On the Street....Via Tortona, Milano
This is one of the few gentleman in Milan that I see consistently wearing vintage clothing. It's interesting that vintage is such a nonfactor here in Milan.
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
This is one of the few gentleman in Milan that I see consistently wearing vintage clothing. It's interesting that vintage is such a nonfactor here in Milan.
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post a commentoh my. his hand is doing what? :O
i like the clothes too tho, minus the cigarette
wow. Velcro trainers on the Sart?
Not a fan of this look, the shapes combine to make him look too stocky. Cool sunnies though.
I dont know. On one hand I want to say, yes, very cool. But on another tip I just wanna say: No way! Im 21, maybe its my young age, but if I was this man's age I would just wear straight colors every day. I guess checkered jackets and yellow shirts are not my thing. But then again, that's what's cool about style. You make it up as you go.
Very typical of italian male !!
I think he looks great. Fantastic use of colour and pattern. What's more if he wants to stop for lunch somewhere on a whim, say a picnic table for example, he has a ready made table cloth! Keep up the good work.
I like the jacket but would combine it with better fitting navy pants and t-shirt. Also a white dress shirt would look nice.
Keep to that jacket, sir, it´s really cool!
I love the fact that it looks totally thrown together, but it works so well. You'd think it wouldn't suit his age, but it just makes him look super cool!
he looks like the kind of dad who really embrasses his kids
It all fits very well together. He knows where to take a risk. The shoes could just look cheap on anyone else, but he makes them "fashion". The yellow shirt works very well. It is colour-perfection. Guy has humour (and the cohones to show it).
I dislike this look. Vintage, in my book, are timeless garments that were originally crafted with high quality- and not necessarily expensive. I usually buy OLD LLBean from when everything was manufactured in the USA. Personally, when an item I wear is clearly vintage, everything else I pair with it is either basics or just normal, newer stuff. A vintage piece is something you have to frame with other garments to make it pop. Jorge from W Palm Beach
Those sneakers bring me back to my childhood. The hand with the cigarette is ok, the other one, well, my grandmother wouldn't have approved. It is a very good picture, a bit scary maybe, very cheerful colours, but very serious face, he seems ready to fight. "I might be dressed like a clown but don't mess with me". I wonder if this is what he told you when you took the picture...
Love his individuality, but the velcro sneakers have to go!
Pino is the last dandy around Milan. lunga vita a pino.
The fact that this man is wearing velcro closing shoes negates everything else, no matter how stylish the other elements may be. I think when you start wearing shoes like that, it just says "I've given up." It's the footwear equivalent of supping on a can of Vienna sausages.
I like this look from head to . . . ankle. The Velcro shoes kill it for me.
The jacket is very 'Don Cherry'. I have mixed feelings on his age and wearing vintage, because then it just comes across as never updating your closet. However, those shoes are amazing... SIMPLE and AMAZING (if he was really going for vintage, he should've kris-crossed the straps for more of an effect).
I love a man of a certain age! But please, I miss NYC! I still need to bump in to you.
he looks like an unsettling character from a David Lynch film.
oh wow. my mom had this jacket in the 70s. the white stripe is kind of puckered. i had completely forgotten about it!
Love the jacket!
It is interesting to me that you're not seeing alot of vintage on the streets of Milan... what do you think is happening with all of the old clothes? Are they just being trashed? Bought up by other European buyers at estate sales?
velcro tennies!
To kaibutsuone:
Phooey! He balanced it perfectly. If he had dark shoes, for example it would have been too much contrast, but with that lovely neutral bottom half, it sings. (I question his gesture though. Should a gentleman hold a hand in the waistband?)
purfect colour combinations!!!!
Nice shirt, jacket, and pants. Cool and comfortable for a warm day.
I don't love the shoes. Canvas loafers would work much better.
And, as much as I'd love for Scott to take my photo, I wouldn't pose with my hand stuck in my pants.
see... and he's the few men (of your photos) from milan that i actually i find interesting...
like the look-- but what is up with that pose?
So many cigarettes in Italy! For me, at least, it's detrimental.
Very cool. Very tongue in cheek. The man is wearing white tennies and white pants, hah hah. The jacket is hilarious. What a sense of humor. Get your hands out of your pants though, man. You're not watching TV. And that cig is gonna give you emphysema. Love the glasses. Like a stern Italian Pipi the clown, this man is.
