The Man

My first impression of this man was that he was poor, homeless and scruff, his beard and hair indicate this as they look very unkept. After looking for a minute I noticed that he was posing which indicates that he is proud of how he looks.

In fact the man isn't homeless or poor, the picture was on The Sartorialist webpage. It was taken outside the Ralph Lauren flag ship store on Lexington Avenue in New York where he works. On closer inspection you notice the patches in his trousers aren't scruffy to cover rips but placed neatly and the folds on the bottoms are clearly very neatly folded. His shoes are also not the shoes of a homeless person as they are not dirty or damaged in any way.