So I figured with the growth of The Sartorialist group, I thought I send an e-mail to Mr. Scott Schuman today letting him know that there is a group dedicated to his work. Lo and behold he quickly replied back to me THE SAME DAY I wrote to him as well. I do believe this means now I am officially in a first name basis with Mr. Sartorialist, himself.

Image from thesartorialist.blogspot.com

Here was our lovely exchange:

On Aug 6, 2007, at 6:50 PM, *****, wrote:
"Hello Mr. Scott Schuman,
I came across your site last year in June after having read an article of the "most fashionable pedestrians in the world" and your site was featured. Since then I am probably one your loyal readers. I love the unique take you have on fashion and your subject matters are truly inspiring as well. I have even wrote an essay about your site for a visual experience assignment and my instructor loved it. (I got an A on it).

Anyways, I am here to let you know that I have started a blog (username: "pinkflats") dedicated to your magnificent photos in an online community called Popsugar. Here is the link to your small fan group online: http://teamsugar.com/group/355623.

Please feel free to look around the blog; however you won't be able to leave any comments for you have to be a member to do so. Nevertheless I would greatly appreciate it if you can leave feedback, what you think of it and possible inspiring words via an e-mail, which I will than pass it on to the members. Thank you so much for creating The Sartorialist."

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From: Scott Schuman [mailto:thesartorialist@mac.com]
Sent: Mon 8/6/2007 6:08 PM
To: ******
Subject: Re: Your blog inspires me....

"Wow cool
thanks ******
is it like a fan club?
if not, you can just lie to me and tell me it is!
Where did you get the photo of me
it is weird to start having your picture taken and not knowing it but
weird in a good way (unless it is the FBI).

Anyway, keep me posted and thanks for the support

Scott"
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Sent: Mon 8/6/2007 7:49 PM
"First of I want to say I'm very much impress how quick you responded to my e-mail. Well the group first started out as my own commentary on some of my favorite photos of yours. It then suddenly just grew: members were joining and more comments were being posted. I haven't personally met someone who share the same fascination I have with your blog so I was amazed how many people in the online community have heard of you and gone to The Sartorialist. I guess this means than it's very much becoming a fan club.

And now people seem to be addicted to the group. The photo I got of you is from this site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/christopherpeterson/386698072/. Now that I think of it I could have just simply used one of the photos you have on The Sartorialist. Duh! But I actually liked the one I am using at the moment: you looking very chic in Bryant Park. I thought it was perfect for such a fashionable group. I will keep you posted for any developments, like if the group subscribers have reached 100. Well you have a wonderful evening."
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Okay I can't stop gushing. I was really excited how quickly he responded that I had to share it with all of you. I will keep you posted for any future exchanges.