When you quite literally accept the cards that life has already dealt you, the story of what may lay ahead practically tells itself.
The Oscars are a reflection of where the culture is and where it’s going. It’s a proving ground for the aesthetics that will come to dominate the next few years in film and fashion.
From Burberry and Dior pop-ups to a new concept store by Tory Burch and Humberto Leon, here’s your to-do list.
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Even if you’re just trying something on for a few minutes before returning it to the rack, it’s thrilling to study, firsthand, the work of major designers’ artistic visions and how they have evolved.
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To most people, a shirt with a collar is a nice shirt. But there is so much importance woven into that little scrap of cloth.
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Care is a plastic cover on your grandmother’s sofa. It bonds with you on a cellular level — and is hard to peel yourself off.
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To the unsympathetic eye, the hairstyle is peculiar, so childlike and unflattering as to be offensive. But as rasquache provocation, it’s also a work of anti-assimilationist art.
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As a model, she is recognized instantaneously by her look. But her vibe will always be making art with, and supporting, the creative communities she’s a part of in L.A.
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The beauty of surfing is inextricable with the fear of it. It’s as if the baptismal in the ocean were somehow both the original sin and its curative.
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At this age, I understand Jody’s mom in “Baby Boy.” Luxury is sitting in the garden with a cigarette and just giving exhale.
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There’s a classic feeling to L.A.’s favorite regalia that transcends genre and class. Every time you freak it, you step into a high-fashion world that is all your own.