Who the Hell Is Wearing These Runway Looks Anyway?
Assassins, nepo babies, and the cast of "New Girl," for starters
From the time I was able to consciously pay attention to fashion trends with the pocket change to occasionally partake in one via Forever 21, the general vibe has been far too minimalist for my personal liking. I revel in clothing that reverberates. The way a good look bounces off the walls and sucks up all the oxygen in a room.
This runway season so far has been full of these looks. There’s a palpable electricity in the air, and quiet doesn’t feel so luxurious anymore. The volume has been turned way way up. And sometimes you just don’t realize how hungry you are until you take a bite. Turns out — we’ve been STARVED!
Suffice it to say, I’m bursting at the seams with excitement about ‘80s puffed shoulders and vivid stacked colors and ridiculous embellishments and doodads. I’m more excited about clothes than I have been in a while (though to be fair my baseline of excitement is above average to begin with).
More articulate thoughts on the horizon — I’ve been working on a big fat fashion month brain dump for the past few weeks, but at time of writing this we’re barely even into Milan. I’m this optimistic about the season and Prada hasn’t even showed yet… I’m either an oracle or a fool. Maybe both.
These aren’t my favorite looks from these collections, per se, but the ones that inspired a little cheeky characterization. Fantasize with me, won’t you?
(Part one for the uninitiated.)
Simone Rocha
Carrie Bradshaw being forced to take the subway for fucking once in her life because a taxi won’t pick her up in the middle of a snow storm. (With the addition of some slingback Manolos.)
And a grown up Georgia Nicolson redeeming herself and her signature color after that olive costume fiasco.
Diotima
Edgar Allan Poe’s raven if he grew up and got a degree from Central Saint Martins.
Tory Burch
That friend who never shows up to a dinner party empty handed and always knows exactly what to say in that email to your boss that you’ve been agonizing over for a week. She’s magic.
Coach
The cast of a baseball movie I’d actually watch.
Jil Sander
An orphan turned assassin whose drive to kill stems from her lack of the one thing money can’t buy: love. It can buy gorgeous leather dresses though.
7 For All Mankind
The girl on your dorm floor who you’re 99% sure has music executive parents but her online presence is so luxuriously bare that you haven’t been able to confirm it yet.
Sandy Liang
Cece modeling Nick and Schmidt’s latest after quitting their jobs to design Swuits full time.
Fendi
Your super hot accountant who you’re kind of afraid to trust with your finances because there’s no reason for an accountant to be that hot and have that well tailored of a suit.
Proenza Schouler
The wine stain on your white rug that’s come to life after you made a poorly worded wish on a genie.
Carolina Herrara
Your unbelievably chic great aunt who owns an antique cigarette case worth more than your car.
Connor Ives
Gwyneth Paltrow winning an academy award at the 1999 Oscars, but in mauve.
Kim Shui
Napoleon if he was capable of serving c*nt.
Jacquemus
The man in the yellow hat in a very sexy avant-garde A24 adaptation of Curious George.
Bora Aksu
The cast of a very sexy avant-garde A24 adaptation of Little Bo Peep.
Anna Sui
Still (!!) the cast of the next Knives Out movie in my fantasies. Imagine a tasteful little blood splatter on that leopard cardigan…
What are your favorite looks from this season so far? You know I’ll be on the edge of my seat until Prada. Get in touch with me at mackinley@yeehawt.com if you’d like to work together, browse my shelves here, or follow me for more vintage and fashion chatter on IG and TikTok.
ICYMI:
A sweater hill I’ll die on.
The drugstore brand gloop holding my dry skin together atm.
Holy shit the man with the yellow hat
cackled at the wine stain one. These were so creative. :)