I am announcing a moratorium on the pigeon-toe stance. Effective immediately, photography subjects must position feet as one does normally. No more coquette posturing while you (1) look off into the distance and pretend you have no idea you are taking a side-profile picture of yourself in a mirror, (2) gaze, eyes wide and chin down, innocently into the camera like a gamine street urchin, and/or (3) pretend to be some shy, delicate petunia waiting to be plucked from the field of life. You know who you are, blogland.
I’ve been biting my tongue (but not my lip–that’s a moratorium for another day) on this issue for some time, but my eyes all but melted when I saw this picture. Point those damn toes north, Oliver Twist, or you’ll not be allowed any pudding.
Photo that makes me want to jump inside the picture and kick straight some feet via The Sartorialist.
You. have. got. to. be. kidding. me. As that an actual photo of a grown (is he an adult) man wearing those shoes posting in that fashion? Sigh, I need to get out there on the blogosphere more! LOL!
Honestly, I wasn’t sure WHAT that was. Man, woman, child? Was Photoshop involved? WTF?! Men should NOT wear capris.
Okay, I’m reading the comments on The Satorialist and I just can’t believe that people think this outfit is stylish! Seriously?!
I am in total agreement with you. I thought it was me. While I haven’t noticed the pigeon-toed thing, the self-portraits make me nuts.
That being said, I have taken one of myself to show the massive ugly sweatiness that was moi. Nice.
I think that last person to pull off those shoes and that stance was Duckie from Pretty in Pink.
BIG NO.NO.NO. You have to be kidding me! That should be illegal.
um. no. this is wrong in so many ways
hahahha, I think I have the chin down pose on my blahg, hahaha. You know that’s the photographers fault, supposedly it’s more flattering…. You are such a great observer of life’s little annoyances. This did go over the top though with the capri’s? My gosh, totally understandable how your eyeballs melted upon contact…
Tristan–I have a chin down picture, too! But guess what? We are smiling!! We aren’t staring, mouth slightly agape, with a little glisten on our lips that says, “Oh. I am an innocent little flower waiting to be plucked.” It’s that whole creepy Miley Cyrus woman/child thing that makes me cringe! :-)
p.s. No sleep = bitchy, snarky Jules, no?
Then you must want to jump out of your skin whenever you see Sarah Jessica Parker hit her famous stance whenever a photographer is around.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/19/actresssar_kopal_15638581_600.jpg
i agree, but i have a whole host of other issues with the sartorialist as well (for example: we get it, you love hipsters, but if i have more than 7% body fat what should i do?). and i am consistently embarrassed by the pictures of myself on my blog because a huge sloppy grin seems misplaced and the whole “head tilted down doe eyes up” gives me a double chin…
I always try to take my picture from a downward angle with me looking up to hide the double chin. That, and a well place toddler.