Vintage with an Attitude

Being one of the greatest masters of photography at our time, Irving Penn, is a piece of vintage you cannot miss...

Look at the poise and class and elegance of every single man and woman he'd photographed, you'd be amazed how in style they still are from the pictures taken half a decade ago.

From what I see from the photos, vintage is manifested through the clothes they're wearing, the poise they're adopting, the feelings in their eyes and the attitude they're imposing.

Vintage is timeless because it is a core value and an attitude.

These people who were photographed by Penn are timeless not only because they'll always be loved, but because they're firm believers of art, or music, or movie, or culture. That attitude made them the successful bunch and survived through time...

Irving Penn, on the other side of the camera, beautifully captured that attitude and managed to put them in the time capsule.

If this is what called vintage, I'll wear it everyday.

Irving Penn Portraits are now exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery in London until 6 June this Sunday.