Street Style: A Couple of Shorts
It's colder than last time, and as I was walking along Queen St West and the surrounding area I noticed some shorts. But it seems most people are bracing for the Fall.
Name: Adam
Field: Student
Key Item: Mesh shirt
Favourite Store: Goodwill
Name: Xanax and Dirts McKay
Field: Poet // Plays in punk band (Deutsche Banks)
Key Item: Missing underwear // Dice
Favourite Store: Salvation army // She Said Boom on College & Bathurst
Name: Tony
Field: Retail
Key Item: Denim jacket
Favourite Store: Public Butter in Parkdale
Name: Alicia
Field: OCAD student
Key Item: Shorts
Favourite Store: Urban Outfitters
Name: Arisa
Field: TV host
Key Item: Aritzia dress
Favourite Store:
Name: Nicolas
Field: TV director
Key Item: Socks
Favourite Store: Simons in Montreal
Name: Laura
Field: Retail manager
Key Item: Leopard tights
Favourite Store: Hells Belles
Name: Nigel
Field: Graphic designer
Key Item: Groggy jacket
Favourite Store: Winners
Name: Christine
Field: Finance
Key Item: Vest
Favourite Store: APC
Name: Glenn and Laura
Field: Wouldn't say
Key Item: Red stilettos
Favourite Store: Wouldn't say
Name: Colleen
Field: Retail slave
Key Item: Hat
Favourite Store: Urban Outfitters
Name: Andrew
Field: Fashion
Key Item: Blazer
Favourite Store: Bluenotes on Orfus rd.
Comments (40)
Yikes!
Shorts with this weather is definitely a no for me. Takes some guts to wear them! But the mesh shirt? Sorry, doesn't cut it.
Glenn and Laura is a cute couple! Dressed very appropriately for their age group.
Short weather already? chuckles ... I've not seen but a handful of people around here all summer wearing shorts and we've been hitting 30+ weather and they still wear jeans or slacks, I do not get it. I'm wearing my dresses and I still was wearing to much clothing. Ya for cooler weather, but its still not time to put summer clothing away - not till the temp stay below 10 for several weeks on end at least.
Can't understand why people go out of their way to look like nerdy dorks.
And that's putting it rather mildly.
I'm fairly certain I saw the first one, Adam, on a fashion tv or magazine website before. They ran a blog on his style during his internship; he's got some good ideas style wise. Random to see him pop up again.
glad to see less retail oriented people. as for adam being anywhere near a fashion magazine i find that hard to believe. theres cool and chic and then theres straight up retarded. since when did dressing nicely = dressing like the opposite sex. come on people you cant actually think he is a beacon of fashionable attire...lol
Love Andrew's look, the sleeve-length on his jacket is very Sartorialist. And the couple with the red stilettos are adorable. Her saucy shoes make the photo, and she knows it! Fabulous.
The first guy looks like he woke up in his girlfriend's bed at her parents' house and they came home early from the weekend so he had to escape out the back door so he just grabbed the first clothes he got his hands on and happened to grabher shorts, mesh top and blazer.
Shorts weather aside, I doubt Adam is wearing a single item of mens clothing. I can't see the undies, but in this case I think Pandora's Box should stay closed....
On the other hand, I think Christine looks quite sharp.
so? girls wear mens clothing (or menswear inspired) all the time...why not the other way around?
Adam...I've never seen a man wear a pair of boxers with a belt before. Guess Goodwill had sold out of pants. And the shrunken blazer?? He looks like a complete douchebag.
Andrew...totally tasteful.
Christine...I've fallen in love...and she's in finance! Bonus!!! Very sweet.
This is the best Street Style yet.
I am the last person to ever recommend any man attend one of Dimitri The Lover's Toronto Real Men meetings, but, please refer the men pictured at the top to this link:
http://www.dimitrithelover.com/toronto_real_men_october_2009.html
BTW, has anyone heard about this?
http://www.progressiveadvertiser.com/dimitri-the-stud-year-long-viral-sensation-is-a-hoax/
I agree... best Street Style yet! I have to commend the photographer on this round too. Interesting, creative shots.
Christine and her pup are absolutely adorable. Lovin' Glenn and Laura, Andrew is perfection, and I like Nigel's crisp style. Everyone looks so great.... even Adam's questionable style works on him. This issue has finally represented the style in Toronto that I know and love.
To the Haters: Adam's make life interesting.
I knew Christine was in finance before I read the caption.
Christine's dog is the best and Nicolas is the second best (but I'll never understand the short pants thing).
