balloon, insert it into the slim legs of my jeans and begin pumping it up with a bicycle pump until they have stretched to the desirable circumference !
(It is still undetermined if I will be wearing the jeans during this procedure)

I have also considered letting two gerbils live in the legs of my pants and feeding them nonstop until they grow to just past the size of my calfs ( again, it is undetermined if I will be wearing the jeans during this procedure!)

if you have any suggestions please feel free to leave them for me in the comments sections

Don't forget, you got me into these jeans and now I can't get out!

help!

On The Street.......West Village, Manhattan