Galicians in Galicia, the local The Sartorialist who hunts style in A Coruña
Patricia Garcia
The voice of Galicia
The phenomenon of street trend hunters has arrived in Santiago. They chase down the fashionistas strolling around town, armed with their cell phones, and anyone who woke up in style that morning can be targeted. The photos are posted on Instagram, et voilà! They become part of a distinguished virtual gallery that portrays the coolest people in the Galician capital. Claudia is behind one of these anonymous profiles, @compostelansinsantiago, on the lookout for the best dressed in what is known as streetstyle. In just one month the account has more than 1,700 followers and growing (one of the first, the well-known fashionista Lucía Svriz). Behind her, she explains, are she and another man from Santiago. Posts from @londonersinlondon_ coolhunters followed. «Researching a little we saw that there were others in Paris, Milan... and through a post by the influencer Teresa Sanz we discovered that something like this also existed in Zaragoza. A month later, when we were in the Plaza de A Quintana, we began to look at how people were going to see if it was feasible to do something like this here. It was a sunny day and we thought everyone was gorgeous. Now every time we take a walk through Santiago, we take the opportunity to take photos," explains the student, enrolled in a master's degree in fashion communication.
Patricia Garcia Galicians in Galicia, the local The Sartorialist who hunts style in A Coruña
Not living in the center, every time he goes he loads his camera: "In one afternoon I can take 20 photos and, of them, maybe 10 are good because when I walk many are blurred and not all of them are published," he says, while repairing the idea of "recovering what Instagram used to be, with unedited and poorly produced photos, all very homemade." Most of those photographed come from behind and, if it is from the front, the eyes are pixelated. Claudia assures that until now no one bothered to use her image, but she did receive a private message celebrating that they noticed him. She says that she would be flattered if a stranger photographed her to praise her clothes. Of course, she avoids portraying couples: "I don't know if they will still be together in a month or if their relationship is not known by their surroundings...". About the myth that in Santiago people dress badly, she disagrees: «I saw tweets that said that and I don't know why. It is a city where there are many pilgrims, with flip-flops, socks and comfortable clothes; but there are also university students and neighbors who dress great, in my opinion». For her, "it's not about brands", but about taking advantage of a garment. “Between 20 and 30 years old, it takes a lot to buy in vintage stores and expensive sneakers. It's something that people my age spend money on and you see a lot of children with good shoes, some cost 300 euros. And there is also the gentleman who goes with his wool vest, pants one size larger and brown socks that show when sitting down. If you stop to think, many older people go with their hat, their Lacoste or Tommy Hilfiger sweater... the same ones that young people who follow retro trends buy, "says Claudia, who has a special predilection for bags and shoes. In her trend-hunting facet, she travels through the historic center of Santiago as well as the Ensanche and shops: "In Zara there are many photographable outfits." An original mask, a risky combination of prints... these are things that they look at @compostelansinsantiago, a profile that also has its own section for the photos they send them. Claudia acknowledges that it took her three weeks to confess to her group of friends that she was behind this Instagram profile. “I followed them from him at the beginning and I wanted to see his reaction,” she remembers. She reveals that she has already taken someone out of her close circle and "even my father tells me to take him out," she points out with a laugh.
Like them (already behind in followers) is another account, @compostelans_con_estilo, who uploaded her first photograph in February. Who's behind? «I work has not been fashion and design and I prefer to keep anonymity. Also, tell me how to manage it, it pretends to be an open community where others make contributions, really many people, sometimes friends, send me photos that I upload. I eat for fun, they are a little flair, I love to observe, look at the people, our faces, the way they walk, and of course the way they dress. I like to walk aimlessly, wander through the city a little as the Dadaists did in their drifts, experience the city and the streets as a text, escoitala. I also like fashion photography, so @compostelans_con_estilo let me do everything iso”, replies the account administrator. In this case, the trigger for the inspiration was @parisiensinparis: «It seems like a good idea to do something like this in Santiago, in the city where I live, and especially now when the streets are the only place to meet and celebrate». Regarding the good or bad taste in Compostela when it comes to clothing, he states that «when I moved to Santiago I noticed that tendency to dress in hiking boots, comfortable pants and wide jackets with a certain sporty air; eu mesm @, I started to wear something like that. I think that the climate that we have in this city also helps. But now that I'm more attentive, I see a lot of stylish and stylish riots, elegant women, young men and women with daring looks that rachanize the norm and even other people who surprise because of their aesthetic autonomy. In line xerais I would say that the compostelán style opts for practical polo and sober polo, but at the same time they hide trend and elegance. Vexo, more and more, garments and accessories of local production, handmade and personalized, things that I value». And what does a man from Santiago have to wear to end up in his stylish gallery? «Even though the project is starting and nothing more than to incorporate chances that are causing this dialogue between the people who walk through it, there is an underlying idea that interests me that is either casual or spontaneous. I want to stay away from portraying the outfits elaborated and thought from the big fashion brands or magazines, I seek freshness and separate myself from two stereotypes in our clothes and bodies. Portraying a city through its clothing goes through repairing its particularities by iso boto man from other looks, not only gives aesthetics, it is not face it under another prism, for example or humor. Of this success, a photo deserves as much extravagance as, for example, a phosphorescent hair or something like military boots like a man who wears an umbrella hanging on his back », he answers.
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