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The Aesthetic Traditionalist started as a defiantly Eurocentric, pro-Western, ‘radical traditionalist’ alternative to wimpy male fashion blogs and trendy photo sites. Quite soon its scope widened to include other content ranging from politics and culture to history, literature and music. To be fair, some updates have had very little to do with ‘traditionalism’ as such; they have merely represented the diverse interests of the editor.

I have never been interested in ‘fashion’. However, I have been interested in clothes and style, and how they in their own way represent the traditional Western culture. But there are far more interesting things in life than clothes or style, and in order to pursue these other interests more fully, this blog won’t have much room in my priorities from now on.

If you see any reason for this blog to continue, you might suggest suitable photos, quotations, and article links via moderated comment section. But otherwise, the Aesthetic Traditionalist will be updated very infrequently, if at all, from now on.

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An Englishman standing with his champion steer.

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A younger version of a sophisticated older man? Well, better than the hip hop/gangsta rap look.

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“Germanic Gothic influences were strongly felt in early horror films, especially those made in Germany and those produced in the United States at Universal Studios under the German immigrant Carl Laemmle.”

- Edred Thorsson

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This picture reminds me how fascinating and aesthetically pleasing the old doors can be. Unlike any typical modern apartment door, they have character.

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Photographer David Slijper’s photo editorial “The Randy Dandy” inspired by Gabriele d’Annunzio in the fall 2009 men’s fashion supplement for nytimes.com.

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A cabinet card portrait of John Owen, a sadler from Montgomeryshire, Wales, pictured with his dog, Blueman, taken at the studio of F. Davey, Gloucester, in about 1900.

This blog will no longer be updated, but will remain online as an archive.