the stylish and sufferingTumblr (3.0; @sartretorialist)http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8akz8TPlU1roeo4to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being— like a worm, or this necklace shirt.” -Louise Brooks, whose gripes and requests for “actual fabric” and “modesty” got her character killed off in “The Canary Murder Case.”</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/28772873380http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/28772873380Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:09:32 -0700Louise BrooksSartrePearlsShowgirlsroaring 20sBeing and Nothingness<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7zryzsW3N1roeo4to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat, cuff his pants, and sculpt the perfect Superman curl.”</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/28359264257http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/28359264257Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:06:52 -0700matt damonjude lawsartregroomingcuffsnautical styletalented mr. ripley<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0y0hzAM5t1roeo4to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Hell is other people on your lawn.</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/25097649600http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/25097649600Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:58:16 -0700clint eastwoodgraygrumpy old menmonochromegran torinopabstSartre<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m52dxpJ5vQ1roeo4to1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>“Modesty is a virtue of the lukewarm.”  Sartre practiced what he preached, dressing himself in high risk/high reward- or as he would have put it- “freezing cold/ boiling hot” ensembles such as this.</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/24364887245http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/24364887245Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:18:46 -0700Jean-Paul SartreScarvesSimone DeBeauvoirmonochromehigh-waisted pants<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m452feVFz31roeo4to1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>“Why did you lie to me?  Why did you keep me ignorant, if it was to admit to me one day that this world is cracking and that you are all powerless and that you never liked this fucking hat?”  </p> <p>-photo by <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/25/arts/howell-t-conant-sr-83-photographer.html" title="howell conant obit" target="_blank">Howell Conant</a></p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/24064880908http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/24064880908Wed, 30 May 2012 08:20:36 -0700sartreaudrey hepburnhatshowell conantfloralbows<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzltjtYPiZ1roeo4to1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>“Anyone can spit in my face, and call me a criminal and a prostitute.  But no one has the right to judge these bangs.”</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/23395369826http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/23395369826Sat, 19 May 2012 21:31:07 -0700audrey hepburnbangscaprisballet flatsgaminesartreennui<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42uw3zJ6g1roeo4to1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“I felt less alone when I didn’t know you yet: I was waiting for the other.  Now I look at you and see we are two orphans.” -Brian Eno’s Kitty, to Brian Eno’s Chunky Sweater</p> <p>*Happy Birthday, Mr. Eno. </p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/23114038129http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/23114038129Tue, 15 May 2012 11:55:48 -0700Brian EnoSartreChunky SweatersGroomingKittens<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m308ct7krT1roeo4to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“If you ever leave me alone with a handsome man, do not tell me that you trust me.” -Ali McGraw, quoting <em>Les Mains Sales</em> in one of her last conversations with Robert Evans.</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/21738995035http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/21738995035Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:13:02 -0700steve mcqueenali mcgrawrobert evansbrunettes70sthe getawaysartre<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m29u50n2sC1roeo4to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“Now our feet press down in the earth like the wheels of a cart in its groove.  Come with me, and we will walk heavily, bending under the weight of our heavy load.” -<em>Les Mouches*</em></p> <p><em>*</em>Sartre’s 1943 adaptation of the Electra myth, in which a <a href="http://theberry.com/2010/03/12/gaga-before-she-went-gaga-10-photos/stefani-germanotta-4/#close" title="lady gaga before" target="_blank">bored rich girl</a> goes on a killing spree (of our ears), fights Zeus and the Furies (and good taste), is ashamed of being human (yep), tries to create the most <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cggNqDAtJYU" title="marry the night" target="_blank">horrible destiny</a>….</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/20845951710http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/20845951710Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:08:51 -0700lady gagastefani germanottaplatformsnoritaka tatehanaleatherJean-Paul Sartre<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1b5uch2CH1roeo4to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“You have stolen my face from me. You know it and I no longer do.”</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/20243242747http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/20243242747Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:22:39 -0700lindsay lohanplastic surgerysartreno exitfringe<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1b455wtxy1roeo4to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“It is certain I cannot escape anguish, for this shirt is anguish.”</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/19750799038http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/19750799038Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:25:01 -0700kerchiefsnauseaneile adamspixiesartresteve mcqueenfloral<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0y24pao2Q1roeo4to1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>“I can be twenty women, one hundred, if that’s what you want, all women….I weigh nothing.” -Aretha, quoting <em>The Devil and the Good Lord </em>to her stylist.</p> <p>“That’s cool.  I was thinking <a href="http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/091020/Ursula-Little-Mermaid_l.jpg" title="Ursula" target="_blank">Ursula</a> meets <a href="http://www.secondtimearound.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/CruellaDevillepose.jpg.png" title="cruella" target="_blank">Cruella</a>?” -stylist, to Aretha</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/19401409719http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/19401409719Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:50:10 -0700plus size fashionhatsfursmermaid cutcruella de vilursulaaretha franklindiva style<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hlrsQCsm1roeo4to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Hell is other people at your PBR breakfast.</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/19227683936http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/19227683936Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:09:04 -0700pabstbagelshangover cureeyewearhemp bracelets<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hl4hDUkl1roeo4to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.”</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/18869712623http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/18869712623Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:34:04 -0800Sartrebangsnauseazooey deschanellayers<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzltqwCI3r1roeo4to1_r1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>“I have no friends.  Is that why my flesh is so naked?” -<em>Nausea</em></p> <p><em>*</em>photo from an ad campaign in which Adam Levine was raising awareness for testicular cancer, which is a terrifying disease in which your balls turn into lady hands.</p> <p><em><br/></em></p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/18018562221http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/18018562221Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:26:10 -0800groomingmanicuresnudetattoosadam levinesartre<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzlsv7TUv51roeo4to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Hell is other people at your Rolling Rock breakfast.</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/17837669070http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/17837669070Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:59:56 -0800eyewaregrungeplatformswinona ryderjaneane garofaloethan hawke<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzgnwqzAK91roeo4to1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>“Well, you know what Sartre says: It’s better to die on one’s feet than live on one’s knees….NO WAIT! I didn’t mean it like <em>that, </em>Monty.  Some of my best fans are your boyfriends- I mean <em>friends</em>!  Best friends!” -Elizabeth Taylor, the second before this picture was taken.</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/17685152612http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/17685152612Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:58:34 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyr05jO0IC1roeo4to1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Chloe Sevigny might suffer from existential despair, but her merkin certainly doesn’t.  In an interview with Purple Magazine, the pubic toupee quoted <em>Nausea,</em> saying:”I exist.  It is soft, so soft.”</p> <p>*photograph by Inez Van Lemsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin for Purple Magazine</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/17141884285http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/17141884285Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:34:54 -0800NudeVulnerability<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqyfwRxdx1roeo4to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Sartre once wrote:”If I were in their place, I’d fall over myself.”  </p> <p>No. Fucking. Shit.</p> <p>*photograph by Richard Avedon</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/17022570763http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/17022570763Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:47:21 -0800Marilyndespairgroomingsequinstitties<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyr0nlP0Tp1roeo4to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.” -Sartre, from <em>The Words</em>, re: his grandmother</p> <p>“[He] believed in nothing; only [my ass] kept [him] from being an atheist.” -Simone de Beauvoir, in a funny note she left on Sartre’s refrigerator, probably.</p> <p>*photograph by Art Shay, <em>Simone de Beauvoir in Chicago</em>, c. 1952</p>http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/16909022835http://sartretorialist.tumblr.com/post/16909022835Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:35:48 -0800