the sartorialist

i came upon the sartorialist's blog about 2 years ago, surfing the web one day. i loved it - it was fresh and a great site to look through. i read it religiously every day. over the past few years it has grown enormously and scott schuman now has a huge fanbase and is doing great things sartorially wise all over the globe. i can't help feeling that this growth has led to the site losing a bit of its original attractiveness. back in the day, there were interviews with some seriously stylish people, along with their style profiles, an insight into their sartorial worlds, and also some snippets about the history of certain stores etc. these days it's all photographs. they are great, don't get me wrong, but i miss the bits of information that i couldn't/still can't find anywhere else. it's more like an upmarket version of the other numerous streetstyle blogs that have come about (because of scott schuman of course, but still...). i went to the opening of scott schuman's photography exhibit last summer in DC (totally over-rated, photos selling at laughably high prices, aircon off so people were literally sweating in their outfits). of course it was disappointing to see the "best of DC" fashion-wise that turned out for the event; this city can't do it. it tries but gets it very very wrong. it isn't even that people dress well/funkily/fashionably and it isn't appreciated here...the way they look, they would look wrong in manhattan too. is it because of the clothing stores in this city? is it because people who live and work in dc are naturally unstylish? i suspect it is the latter. if one has style, one can wear almost anything and carry it off. i would love nothing more than to see a streetstyle blog for dc - but those that have tried have given up - there's nothing to blog about that is worth reading.