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Street Style: fake Ray Bans, linen pants and a vest

Posted by Jeff Jewiss / August 12, 2010

Toronto streetstyleName: Joel
Occupation: Graphic Designer
Personal Style: Casual
Favourite Item: Fake Ray Bans

Name: Patrick
Occupation: Musician
Personal Style: Music Fan
Favourite Item: Vintage Shirt

Toronto streetstyleName: Tess
Occupation: Musician
Personal Style: Groovy
Favourite Item: Dress

Name: David
Occupation: Student
Personal Style: Cool
Favourite Item: T-Shirt

Toronto streetstyleName: Beau
Occupation: Photographer
Personal Style: Wild child of Ann Demeulemeester and Kris Van Assche
Favourite Item: Doc Martens

Name: Patrice
Occupation: Wardrobe Stylist
Personal Style: Versatile Street Chic
Favourite Item: Shorts

Toronto streetstyleName: Aaron
Occupation: Student
Personal Style: Brohemian
Favourite Item: Linen Pants

Name: Melody
Occupation: Journalist
Personal Style: Hit or Miss
Favourite Item: Value Village Vest

Discussion

56 Comments

HUK / August 12, 2010 at 09:50 am
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Just once, could we see some straight dudes featured on Street Style?
John / August 12, 2010 at 09:58 am
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Or people over 25? Or non-wannabe artists in the same slouchy-grungewear? This is so boring.
Daniel / August 12, 2010 at 10:07 am
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I know I have no style but these guys look ridiculous.
Suggestion Bear / August 12, 2010 at 10:13 am
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Yes, it's not exactly The Sartorialist, is it?

Personal tastes aside, the "Personal Style" lines are superfluous. In fact, all of those little stats/facts are unnecessary. We don't really need to know names and occupations. Maybe just a single line of commentary, or a quote from the subject. That would make this look less like a high school yearbook.
asad / August 12, 2010 at 10:13 am
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street style has had maybe 3 people outta that last 3 months that actually know how to dress, can we get some real world people with fashion sense and not bunch of artist or people with made up jobs
n replying to a comment from asad / August 12, 2010 at 10:17 am
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"know how to dress"?
i haven't seen any naked people on here in the last three months!
Hmm / August 12, 2010 at 10:21 am
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Where's Waldo?

I found him!
KERPOW / August 12, 2010 at 10:25 am
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David = bad guy henchmen from Batman
rochelle / August 12, 2010 at 10:35 am
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Melody is a total babe!
MP / August 12, 2010 at 10:35 am
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I love that Melody described her style as 'hit or miss' -- usually when people self-describe, it's totally off and that makes me cringe.
Alex / August 12, 2010 at 11:12 am
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I bet if a picture of oneself was required to submit a negative comment there would be a lot less comments and some obviously photoshopped or photos of others. This includes myself. I enjoy harshly critisising the people of SS. I also like the captions below. SS is not the sartorialist, I hope its creators aren't aiming for it to be. People should lie about their jobs. I too am tired of all these "employed" people. Someone needs to say tiger rastler or HR rep.
Bonk / August 12, 2010 at 11:16 am
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This series is now about as frequent as when 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' was on ABC four nights a week. (and canceled soon after)
Sure the page views must be addicting, but BlogTO is very close to burning it out.
wayne nockly / August 12, 2010 at 11:28 am
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didn't we just see patrick in another street style. fedora hat, dark frame nerdy glasses and converse shoes, i saw that on a mannequin at the bay. such a try-hard style.
Wooden_Tofu / August 12, 2010 at 11:40 am
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This place is just swarmin' with haters, innit?

No one's saying you oughta dress like them- maybe people should just see this as a snapshot of random people expressing themselves. Would you go out on the street dissing up anyone and everyone in your head? Oh wait, by the sounds of it, you guys probably are those people.

