Showing posts with label Prestige. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prestige. Show all posts

Friday, August 12, 2011

Sharp Stylings #3: Miles Davis

Relax a moment and take in everything this photo has to offer:

Taken from Miles Davis Online.
There is absolutely nothing about this photo that doesn't make me giddy like a schoolboy. Let's go through this one slowly and clockwise, shall we?


  1. Even Kenny G. would look cool standing here and y'know why? Because he'd be standing in front of the Prestige Records office/storefront! Just look at those sleeves up on the wall! 
  2. Speaking of sleeves, dig the juxtaposition of Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet as he does just that outside.
  3. My favorite style of collar on a shirt... the rounded collar. Hard to find these days, but if you can, then go out and flaunt it!
  4. Not only a great pattern on that jacket, but what I love most is the tiny, downward lapel notch... it's the little things that count, sometimes.
  5. A fine piece of jewelry right there, the ID bracelet [ACTUALLY, A WATCH AS NOTED BY NICK IN THE COMMENTS]... a very slick look on men. I remember the one I used to wear fondly, right out of college. Unfortunately, I have the wrist size of a skinny, 5-year-old girl. If you're like me, I highly recommend NOT swaying your arms too much while struttin' down the road, otherwise, by the time you get home, that wrist'll be bracelet-free. Sigh... I really miss that thing.
  6. Remember everyone SMOKING KILLS. SMOKING CAUSES CANCER. But damn, Miles looks cool with that cigarette.
Hopefully, this photo is making you yearn for some nice jazz posts from a modernist perspective. Well, here you go:  http://amodernist.blogspot.com/2011/08/subject-is-jazz-swing-1958.html

Now, can anyone tell me what year this photo is from? Not a quiz... I just need to know!