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this may not be London lounge material, but i have nowhere else to go for advice and good opinions.
my question is what are the best dressed musicians or artist in general, it's just sometimes i find pictures in old record, and the artist seem well dressed.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... ciple1.jpg

http://content.answers.com/main/content ... sCover.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/272 ... bd.jpg?v=0

http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/features/wal ... _music.jpg

http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G ... rtin_2.jpg

http://cafeexpress.files.wordpress.com/ ... rtin_1.jpg

http://yellowarrowfilm.com/Images/Dean_Martin.jpg

http://musicremedy.com/webfiles/artists ... 01-big.jpg

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w245 ... Martin.jpg

http://www.bigbearcompany.com/Dean%20Ma ... ording.jpg

could you comment on those pictures, and place some more, if you know of any other artist.

By their very nature, "star" musicians are all "stylish". We may not agree or like one's choices but their "style" is part of their performer's persona.

Here's Bing in a Stetson ad:

For consistent observation of classic style, Charlie Watts deserves mention. He has managed to look more or less the same age throughout his long career - something which, these days, operates to his real advantage in comparison with his fellow Stones!

Azdak wrote:For consistent observation of classic style, Charlie Watts deserves mention. He has managed to look more or less the same age throughout his long career - something which, these days, operates to his real advantage in comparison with his fellow Stones!

Charlie's lifestyle has been very different to that of Mick, Keed and Ronnie. Bill Wyman, for similar reasons, still looks good for his age.

Gentlemen:

Sinatra and Duke Ellington were great dressers. Miles Davis back in the day perfected the East Coast Ivy League preppy look.

Trey

A modern 'stylish' musician is an oxymoron surely?

Aside from Bryan Ferry, I cannot think of one well turned out muso since the early 60's Ivy League West Coast Jazzers...

Recent attempts by Arctic Monkeys and Jon Lydon to embrace English tweed/country looks have backfired thanks to the ill fitting nature of their garms, and their obvious tongue in cheek irreverence..

Tone Loki wrote:A modern 'stylish' musician is an oxymoron surely?

Au contraire, e.g.:

http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos ... cIfp6e.jpg

And don't call me Shirley.

oldog/oldtrix wrote:

Tone Loki wrote:A modern 'stylish' musician is an oxymoron surely?

Au contraire, e.g.:

http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos ... cIfp6e.jpg

And don't call me Shirley.

Roger, roger...

Ah yes - the exception that proves the rule!

The most elegant of musicians I know was pianist Arthur Rubinstein. I had the incredible luck to meet Rubinstein and his wife in Paris in the mid 70s, He made an immense impression on me by his music, his gentlemanly style, his personal warmth and charisma. The man had it all in triplicate.



This photo is very familiar to me. It shows Redford and Pollack on a visit to Paris in the 70s. Alden, a budding thespian, attended a lecture given by Pollack during that stay at the Paris cinema museum. It was in this period that I met Rubinstein and you can see what he looked like at that time. Nothing short of splendid elegance in every register of the word.






Inspired cheers

M Alden