intel presents: the sartorialist

thoughts that ran through my mind

1. kind of funny that intel sponsored this. especially that since i was just listening to a 'to the best of our knowledge' podcast on the way home from work on consumerism. a columnist from the new york times, Rob Walker, was on talking about his (somewhat obvious) observation that companies advertise in ways that have nothing at all to do with what they are actually selling. this is one example. by intel creating this short (7 minutes) film, I think that they are stylish and am reminded that they exist and write about them on my blog (that 4 people read...hah! stick it to the man!)

2. i wonder how scott actually earns enough money to fly to all the fashion weeks he attends. advertising and side projects certainly cannot foot the bill...or can they?

3. he is a very good-looking man

4. he's from the midwest!! omg!! maybe he's from st. louis!! (Jonathan Franzen is - new discovery). no....wikipedia shot down my dreams = Indiana.

5. waaaay cool to see him actually approach a person to ask them if he could take their photo. i always wondered how they (all street fashion photographers) did it. i've had to approach strangers before to ask them to do a favor (sign a petition, etc.) and it's HORRIBLE. but i guess he's actually paying them a compliment so they like it in some way. i'm sure he has amazing stories of people cussing him out and getting all paranoid. yes. scott is now on my "dream dinner party" list. along with all the hosts of Globe Trekker. they must have great stories too.

6. ahhh! they show the girl who was wearing the dansko shoes! i have that exact pair and i wear them to work and secretly think they're awesome looking but feel slightly 40 years old when i try to wear them outside of work. suck it, world! the sartorialist and a hip new yorker girl think they're awesome!

7. i kind of wanted to write down word-for-word what he said at the end about the world becoming more homogeneous with the internet but it would take forever and he was really just talking about blogs. he did make the point that the internet has not completely made the world homogeneous, as milan and paris and new york are all still themselves but the internet allows us all to access the super-fashionable people there. i don't know about that. i am in st. louis and dress the way i do because of a lot of reasons but i am extremely influenced by the sartorialist and his girlfriend garance. i am positive that i am not alone. doesn't that make the world more homogeneous? how can the internet not have that effect?

(*also, thanks to Allie for posting this on my fbook wall)