Stockholm, August 26

If you get a really, really hard punch on the nose, you cant concentrate on anything except for the pain in the middle of your face. Everything else becomes a blur. It's the same with this fellow. Except it's not painful, only very positive. Everything around him fades, and his old, tweedy, english style with an intellectual modernista-twist becomes focus for all your attention. And it would be very strange otherwise! This one is so blessed, so very blessed!

Stockholm, August 26

I don't know what it is, but these two have an aura of unearthliness around them. It's as if they really are some sort of supernatural agents working for an antique god, and now doing the good-cop-bad-cop routine in the cities of mankind. Walking around being superintelligent and beautiful, but also able to send mortal souls to an eternity of torment in Tartarus in the wink of an eye... Mythologically blessed are you, yeah!

Stockholm, August 26

Wow! This guy has got it all worked out, down to the slightest detail (in this case the mismatching shoes). It's like he won a competition, and the first prize was all the clothes from the same internet streetwear-store. It's like he's a jungian archetype: The Russian guy with cash. And you have to admire him. No modesty and no fear. Just pure brill. Sparkingly blessed are you, sparkingly blessed yeah!

Stockholm, August 26

At first, this guy looks like a complete whimp. He is wearing one of those teapot-things your grandmother used to keep her tea warm on his head. He is sort of playing with a big marble. Freeform dance? That's whimpy! Then you notice his bare feet. To stand with naked feet on one of Stockholms dirtiest, most diseaseinfested places takes a lot of guts. Suddenly, he doesn't look that whimpy, does he? Thought not. Brawny blessings to you my lad!

Stockholm, August 26

Aw, come on... I know what you're thinking, but this guy's actually trying to make the world a better place. He was very nice, and talked a lot about the importance of a vegetarian diet. Compared to most people, he's a fucking saint. No, I am totally serious. You shut up. He is blessed, that's what he is!

Stockholm, August 23

You know these days that gets wrong from the start. You wake up and feel all depressed, and everything goes the opposite direction of what it should and so on. You know, an everything-sucks-and-I-wish-I-was-dead-day. Then you meet these rays of light. And you realize that life isn't that much a bitch after all, and that you can have a lot of fun and there are people who love you and you love them and you skip on your way feeling way better. There should be more people like these in the world. They are like walking hugs. Infinitely blessed are you, infinitely blessed, yeah!

Stockholm, August 23

The hindu-buddhist concept of reincarnation is a very fascinating way of thinking. That your present life reflects your actions in your previous existence, as well as what you are born as in your next depends on how you live in this. Makes you wonder. I bet this guy was a swimmingpool in his former life. In his next he will be born as the hindu god of cool. Karmic blessings!

Stockholm, August 23

You know guys with pink shirts, washed out bluejeans, too much hairgel and a taste in music so bad that even deaf people gets nauseous when its played? Well, this is their complete opposite! The hair, the tattoos, the whole concept just shouts out intelligence and integrity, in a loud voice to a steady beat. It's as if Tintin was reborn as a 21st-century industrialist. So incredibly blessed are you!

Stockholm, August 21

No, no, no, The Fuck NO! Terribly sorry. I'm sure you're the ace of your free-form-theatrical-performance-art-collective-group back in, say, Spain, but this is just annoying. You make everybody embarrassed for you. That's like "secondary embarrassment". Cut it out. And stop follow people around. That's called harassment, you know. Oh, you didn't. You are so NOT blessed!

Stockholm, August 20

If you look up "perfection" in a dictionary a picture of this guy is what you will find. Everything he wears looks pristinely fresh, down to the nonchalantly stylish folded sunglasses. I always thought rastafarians wanted things a bit rough, but Mr Spotless here proves me wrong. Shiny blessed are you, *ping*!

Stockholm, August 20

Shiver me timbers! If all the scurvy pirates looked like this comely lass then everybody would be up for plunder. To ransack a spanish galleon or two, this one wouldn't even have to use that pointed stick of hers, she would just brandish her high heels and the spaniards would surrender without even the slightest swing of a cutlass. Arrr, thricely blessed are you, says I!

