The Anti-Power Couple

It is supremely sad that now I am coupled up, that other well-dressed couples seem to stand out more.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a ‘Let’s see who’s the best dressed couple contest.’  But it just so happens that as my eye tended to rove for super cool femmes to snap, now I also notice the invariably super cool beau and think something along the lines ‘Ah…. the boyf would love that tie!’. So this couple stood out in an instant last Sunday and not to myself but also to the boyf.  It was like simultaneous admiration.  It’s not really that the outfits are 100% original but together, they looked striking and distinctive coupled with an overall attitude they exude.  The thing I like is how you can see individuality come through despite an overall sheen of complimentary style.  She’s a little vintage-quirky.  He’s a little dandy-urban. 

Power couples doing matchy power dressing can be bad news.  I find it far more interesting when you can see the individuals within the couple shining through rather than couples who deliberately want to use their coupledom as some kind of style weapon – the anti-power couple if you will.  In the same way, I’m not into couples who are attached at the hips and generally love broadcasting their coupled status.  So these two maybe donning the matching sunglasses but I like how you can tell they have their style quibbles as well.

12 comments

  1. I would actually hate it if my BF was into fashion. One obsessive in our house is hard enough! Especially when the bills pop through the door!

  2. The worst type of anti-power couple (i love that term!) is the ones who dress exactly the same but for a different gender. SACRE BLEU!
    The couple in the picture compliment each others style, with is ALWAYS a good thing. It doesn’t look like a battle of ‘who’s the most stylish.’
    xx

  3. The worst type of anti-power couple (i love that term!) are the ones who dress exactly the same but for a different gender. SACRE BLEU!
    The couple in the picture compliment each others style, with is ALWAYS a good thing. It doesn’t look like a battle of ‘who’s the most stylish.’
    xx

  4. I don’t know, if my boyfriend dressed like the guy in that picture – I’d be humiliated.

  5. me and my boyf are considered a powercouple (perhaps by more than myself?!) and it is definately indicative of a compatible aesthetic, important in any relationship (makes choosing curtains easier once it gets that far i bet too!)

  6. I have one of those bf’s that tends shall we say to wear the exact same thing everyday. Same jeans, same jacket and 1 of ten tees. So we can look quite complimentary if i wear one of my thousand looks, anything else and we don’t flow. On the bright side you could get worse, he might keep the same underwear too!

  7. I have one of those bf’s that tends shall we say to wear the exact same thing everyday. Same jeans, same jacket and 1 of ten tees. So we can look quite complimentary if i wear one of my thousand looks, anything else and we don’t flow. On the bright side you could get worse, he might keep the same underwear too!

  8. the dude looks like the result of some sick joke played on Lou Reed done by Mattel.
    reading this reminded me of an interview of Kim Gordon where she joked about being part of a ‘power couple.’ Kim and Thurston are the ultimate ‘anti-power couple.’
    i always get a kick out of couples who dress in seemingly opposite fashion personas.

  9. It’s like “when girl scenester meets boy scenester”…I agree with Samantha- Couples with seemingly opposite fashion personas are cool.

  10. the guy in the pic reminds me of kamal the guy who was on on big brother about two years ago although i do admit they both both have their own style which complements the others.

  11. bah, i’m SO over people dressing this way. The girl is cute but the guy ….??! Seriously. I don’t think they’re original or anti power or anything.

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