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Monday, 12 April 2010

Found Photos X The Sartorialist Vintage Photos Contest

As you may all know by now, we started a Found Photos category last year, aiming to show timeless style and elegance throughout the years.
As you may also know, The Sartorialist, also started a Vintage Photos Contest last month. We were so pleased to hear about it that we immediately felt the urge to participate and sent him some of our best photos. Amongst the thousands of photos he received, he picked one of ours and featured it on the blog. (see it here)
We are obviously very proud of this and can’t help but to feel that we are somehow on the right track…
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p.s. This was the first pic we sent him. It was taken on a boat somewhere, and aside the cool trench look, we think the 2nd guy really looks like Mr. Scott Schuman… Check out the comments section below to see some of people’s thoughts on the photo.

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Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Picnic Group

Weren’t we all missing a good old picnic shot?! This one truly caught our eye as these guys really look great in their
suits and ties. A classic look for an otherwise relaxed attitude. The little flowers on the jacket’s lapels really wrap it up.

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Wednesday, 17 February 2010

Man with a hat

Today’s found photo dates back to the late 19th century. Aside from its age, the reason why it’s so scratched is that it’s printed on a
metal sheet, rather than the usual paper. It shows an elegant young man sitting for a studio photo and what we find most appealing
is the perfection of detail in his clothes. The fine cut of the jacket, displaying an equilibrate wideness of the lapels, is left open so we
can see the vest’s covered buttons. A bow tie over a white shirt, the bowler hat and an unusual flower corsage complete the look of
this probable city gentleman.

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Friday, 22 January 2010

Found Photos… Smoking guys II

Here’s another of our smoking friends. Same pose, high round collar, suit and double breasted vest.
Apart from this, those boots really remind us of Margiela…

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Thursday, 21 January 2010

Found Photos… Smoking guys

These studio pictures capture well a certain elegance characterized by detail.
Look at the small tie knots, the high collar shirts, the pins on the jacket lapel and even the pocket square.
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Monday, 11 January 2010

Found Photos… Strolling Couple

Hat, tie, double breasted jacket, short pants and two-tone brogues – the perfect outfit to have a walk in the park with your sweetheart.

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Thursday, 31 December 2009

Happy New Year!

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Tuesday, 22 December 2009

Happy Group

Classic suits, long overcoats and hats.

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Friday, 18 December 2009

Photo from 1957 debuts New Category

Today we are introducing a new category – Found Photos.
For quite a while now, we have been collecting photos and images of anonymous people, most of all from last century’s early
to mid periods. By looking at these pictures we realized that, there’s a simple elegance and style which are timeless and don’t
come so much from the season’s trends but more from something you create and keep building over time.
Personal style may come at a young age. The two young boys in this picture (c. 1957) show us that as they already seem to
possess a certain sense of how to dress up. The long overcoat with converse sneakers, the three button blazer, the ties,
the pressed pants and the short haircuts.
We’re certain they grown up to be very stylish men…

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