Scott Schuman just wanted to take photographs of people that he met on the
streets of New York who he felt looked great. His now-famous and much-loved
blog, thesartorialist.com, is his showcase for the wonderful and varied
sartorial tastes of real people across the globe. This book is a beautiful
anthology of Scottas favorite images, accompanied by his insightful commentary.
It includes photographs of well-known fashion figures alongside people
encountered on the street whose personal style and taste demand a closer look.
From the streets of New York to the parks of Florence, from Stockholm to Paris,
from London to Moscow and Milan, these are the men and women who have inspired
Scott and the many diverse and fashionable readers of his blog. After fifteen
years in the fashion business, Scott Schuman felt a growing disconnect between
what he saw on the runways and in magazines, and what real people were wearing.
The Sartorialist was his attempt to redress the balance. Since its beginning,
the blog has become hugely admired and influential in the fashion industry and
beyond. Thesartorialist.com is consistently named one of the top blogs in the
world. A self-taught photographer, Schuman shoots for publications including
French Vogue, American GQ, Fantastic Man and Elle, and a growing list
of advertising clients. Scott has also shown his work at the New York photo
gallery The Danziger Projects and appeared in the GAP Style Icon campaign in
the fall of 2008. He has been named the number one fashion photography trend by
American Photo magazine, as well as one of Time magazineas top 100 design
influencers.