These pictures could have been shot in virtually any North American city. Everyone is completely generic.
Adam should be banished to the remote territories, where such an attrocious outfit would quickly make him succumb to hypothermia / polar bear fodder.
I think Adam's look is clever and bold. Apart from androgyny as being an increasingly popular style influence, people like Adam who are willing to propse or portray an idea through whatever visual medium they embrace impress me. I'm not going to wear ankle boots with my shorts (which are pretty short), and you don't need to either. But I definitely like the fact that someone is giving it a try and doing it in a stylish, skillful way.
Embarassed Male on September 20, 2009 at 5:16 PM
I am the last person to ever recommend any man attend one of Dimitri The Lover's Toronto Real Men meetings, but, please refer the men pictured at the top to this link:
http://www.dimitrithelover.com/toronto_real_men_october_2009.html
BTW, has anyone heard about this?
http://www.progressiveadvertiser.com/dimitri-the-stud-year-long-viral-sensation-is-a-hoax/
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Ah, so acting like a loser douchebag who has never been laid into a woman's voicemail is actually a viral thing for an upcoming movie about the same douchebag?
PLEASE PLEASE OH PLEASE LET THIS BE TRUE because it would be a movie version of the voicemail messages: a horrible cringeworthy train wreck.
But it would come with a huge bonus: it would ensure once and for all that Dmitri would never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever get laid. Which would be awesome, since he's the last person on earth who deserves sex.
Ah, someone else is doing it now?
*snicker* at Dirts McKay. Snooze.
Kudos to Adam though for doing something different. I love the look on Nicolas's face. He's wearing a perfect blazer. Donegal tweed?
These are much interesting now! Yay.
I'm going to go ahead and add to the love for Adam... I'd rather hang out with someone who was as interesting as him than some cookie cutter jock/dude. Seriously, I think it's great and if I could, I'd high five him. Plus, everything I am currently wearing is technically "mens." It's a two-way street.
I can't speak for how cool or un-cool Adam is, but his look is certainly not original despite the thoughts of some above me. This isn't a unique look and the worst part is, on my increasingly rare trips to Queen West, I'm seeing more and more people dress in a style that I'd best describe as "weird for the sake of being weird" (thanks Moe Sislak). Maybe it's a sign of my age (27), but I never thought I'd see the day where my preferred style in Toronto would be that of Rosedale where a clean polo shirt, some (non-skinny) jeans and freakin' Sperry boat shoes is becoming far more original than any of the above.
as for Adam, i don't know if this is an excuse, but he's gay and dresses in girly clothing all the time!
for dirts, what he's wearing in that picture isn't as interesting as what he usually wears!
and its still pretty damn hot outside mid-day, so shorts and dresses are still in full force.
Nicholas is crtainly my favourite. His clothes are well-tailored to him and I like his posture. He seems really comfortable with what he is wearing too. Also, are him and Andrew wearing the same blazer...?
Dude in the shorts.......thought you were a WOMAN! Yikes.
Guess there was no one at home to state "you really going out in that?"
Glenn and Laura.........tooooooooo fun:):)
So much scorn for Adam, but ubiquitous praise for Glen & Laura? Glen's trousers are clearly too long, and the hand-in-pocket portrays insecurity. Laura handbag is -eh- and the shoes are fit for a pole-dancer.
BEST QUOTE OF THE DAY:
RUN FORREST! on September 20, 2009 at 4:06 PM
"The first guy looks like he woke up in his girlfriend's bed at her parents' house and they came home early from the weekend so he had to escape out the back door so he just grabbed the first clothes he got his hands on and happened to grab her shorts, mesh top and blazer."
teeeeeeeeeeeeee heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:):):)
I think people confuse cool/imaginative/interesting people with geeks who can't carry on a normal conversation.
I'm ALL for personal expression(*trust me, i'm an artist) but how often do you actually befriend someone like these dudes? Fashion aside, Queen W. is full of these "heads in another planet" personalities. Their imagination, aswell as their brains, are usually in the clouds.
It's unfortunate, cause i wouldn't befriend a jock/preppy type either. It's hard making friends in T.O. isn't it?
God, everyone wants to be an effin' comedian in these comment sections.
I want to see Adam's yellow belt closer. Too bad you can't click the photos and get a bigger version.
OMG that is some crazy stuff! Nice shorts!!! Are they Andre Muran shorts? http://www.cheatauworld.ca/andremuran has a picture of the guy who invented those shorts!
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