Seeing a number of bold-face names wearing Balenciaga at Cannes. Isabelle Huppert, Alton Mason, Kering boss Pinault wore it (as he did at the Met Gala)… and now Michelle Yeoh. A return to the red carpet for the brand, it seems
A Provisional Account of Some Clothes on Film
Presented by Lisa Cohen
Tuesday, May 23 at 7:30pm
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"Hawley’s quest to obviate existential uncertainty is animated by a desire that seems to undergird much of contemporary conservatism... a desire for an eternal parent to tell you exactly when and how to clean your room"
They begin with a text from 1983, when the then-young author, who lives in a middle-class neighborhood in Buenos Aires, declares his greatest object of desire to be the magazine Artforum (“my luxury, my fantasy”)
"...it seemed as if we were in a temporary utopia, where the value of a garment isn’t merely the label, but the story behind it, and the feeling that you, too, might have some fantastic adventure by just slipping your arms into the sleeves."
I WENT TO THE MOST IMPORTANT SALE IN AMERICA! CHLOE SEVIGNY! LYNN YAEGER! SALLY SINGER! MICKEY BOARDMAN! CHELSEA MANNING! TOMMY DORFMAN! PIZZA! NOSTALGIA! MAKING IT IN THE BIG APPLE! PERSONALITY! PROVENANCE! HAUNTED NIGHTGOWNS! A $450 CHANEL CHESS SET!
“CC x TC OTW” — with Pharrell now otherwise occupied at Louis Vuitton, Chanel appears to have found their new menswear stage-whisperer in Timothee Chalamet
Our fourth issue, “Shipwrecks,” is one of the first themes we decided on as we set out to build The Dial. Shipwrecks are, after all, often international affairs, and they have a strange way of conjuring horror, wonder, and mystery all at once:
“Carroll is a woman who embodies taking yourself seriously — valuing your career, your ambitions and your smarts. But not at the expense of appreciating pleasure, beauty and joy.”
wrote about the great American pastime of freaking out about what rich people wear https://washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/05/07/quiet-luxury-succession/…
Next week’s Seaport Talk will be our fashion special starring RACHEL TASHJIAN (@theprophetpizza) and MATTHEW LINDE (https://matthewlinde.com).
Dress code: SEAPORT
Fashion, like so much else of popular culture, is mired in re-creating old moments, seeking to conjure a bygone high from a time that, because it happened in the past, is simply better. We are drugged by nostalgia, even for things that weren’t very good to begin with 🎯
Thanks to this year’s Met Gala, we are officially in the era in which old clothes are way cooler than new clothes: https://washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/05/02/vintage-met-gala-red-carpet-lagerfeld/…
“But it also shows how fashion, like so much else of popular culture, is mired in re-creating old moments, seeking to conjure a bygone high from a time that, because it happened in the past, is simply better.” —
inspired by tonight's Met Gala, i'm going to start referring to times when i wear my clothes more than once as "a reference to one of my previous looks"
Not everyone loves the idea of celebrating Karl Lagerfeld at the Met Gala. I wrote about his notoriety for controversial comments and why that won’t be a part of the party or show, & Anna Wintour’s history of supporting designers embroiled in scandal https://washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/05/01/karl-lagerfeld-met-gala/…
Not everyone loves the idea of celebrating Karl Lagerfeld at the Met Gala. I wrote about his notoriety for controversial comments and why that won’t be a part of the party or show, & Anna Wintour’s history of supporting designers embroiled in scandal https://washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/05/01/karl-lagerfeld-met-gala/…
Not everyone loves the idea of celebrating Karl Lagerfeld at the Met Gala. I wrote about his notoriety for controversial comments and why that won’t be a part of the party or show, & Anna Wintour’s history of supporting designers embroiled in scandal
Fashion friends and fans: Dean’s Seaport Talks are the coolest thing happening in the art world right now, and you should join us on Thursday for a fashion-forward edition 😎 arrive early… the room fills up fast
Next week’s Seaport Talk will be our fashion special starring RACHEL TASHJIAN (@theprophetpizza) and MATTHEW LINDE (https://matthewlinde.com).
Dress code: SEAPORT
"the state dinner becomes a moment for her to cement a shared idea of what American sophistication should look like. For Biden, that’s been a vision of centrist glamour, an accessible elegance."
https://washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/04/26/jill-biden-state-dinner-korea/…
"the state dinner becomes a moment for her to cement a shared idea of what American sophistication should look like. For Biden, that’s been a vision of centrist glamour, an accessible elegance."