The Sartorialist
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Type of site | Fashion blog, photoblog |
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Available in | English |
Created by | Scott Schuman |
URL | http://www.thesartorialist.com |
The Sartorialist is a fashion blog by Scott Schuman in New York.[1] After leaving a fashion sales position to take care of his daughter in 2005, he began carrying a digital camera around on the streets of New York City, taking pictures of people who had dressed in a way that caught his eye, and then posting them to his blog, sometimes with comments about what he'd found.[1] He pioneered fashion photography in blog form.[2]
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Schuman began The Sartorialist with the idea of creating a two-way dialogue about the world of fashion and its relationship to daily life.[3]
He describes his philosophy as trying to echo how fashion designers looked at what they saw on the street:
I thought I could shoot people on the street the way designers looked at people, and get and give inspiration to lots of people in the process. My only strategy when I began The Sartorialist was to try and shoot style in a way that I knew most designers hunted for inspiration.[3]
Schuman collaborated with numerous advertising campaigns: for The Gap and Verizon, with Kiehl’s on an exclusively commissioned product and campaign surrounding Father’s Day, Nespresso, DKNY Jeans, Gant, OVS, Crate & Barrel. Burberry, meanwhile, tapped Schuman to shoot the groundbreaking social media-cum-advertising “Art of the Trench” project.[3]
Schuman began getting other work from serious fashion publications. Condé Nast tapped him to do something similar during Fashion Week in Paris for its style.com website.[1] He also regularly works events for Saks Fifth Avenue, and says French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld has also talked to him about doing something for her magazine.[1]
In 2009, an anthology of Schuman's favourite shots from around the world was published as a book entitled The Sartorialist.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Fleming, Kirsten; April 1, 2007; "Shoots to Twill"; The New York Post; retrieved April 2, 2007.[dead link]
- ^ Davis, Johnny (March 14, 2009). "Sartorialist blogger Scott Schuman spots street style". London: TimesOnline. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
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- ^ Scott, Schuman (2009). The Sartorialist. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-311637-1.