Have you ever admired a particularly stylish stranger at close range? Maybe the color of their overcoat popped out in a crowd, or you noticed the way they stacked fancy rings in a “What, these old things?” kind of way. Whatever draws your eye, and no matter how you think about good personal style, you probably know it when you see it.
I like to think of those kinds of details as “the exuberance of individual choices” — all the small decisions that go into getting dressed, coalescing into a unique package. These are the magic moments we try to capture in “Style Outside,” a column by the newest member of our team, photographer Simbarashe Cha.
Last February, Simbarashe and I sat down to dinner in Paris, after a long day spent covering fashion shows. He told me about his passion for portraiture and the joy of walking around and observing people; how the toss of a scarf, the fade of a haircut, or the way the cuff of a man’s pants hits his ankle was the manifestation of attitude.
THE WEEK IN CULTURE
A lost work by Raymond Chandler, best remembered for his hard-boiled detective novels, was found. It’s a poem.
Four months after the British Museum fired a curator suspected of stealing from its Greek and Roman stores, the institution said about 1,500 objects were missing. Gold taken from some other items has probably been sold to scrap metal merchants.
The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s dance-heavy upcoming season will feature a rock opera by the performance artist Taylor Mac and a film retrospective of the actor Jeffrey Wright.
The actor Andre Braugher died this week at 61. Stream seven of his memorable performances, including “The Tuskegee Airmen” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”
Cardi B announced that she had separated from her husband, the rapper Offset, Billboard reports.
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” will officially end after season 12 next year, Variety reports.
A judge ruled that there was sufficient proof that Prince Harry’s phone was hacked by a U.K. tabloid.