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Vanessa Friedman
@VVFriedman
New York Times and INYT fashion director/critic, FT alumna, mother (of 3), flying trapezer, slow-but-happy bike rider, views are all my own
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'His sloppy dress seems less a reflection of a higher calling or a decision to devote his finances to “effective altruism"...[but] a clue that someone who doesn’t care about showering or style maybe doesn’t care about audits' Love this from
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The image of the billionaire tech genius may have reached its tipping point:
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I appreciate a bit of irony.
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What a totally normal year it’s been for me 
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Forbes crowns Bernard Arnault of LVMH world’s richest person (for the moment). C’est la vie, tech bros.
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LVMH kremlinologists, a new development: Antoine Arnault, eldest son of Bernard, has been named CEO of the Dior holding company, adding another string to his Group management bow.
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I love my reader questions. This week: the existential quest for the ideal pair of black pants -
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"It would not make her seem less substantive to acknowledge the strategy behind her dressing choices."
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Thoughts on the Biden state dinner, dressing for tradition, and why the first lady's clothes matter in situations of public pageantry - bit.ly/3XS6iDT
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Well, this was fun to write
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The ugly Christmas sweater has survived and flourished for decades. Our chief fashion critic @VVFriedman casts a discerning eye on this tradition in today’s edition of the 31 Days of Holiday Treasures series. nyti.ms/3H2hNmf
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Thoughts on the Biden state dinner, dressing for tradition, and why the first lady's clothes matter in situations of public pageantry -
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Pantone's invention of the "Magentaverse" honestly has made my day. A somewhat spirited conversation about the Color of the Year 2023:
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Brigitte Macron in Louis Vuitton at the Biden State Dinner, bien sûr
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Dr Jill Biden in Oscar de la Renta at her first State Dinner
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“He saw inclusivity as broadly as possible and made it fabulous.”
Fantastic read from the NYT challenging the current status quo.
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1/2 A week of thoughts on the end of Alessandro Michele's #Gucci, which may be more significant than we have considered. Samples: "Whether you liked what Mr. Michele did or not, he had a point of view, and it changed the whole trajectory of fashion.... bit.ly/3FjMr9I
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"Maybe refining the big idea, owning the big idea for posterity, should be enough. At a certain point, endless disruption becomes as tiresome as the same old. And continual growth on a finite planet is a chimera that should be sent back to the fantasyland from which it arose"
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"...and the truth is most designers — even the ones who are very successful — never have even one idea that rises to that level...
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1/2 A week of thoughts on the end of Alessandro Michele's #Gucci, which may be more significant than we have considered. Samples: "Whether you liked what Mr. Michele did or not, he had a point of view, and it changed the whole trajectory of fashion....
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This was such a heartbreaking but beautiful read
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"Because I was with him for so long, I knew every inch of him. I knew every inch of his brain” -- Shannon Abloh opens up about the legacy of her husband, Virgil Abloh, and what she plans next: bit.ly/3igurUp
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"I never knew when the right time was going be to do this; getting the public to hear me for the first time is so nerve-wracking and important" - Shannon Abloh, talking about the legacy of her husband, Virgil Abloh.
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"Because I was with him for so long, I knew every inch of him. I knew every inch of his brain” -- Shannon Abloh opens up about the legacy of her husband, Virgil Abloh, and what she plans next:
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Trying to get to the bottom of the Balenciaga Gift Shop campaign/kids and bondage bear bags disaster, with and -
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This is a very big deal. Alessandro Michele's #Gucci collections were so unedited and indulgent they often drove me crazy, but he changed fashion and he will be missed. w/ -
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Raf Simons closes his namesake brand -
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"Two weekends. Two weddings. Two seats of power. Two first families: one former, one current, both hoping, it seems likely, to be future as well. And so two nonpolitical events that, nevertheless, came framed in the mythmaking of politics." -
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On the scenography of candidate Trump's presidential announcement (and what Melania wore):
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Diet Coke is the official partner of the Fashion Awards in London. So much for fashion embracing size inclusivity then.
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The new, hard-right prime minister of Italy and the messages she's trying to send via fashion—and the messages that Italian designers have sent about her. Good article on a thorny topic.
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Happy 11/11
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A fantastic article and the exact intersection of my favorite things - fashion and politics
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If you want a break from American politics, consider Italy and the image-making of Giorgia Meloni. Fashion hasn't been this conflicted about dressing a leader since Trump. And then she walked into an Armani store... bit.ly/3EjPFsZ
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This is a really interesting story
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If you want a break from American politics, consider Italy and the image-making of Giorgia Meloni. Fashion hasn't been this conflicted about dressing a leader since Trump. And then she walked into an Armani store... bit.ly/3EjPFsZ
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If you want a break from American politics, consider Italy and the image-making of Giorgia Meloni. Fashion hasn't been this conflicted about dressing a leader since Trump. And then she walked into an Armani store...
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Next season #Versace trading Milan Fashion Week for L.A. to show two days before the Oscars. Priorities, people, priorities!
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