Brohemian Aaron and Beau both get special high-fives from me.
HUK / August 12, 2010 at 11:44 am
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I'm not a hater, I just want to see straight dudes.

m replying to a comment from wayne nockly / August 12, 2010 at 11:56 am
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http://www.blogto.com/fashion_style/2010/07/street_style_architects_animals_and_russians/

Patrick and Tarek must shop at the same store.
Jen / August 12, 2010 at 12:04 pm
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Yup, Melody looks great! Very flattering... and, you know, totally covered up.
Minty / August 12, 2010 at 12:24 pm
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Something about Melody is so cute! And I love how she described her style. The photography is once again excellent. It would be nice to see some older people represented.
BIG JOHN / August 12, 2010 at 12:32 pm
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Is Beau a guy or a girl?
kj replying to a comment from HUK / August 12, 2010 at 12:47 pm
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Uh dude, there are straight boys in this- brohemian ? Give me a break , I'd prefer to call that straight guy no style...
Blogto fashion- think the only prerequisite is you have no taste or style.

KL / August 12, 2010 at 12:50 pm
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Melody looks great, fine. Next time when someone wears a black dress and pretty basic shoes, someone will call them out for shopping at American Apparel. Either fashion is a crock (likely) or none of you know anything about it (likely).
belvedere replying to a comment from BIG JOHN / August 12, 2010 at 12:51 pm
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if he were a girl he'd be a belle, not a beau. he's a little confused.

i agree the photography is quite good, but the subjects are all early 20-somethings. very boring.
OH / August 12, 2010 at 01:10 pm
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Hey Kristen Stewart and Bob Dylan.

TROPED.
J-Dan / August 12, 2010 at 01:25 pm
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HUK, let's be honest...many straight guys (and yes, I'm generalizing) don't have the greatest style. And when they do, they're mistaken for being gay. So...what's to say that some of these guys are straight? If you want "straight guy styles" go to the fucking entertainment district.
Temper / August 12, 2010 at 01:26 pm
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Patrick=Michael Stipe
petra / August 12, 2010 at 01:37 pm
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Please dump this horrible feature and BIG JOHN, why does it matter?
Rae / August 12, 2010 at 02:17 pm
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Did that guy actually identify himself as "Brohemian?" That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever...
wait, did that girl seriously call herself "hit or miss"?!
MCN / August 12, 2010 at 02:23 pm
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Patrice is a wardrobe stylist?
GOD HELP US
no one should wear leopard print see-thru ANYTHING unless they work on jarvis
j-rock / August 12, 2010 at 04:08 pm
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I usually get annoyed when all the haters come out of the woodwork for Street Style, but this batch is particularly uninspired. I'm a straight guy who was born and raised in the suburbs, but even I know that the words "Value Village" and "fashion" do not belong in the same sentence. Where are the adults?
pdale / August 12, 2010 at 04:19 pm
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Street style comment section exposes Toronto for what it really is. A place full of jerks ready to criticize at every opportunity. I guess I'm guilty too. At least I'm critical of poor attitudes instead of street style which is casual in nature.. not fashion show. Fools.
pdale / August 12, 2010 at 04:20 pm
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Street style comment section exposes Toronto for what it really is. A place full of jerks ready to criticize at every opportunity. I guess I'm guilty too. At least I'm critical of poor attitudes instead of street style which is casual in nature.. not fashion show. Fools.
dave / August 12, 2010 at 04:57 pm
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this style does exist, i just urban dictionary'd it;

Brohemian

A guy who is really into being an easy-going liberal. He wears sandels/flip-flops even when it's cold out and constantly calls people "bro".
"I was thinking about going to Stanford but then I visited and that place is full of brohemians!"
Prince / August 12, 2010 at 07:10 pm
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aside from the subtle homophobia of your initial comment, only the blonde guy and the asian guy have a "gay" look. the other three look pretty straight. (ps yr stupid).
Prince / August 12, 2010 at 07:12 pm
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let me re-state your comment from another angle: "I want to see less asian people here, can we have less asian people please?" .. only two out of eight are asian. "I just want to see less asian people is all."

