Moda / Fashion
D epending on whether you belong to a gen- eration that recalls the moment in time when the most important thing was to post an imaginative FB status, or whether you “settled” on a social media platform when Twitter’s bird brought you there, and perhaps you even matured digitally with a heart pumping to Insta scenes – you can view this grey-haired stunner more like the grandfather of the internet street style sensa- tion than its father. But one thing is nevertheless for sure: this “Mr Style” is older than MySpace, but more entertaining than TikTok. Despite having spent decades working with dedi- cation as a creative consultant for many large retailers in New York, it was only the emergence of the general frenzy for images of well-dressed people on the streets of the metropolis ahead of some important fashion event that saw his status rise to that of a fashion star. By the time he was recognised by street style photography pi- oneers like Scott Schuman, aka The Sartorialist, as an absolute god of men’s fashion, which he is, he was al- ready well into his fifties. He took the best from his collaborations with ma- jor brands, while the experientiality of his understand- ing of personal styling is something that many would gladly copy (and they do). Wooster celebrated the idea of coupling a blazer with Bermuda shorts, while he adores combining the expensive and the cheap, and he’s an unstoppable warrior against the “ageism” terror in fashion, which has been pushed for years under the cipher “that’s not for someone your age”, so he wears Supreme streetwear better than kids from the Lower East Side. Alongside all that, he is known for his bru- tal candour: as a gay man who survived the AIDS ep- idemic of New York in the ‘90s, he often talks about that openly, but also about aesthetic procedures that don’t embarrass him. “As I’ve said many times before: I believe that I’ve earned the right to be where I am today. I’ve worked hard for it. I’m worthy of every wrinkle on my face, every grey hair. I think that’s a fundamental problem with a status and perception that depends on social media – they created this idea that everything is instant, that everything is easy. Maybe it is for some, and I take my hat off to them. That wasn’t the case for me: everything I have, I gained the hard way.” Nick Wooster The unique “daddy” of streetwear An influencer in his sixties, he dresses (and looks) better than most guys half his age
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