It’s amazing what a scarf can do for an outfit. Just a little touch of color and class goes a long way, especially in winter when we are all bundled up. I love how this yellow scarf complements the flare of this woman’s skirt.
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I’d expect nothing less of an opera singer. He performs every Sunday at Cambrian Hall on Main Street. Rakish!
We don’t often photograph couples, but these two are a match made in heaven. Out walking on a Saturday afternoon, stopping briefly to listen to a busker and I imagine, heading home to hang their hat and coat in a place filled with green gorgeousness.
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This casual blend of dark layers is nicely tied together by this man’s plaid scarf. I originally photographed him with his jacket buttoned, but he insisted on showing me his under layers. What appears to be a fanny pack around his waist is actually a hand-stitched green cloth with a lion on it that has important symbolic significance to this man.
So here’s what I’ve come to realize about my obsession with hats…I think I’m drawn to the capped passersby because their outfits literally extend from head to toe. The right hat really takes an ensemble to the next level. Besides this man’s fedora, I also appreciate the splash of color he has shining out from his suit jacket. In fact, he reminds me a little of the man in the pin striped suit.
This man has always gone to a tailor. It definitely shows. He told me that, “Women shop and men have tailors.” I wouldn’t mind a tailor myself! I especially appreciate the pale yellow sweater he has poking out beneath the layers of brown. Lovely color combination.
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My friends joke that this isn’t really a seniors fashion blog, but rather a hat blog. What can I say, I’m a sucker for a man in a fedora! Doesn’t he look great?
After taking this dapper gentleman’s photo, I gave him my card and suggested he visit granpaparazzi.com if he wants to see his photo. He told me that wouldn’t do him much good because he’s blind. And I had to wonder, how does someone dress so well when they can’t see? How would I dress if I lost my sight? I suppose I would wear what I’ve got in my closet already, which I suspect is the case with this gentleman. But would I stay stuck in time? Or maybe I would only wear one color as to not clash, but would I then be drab? With all these questions buzzing around my head, I turned to the Internet and discovered that there are options for the fashionable blind and visually impaired. I found a blog in progress (blogress) for blind fashionistas called whitecanelabel.com that claims to be developing interactive software where visitors can hear the blog posts as well as read them. If you are visually impaired or simply have a hard time spotting coveted looks on the runway, there is a technology being developed by the University of Derby in the UK where models wear a bar code on their wrists which is swiped across a sensor, prompting an audio recording describing what the model is wearing. The options appear few, but the possibilities are many.
I was looking through some pictures from earlier this month and lo and behold, I found him, this amazing man, who so perfectly embodies the spirit of Johnny Cash. It was Remembrance Day and this is truly the best November 11th outfit I have ever laid eyes upon.
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