Style profile: Nikolaus

Nikolaus, 15

Job?
Student; referee in training

Best Sartorial advice from your parents?
"Shirts, shirts, always shirts."

Wearing two shirts at once.

Style Icons?
Roman Polanski in The Fearless Vampire Killers


Describe your personal style?
T-shirts worn over shirts, no jeans, white or black shoes, big headphones, no bagpacks

I build my daily look around...
depends on when I get up: When I'm late I just take anything. There should always be a shirt involved.

Personal Style quirks?
My hair. And black.

Most cherished item?
my black shoes. they go with everything. and my orange t-shirt with the elevator to death print.

I feel best wearing?
light silk shirts from India

The first thing I look at in another Sartorialist’s outfit ...
With girls colourful clothes, with men simple and grown-up. Not too trendy.

I always break this fashion rule.
"Dress like other people your age."

Never caught wearing?
tennis shoes, blue jeans, a sweater with a big Adidas logo

Most underrated item in menswear/womenswear?
Glasses

Dress to impress who?
girls who think like me

Favorite stores?
h&m

Your next "must have" purchase?
a white short-sleeved shirt for the summer


I skimp when buying ...
socks

I splurge on.....
Panini-stickers!

Favorite item of clothing?
my black shoes

Cologne, skincare?
Axe; Nivea, Vichy

When I was high school I wore?
I'm still in high school!

Sports?
Football, frisbee

Favorite vacation spots?
A scottish castle; Grado, Italy


(Nikolaus is one of my brothers. He's really thinking things through when it comes to clothes and he gives great advice. To be honest I admire him a bit because he manages to not look like every other boy his age and yet doesn't fall into the ridiculously-trendy-indie-boy-trap. I always think that he'll be able to look back on these pictures in ten years without cringing. And that's the coolest thing, isn't it?)