Would that be acceptable? of course not. I'm surprised you weren't flagged.
joel / August 12, 2010 at 07:22 pm
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I don't understand why the comment about the subjects of these photos not having jobs is so frequent. I'm a graphic designer. I work for a major newspaper in Toronto.
If it says somebody is a musician/journalist/photographer/etc., it's probable that they are being payed for their work, thus being employed. Who are you to judge?
omarkhadr replying to a comment from Jen / August 12, 2010 at 07:45 pm
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"totally covered up"...yeah now that's what we really need: street style burqa fashion.
BIG JOHN replying to a comment from petra / August 12, 2010 at 08:11 pm
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It matters b/c Beau looks like a girly girl. Definitely not my type. Double ew, ew!
just bill / August 12, 2010 at 09:25 pm
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why don't they have "street style" and "church st. style" to 'straighten' out the confusion.
Rachel / August 12, 2010 at 10:01 pm
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Both this week and last week featured a block of four people wearing shirts with jackets. I'm not against this at all but it looks silly to see the last four portraits look like they were given a theme.

And I'm proud to say I recognize someone on here for once. Funny.
gtafunmuscle replying to a comment from HUK / August 13, 2010 at 12:25 am
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if you want straight dudes.. ask your dad to model
Dave / August 13, 2010 at 04:41 am
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Instead of asking what their delusional occupation is, ask them to name an activity that has earned them more than $3.00 in the last 40 months. My guess is that we have a lot more 'waiters' and 'unemployed' than these artistic dynamos would dare to admit.

Having said that, no one under 30 in Toronto has a real job anyway, so go nuts. . .
agentsmith replying to a comment from Prince / August 13, 2010 at 08:29 am
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You're right, that David guy is clearly not gay... no gay man could get away with looking that awful.
Liza / August 13, 2010 at 11:46 am
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I would have to say Melody's style is pretty simple, but she got it. The other's just don't stand out to me.
I would have to agree with Dave, I love the occupations each person chooses. Instead of occupations it could be "aspire to be"
Pat / August 13, 2010 at 12:02 pm
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Tess is right up in my wheelhouse
Phil / August 14, 2010 at 12:49 am
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Aaron and beau are both pretty great in this one, except for the doc martens. The 'brohemian' comment was an obvious joke/ironic, do you people really not get it? The rolled up baggy linen pants are perfect.
CHRISTIANA / August 15, 2010 at 03:18 pm
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Can Blog TO just disable the comment section? I mean, every week... it is just people criticizing these stylish folks. NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR SHITTY OPINION!!!!!
CHRISTIANA / August 15, 2010 at 03:18 pm
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And by the way... I really like this weeks street style. Props!
Marc / August 16, 2010 at 01:51 am
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Again, this segment needs to be eliminated once and for all.
Mohammed / August 16, 2010 at 10:11 am
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What are 2 (maybe 3) chosen people doing mixing with the dirty Gentiles? Don't they know only the 'chosen' female harpies are allowed to roll in the hay with us pigs?

The reason you won't see straight guys is that we only give minimal thought to our clothing style--we don't look to express ourselves through our clothing. I only go out with a style that is at least minimally acceptable and won't attract negative attention. Hence clothes from god knows which season that have been sitting in my closet for years on end are perfectly acceptable--some of us have bigger things to think about.
Mohammed / August 16, 2010 at 10:56 am
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Just to qualify my above comment, I have or have had many Jewish friends/acquaintances (mostly male) through my work and they have all been very cool guys. They would probably see this for the joke it is but I am concerned it wouldn't be seen as such on here!
MP replying to a comment from Mohammed / August 16, 2010 at 03:43 pm
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But the clothes you describe -- those AREN'T perfectly acceptable at work. And the alternate (ie., classically nice clothes in good shape) doesn't mean that you're gaily trying to express yourself, just that you're trying to look like you give a crap.

Pro-tip: ladies love it when you give a crap. It doesn't mean you have to be some scenester (and, come to think of it, don't do that either).
Jeremy / August 18, 2010 at 10:20 am
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A page needs to be taken from the Sartorialist here - well-dressed men with the ability to stand confidently - Joel, David, Beau...? You've gotta be kidding me! Call me a hater or all you like, but you all look like you belong in your parents' basement or in a Bruno sketch. I have to wonder how many well-dressed individuals were overlooked for these tools.
Gil / August 26, 2010 at 12:37 pm
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These are all so plain, you would think there would be some more fashionable people in Toronto
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