Stockholm, August 17

I know these two young ladies are cool, hip and very it. I am quite sure they also are very friendly, social and intelligent, who care about others and try their best to improve society in every way. But all I can think of when I see them is the Smurfs. I know. I know. Yes, it's my head that needs a good examining. Yes, and I am very much ashamed of this. Blessed are you both, and I'm so sorry!

Stockholm, August 17

You know in crappy sci-fi movies when everything except the main character slows down to a halt, everything sort of freezes? That is what happens when Lady Miss Sgt. Pepper here takes a walk with little Sparky. She immediately turns into the absolute centre of the whole universe. That's a big responsibility. But she just smiles and goes and buys something nice. Divinely blessed are you!

Stockholm, August 17

Being part of a small group of political activists is hard work, and sometimes even the core of "Librarians Against Authority" need a small vacation. Strolling down Capitalist lane in Stockholm might be the one thing to take your mind off the continuos oppression of the State, and instead just look fabulous. You are both so blessed, yeah!

Stockholm, August 13

When asked about getting this picture taken, this strapping young lad complained that he looked horrible that day. Helloo, realitycheck! With such a vague grasp of what is real, he could get into serious trouble. Not that anyone in this world would do anything bad to this fellow, unless it's a bad thing to hug him and refuse to let go. You are so incredibly blessed my friend. Incredibly blessed.

Stockholm, August 13

Some people try and try and try to be cool but to no avail, and some, like this warm Leatherette, just are. The big question is if she ripped her stocking purposely or if it just happened. Not that it matters. She looks like your friends older sister that listened to better bands than anyone else, and who you had a secret crush on for five years until she moved to the US to be the manager of one of those bands and now she lives in a big bungalow in the Caribbean, and you wonder if you'll ever meet again. Blessed are you sailor, blessed!

Stockholm, August 13

You have to admire these young ladies for their uncompromising style. No modesty here, just a baroque ambition to stand out, which they obviously manage very well. And why shouldn't they? Extra points for the contrast between young Lady Tubular and young Miss French Maid. Sort of a subcultural Yin and Yang. Twice blessed are you, yeah!

Stockholm, August 10

Oh my God, could you be more sharp than this guy? Everything is just absolutely perfect on him, from the thin tie to those white shoes. Add to that his best-friend-face, and you know your life will never be boring if you hang out with him. Actually, he's almost too perfect. There must be some kind of hidden flaw. Maybe he votes liberal? Doesn't matter. Way blessed, you are, way blessed!

Stockholm, August 10

See, it's all about stature and confidence. By just being totally casual, Miss Doe-Eyed Rex here has got the cool style unsuccessfully imitated by millions and millions of wannabes. And this just going out for a smoke. She is one of the truly blessed, yeah!

Stockholm, August 10

Wearing a kilt is either a bog NO or a big YES. If you have long dreads, pierced nipples and ethnic tribals then I'm sorry, wearing a kilt doesn't make it any better, you still look like a virgin suffering from visions of grandeur. But if you look like these healthy, wholesome lads, then kilt is a big YES. You'll never have to wear trousers again. You scots are blessed, hell yeah!

Stockholm, August 10

Why is it that tiny goths are so darn cute? Like Little Miss Sunshine here, looking like Neil Gaimans Death with a new haircut, who makes you wanna cuddle up with her under a wool blanket, drink hot cocoa and watch old horrormovies all night. Blessed are you, blessed yeah!

Stockholm, August 10

Normally, you would only find this color on wonderbread way past the expiringdate, or in the rivers next to third world chemical industries. Hence, normally this color is awful. But, when draped around a guitarpixie like this, how can it be anything but stylish? Blessed are you, yeah!

Fiat Lux!

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Appearance is a way to express oneself. What you wear and how you wear it is a way to communicate to others who you are, or who you want to be. Thus the revolt against, as well as the embracing of, conformity is a part of the building of and maintaining identity. There are around seven billion identities around the world. Here are some, who by their outward appearance, by looking cool or uncool, stand out as individuals. Thanks for posing guys, you are blessed!

Oh, and please, if you have photos of people with distinct style, mail them to me and I will post them on this blog. Cooperation instead of competition, you know!