there he goes

sighted: beak street, london, w1, thursday 5 april 2007, 6:30 p.m.

also sighted in paris by the sartorialist, this central st. martin's student is bound to pop up on here again.

looks like facehunter caught him the same day as us. man, this kid must have been bored to tears of us camera people.

kevin et vincent

sighted: 'pop in,' rue amelot, 11 arr., paris, sunday 1 april 2007, 2 a.m.

absurdly charming, kevin and vincent are savvy's FIRST in-person encounter with our readers outside of the UK! street-blog regulars, they also happen to be friends with the handsome vincent who was our first parisian shot ever! tres incroyable! it is a small world after all....and a very very friendly one. thank you k and v for making us feel at home in paris, at pop in, and well...everywhere. we shall meet again.

'no george bush!'

sighted: 20 arr., near pere lachaise cimetiere (where oscar wilde, proust, chopin, edith piaf, and jim morrison are buried), paris, sunday 1 april 2007, 6 p.m.

we couldn't resist capturing a moment of their lazy, people-watching sunday afternoon. we humbly admitted to not speaking very good french, but with the help of our translator and added savvy eye kendra, we all got to talking. when they found out a few of us were american they exclaimed 'george bush,' to which we responded 'noooooooooooooooooooooooo,' with emphatic hand gestures.

l'echarpe

sighted: st. germain des pres, 6 arr., paris, saturday 31 march 2007, mid-afternoon.

the french know how to wear their scarves. the elastic of his jacket and the peek of red from his t-shirt is so classic and 'tricolour.' also loved the freshly pressed shirts coming up the road.

monsieur de saint-eustache

sighted: outside saint-eustache, 1 arr., paris, sunday 1 april 2007, 12:30 p.m.

madame de saint eustache

sighted: outside saint eustache, rue rambuteau, near les halles, 1st arr., paris, sunday 1 april 2007, 12:45 p.m.

our jaws dropped at the sight of her. she marched across the square with an air of authority from another generation-another world. leather coat, black leather pants, silk scarf, that hat. ...unfortunately we missed a better shot of her shoes-cowboy boots.

designers of rue oberkampf

sighted: rue oberkampf, 11 arr, paris, sunday 1 april 2007, 1:30 p.m.

we spotted some designers! c'est fantastique! unfortunately the day got away from us and we were not able to make it to their showroom that afternoon. next time.

lauren and sarah

boots sighted in paris, see 'lovely lauren,' below.

women's brogues sighted: regent street, london, tuesday 3 april 2007, modelled by the lovely sarah.

lovely lauren

sighted: cafe charbon, photographed outside cafe place verte, rue oberkampf, 11 arr, paris, sunday 1 april 2007, mid-afternoon.


this lovely american in paris (via california and nyc) wears her cacharel top and vintage ferragamo boots with elegance.

paul

sighted: sound check for naast @ nouveau casino, rue Oberkampf, 11 arr. (republique/bastille), paris, sunday 1 april 2007, mid-afternoon.

the glasses, the shoes, the striped v-neck....so simple yet so right.

aldo naast

sighted: cafe charbon et nouveau casino rue Oberkampf, 11 arr. (republique/bastille), paris, sunday 1 april 2007, mid-afternoon.

meet 'aldo,' someone who attended the soundcheck for French band naast [because we did not see them play properly, we were informed he was a vocalist of sorts hence previous posting saying he was the lead singer]. he's sporting a superb gold-threaded vintage jacket at sound check.

short suit

sighted: near the louvre, paris, saturday 31 march 2007, 1:30 p.m.

spring has sprung, summer is nearly here! this reminds us of our mini sartorialist from the october archives.

vincent sur le metro-savvy on the road-paris

sighted: sur le metro, on the way to bastille, friday 30 march 2007, about 10 p.m.

vincent glided down the platform and we followed. with the help of our lovely translator kendra, we were able to convey our enthusiasm for his sense of style and received permission to take his photograph. his jacket had a marvelous texture which was difficult to capture in the metro lighting.

current affairs at the opera

sighted: bow street, royal opera house, covent garden, london, wc2, monday 26 march 2007, 6 p.m.

the hair, the shoes, the bag, the tights....we love.

confetti crossword

sighted: regent street, london, w1b, monday 19 march 2007 4:30 p.m.

he tickled us with the intensity of his crossword devotion and bowtie.

our little pony-savvy on the road

sighted: 'mess with texas' david cross day party @ red7, sxsw festival, austin tx, saturday 17 march 2007.

melissa, the superb bassist of chicago band the ponys, struts her stuff in a dress she made herself! way to go d-i-y! savvy.