The shoes defenetly no! no!... The rest is very nice but casual shoes would have serve better that combo.
No one's gonna say it? I'm gonna say it. The hand in the pants completes the look! It's like a very more fashionable Al Bundy.
I think this look is appropriate for Italy but I don't know, even in the summer right now in Toronto he might not fit in... but that may have been his purpose, which is usually what fashion is about, to stand out of the crowd.
I just hate white sneakers. Especially white velcro sneakers. I don't think they are appropriate for anyone who says they are interested in fashion!
the colors play out great.
he has his hand down his pants. there is nothing gentlemanly about that, sorry.
AL-esandro BUNDY alive and beaming in Milan. Where's the Lluomo mag ? HA ! Day in the life, colorful comfort, easy in the heat. The yellow softens the punch. Those look like older Dolce shades, the Fly. I'd like to see a little more suppression at the waist of jacket, a bit of trim with the leaner pant. He's a character, thats what counts. Grazie.
Lovely positioninng--facing backward against the tide of time. But Scott, for God's sake, be careful about standing in the middle of traffic with Italian drivers tearing past!
i want the feminine version of this outfit. maybe the blazer more fitted with a yellow dress? it could be the perfect 4th of july outfit.
No, I do not care for this look.
I love his shades. He looks handsome.
spot on, except for the velcro shoes, they just kill it for me.
Like those shades and sneakers. I don't like the fit of the jacket and pants. Plus it doesn't look age appropriate. Can you say Miami Vice?
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. i dunno.
xCC
I'm getting old, but I guess 70s and 80s can now be considered 'vintage.'
The jacket makes a huge statement, but to me, the glasses and hair make the look. I don't want to call it "Doc" hair, but it is a bit back to the future.
The glasses are outstanding.
really?
I remember seeing that checkered pattern on a dress shirt from Topman. I really wanted to buy it but it was too big for me :C
love this look...
especially the super sport of the shoes mixed with the casual look...
great use of primary colors...
i think dark pants or shoes would definitely turn the impact of this look down drastically.
What's wrong with velcro shoes? I applaud him for wearing them.
"Should a gentleman hold a hand in the waistband?)"
or
"Plus it doesn't look age appropriate"
break up the tabus!
I do not agree with these sentences..
I guess the pose its very relax, and what the age has nothing to do.. it�s the spirit folks, the spirit!
Open your eyes and minds
oh god, no! Sart, tell me you're trying to be ironic here, please. he looks like a used car salesman, or worse, a Las Vegas tourist from the American midwest.
My, my, my. My Uncle Bill in Tucson had a jacket just like this. Oh, he was swell. Quite a dandy, and a charmer. He was an ironworker and built most of the skyscrapers in that city.
With the exception of the coat, he could pass as Paulie Walnuts, fuggedaboutit...
what a very oddly proportioned fellow... even right down to the hairstyle...
he has his hand in his pants!
I have a neighbour that is also seeing consistently wearing vintage clothing.
20 years ago we won the lottery and he bought a new car, a Bang&Olufsen HI-FI,... and a complete wardrobe - winter, summer, beach, cerimony, bla, bla.
Then we lost all his money gambling. We sold the car, the stereo and, till today, we weares the clothes. Luckly for him, we didn't get weight.
I'm happy to say that we doesn´t uses velcro and we uses the pockets.
The End
Cristina
you can wear white velcro shoes if you keep em nice clean.
Is he Giuseppe "the clown"?
Oh come on, people, all of these comments about him having his hand in his pants... what's wrong with you? Why so uptight? It's not like he's touching himself, he's just posing, don't be so prude!!!
I think he looks great. I can imagine him being a really strong character and a gentleman.
Good picture.
haahaha, i actually really like this look -- one of my favorites these past couple of weeks. the guy looks quite fun to hang out with. i don't understand why people dislike his shoes that much... it's so cool to have a sense of humor about what you wear
ps: yeah, he might be a bit too old for all-vintage. but i guess it all comes down to the kind of person he is after all
I want that jacket!
Jack Nicholson's Italian counterpart.
i love the look! and the guy looks great :)
E.
Honestly just a note (I don't smoke) if you've ever been to Italy there a bunch of people smoking its not about glorifying smoking its about taking pictures of people as they are which has always been the blog's stated aim so please get off your high horses
um...sorry, but he looks like gianni belushi...
is he a clown ?