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Missy Dean
Raquel has been listening to the London-born 24-year old Miss Dean. She may have been born after Princess Diana passed, but she sings like someone twice her age.
We have been playing her non-stop driving around this holiday weekend, and has Noemi’s car playlist seal approval. It is perfect for curling up on a comfortable couch with a warm drink.
Shop Updates
We keep selling this tennis bucket hat, so we finally got around to releasing a navy version and a matching navy sweatshirt.
Most exciting, we have some custom designed gift paper for all of your wrapping needs this holiday season. Raquel sketched this cute holiday themed cactus print (see image above!) over the weekend so you can get it in time for Christmas.
Everything we sell is created on-demand, which means less waste but also longer shipping times. Dec 10th is the holiday cut off! :) And in this same spirit, we’ll start our annual holiday gift guides starting next week. 🎄
MOTY Party
GQ hosted their annual “Man Of The Year” party, with this year’s winner being Kim Kardashian for her Skims brand. Kardashian is very much not a traditional “man” which only goes to show that we were correct in positing that women were holding up the economy.
It was held at the Chateau, a lot of leather was worn, Kim K wore Chrome Hearts, and it’s definitely worth looking at the photos of all of the celebrities squeezed into a tiny suite for branzino and a speech by Dwayne Wade.
The Crown Fits
Meanwhile, in late 90’s Britannia, the last season of The Crown landed last week, with Elizabeth Debicki reprising her role as Princess Diana. The final season 6 finds the Princess newly divorced from Prince Charles, living her best life on Dodi Fayed’s yacht moored in St. Tropez.
The costume designers went to great lengths in deciding the swimsuits, sunglasses and jewelry they would use, and would often try to re-create some of the iconic late 90’s paparazzi shots. This blue bathing suit look will be back on many SS26 mood boards.
There is also a scene where Princess Di is walking with Fayed, and she is wearing a Guy LaRoche top and striped pants, and he is wearing a color-blocked silk shirt. It’s not based on any historical photographs, but was something the Crown team thought made sense for that era. (While we were watching, I asked Raquel if I could pull off that shirt.)
While everything in this season is set in 1997, it feels weirdly current given late-90’s nostalgia American heritage brands like Aimé Leon Dore, J.Crew and Ralph Lauren put out season after season.
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Raquel & Chris