Merry Christmas! I hope that all of you good readers are still enjoying the Christmas season. As for me, I have and am. For today's post, we are joined by my sister Elizabeth,
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| My sis Liz, in case you didn't know... |
for some
Sartorialist style pics. I love seeing street style photos, and Liz captured some great shots in her European travels.
Enjoy!
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| Rome, Italy |
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| Vienna, Austria |
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| Salzburg, Austria |
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| Krakow, Poland |
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| Krakow, Poland |
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| Rome, Italy |
My favorite thing about each of these looks is that the men seem as though they dressed with intention, without looking contrived or less than masculine. What do you think?
I think Italian men have more of a masculine sense of style then the Austrians. In Italy they call it sprezzatura. It's a like an intentional casualness in their dress. They know they could look better, but they restrain. Look at the gentleman in the third picture with the grey suit and the sneakers. The juxtaposition is prime example of this. Good blog Mary! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting, Vinson! I've noticed sprezzatura, but I could never put a name to it; thank you for that, too! How would you classify your style? How has it changed since living in Europe exclusively?
ReplyDeleteMary, thanks for the comment to my comment :-) I would say that my style can be defined as modern classic. I love men's style in which you can't pinpoint the eact time period. In addition I would throw in the word Americana. I think that living in Europe has actually given me a greater appreciation of classic American style (i.e. repp ties, Levis, navy blazers), but with the European fit (tailored and cut to fit close to the body). Can I use the term, modern-classic-Americana?
ReplyDeleteI think since living here I have also come to respect dressing for the occasion and venue. This is obviously assuming you don't wear flip flops and t-shirts everwhere (unacceptable in Rome). I have noticed that Europeans (esp. Italians) tend to do better is wear appropriate attire for the right place and time. For example, if you are in the country you wear tweeds and flannels and heavily brouged footwear. If you are in the city, you stick to dark, simpler and slimmer fitting pieces. I like this mentality and it brings you back to a time where gentlemen dressed like gentlemen and life in the ascetic sense was (in my opinion) a bit more refined and beautiful. :-)
Love the pictures, post and the comments : )
ReplyDeleteThanks, Seza!
DeleteI think Italian men would die (at least young ones) if they didn't dress with intention.
ReplyDeleteI can't say I am complaining.
I really like the sweaters in the picture with the ... sweaters (I'm sure you know which one ... ) People who dress like that make me feel more comfortable; it makes me feel like I stand out less :)
So J. Crew, and so classy! I love these! I've never been to Europe, but I can agree with the general sentiment that non-American men seem to dress more purposefully, yet in a less vain way.
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