TT Vol. 93

Venice Biennale 2022, Alexander Wang, Jonah Hill & WINDOW SHOPPING

Tourist Trapp

Apr 24, 2022

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Venice Biennale 2022

After taking a short break, the Venice Biennale, the Oscars of art, returned to Italy. While it officially runs until November, it kicked off earlier this week with a pre-show for VIPs. Tilda Swinton looked great arriving at the airport with her white Chanel tote and oversized fit.

While technically from the Venice Film Festival, this is how we picture the Biennale going down - celebs, tuxedos, Rivas on the canals and (not pictured here) plenty of spritz’s:

The fashion world had a big presence this year, with Bottega staging a modern dance performance and Chanel’s Yana Peel, formerly the head of London’s Serpentine Gallery, awarding the Chanel Next Prize to Precious Okoyomon.

Vanity Fair’s Nate Freeman has a breathless recap that includes gossip on many of the bold faced names from the art world. He also has a lovely Harper’s style by the number run down if anyone is curious how much a bottle of Dom Pérignon on the terrace of the Gritti Palace would cost you this week.1

We talk more about the Biennale and Tobey Maguire’s net worth on this week’s podcast.

Alexander Wang is Back

The former It-Designer has been battling allegations of sexual misconduct for years, and yet his business quietly carried on. He had his first runway show since 2019 in Los Angeles last week. It was as if nothing had happened: lots of the same party-wear that has been a staple since he launched the line in the early 2000’s.

And yet, while the clothes remained the same, there was a palpable vibe-shift. Wang is now emphasizing his Chinese American heritage, as well as his immigrant roots. The show spotlighted LA’s Chinatown, and the brand sees China, where sexual misconduct allegations had less impact, as a huge growth market.

Perhaps the biggest change was: There was no after party, a big departure for someone who used to throw absolutely LEGENDARY post show ragers.

Luxury Bizarro Movement

Jonah Hill had such a good week on Instagram that Vogue had to comment on it. He snapped a photo in a cashmere matching set from The Row, which could be partially yours for a cool $2150 (for just the cashmere shirt). The pants, incidentally, called “The Jonah”, are sold out.2

Rachel Seville Tashjian @theprophetpizza

Jonah Hill, another patron saint of the luxury bizarro movement in The Row

And here he is at the Marni store on Mercer street shouting out creative director Francesco Risso.

The “luxury bizarro” movement is still in its early days but Jonah Hill and Seth Rogan are surely charter members: think of the small cadre of celebrities who are able to pull off a weird or surreal designer look.

Window Shopping

More handcrafted leather footwear I had made in Mexico - Huaraches in Clove and Moab
DIY pieces made from vintage luxury towels
COA gingham house slippers
Chillbies hit Très Bien this week and promptly sold out
Wilkinson & Rivera squiggle chairs
CDG Homme Plus x Nike Air Sunder Max 💯
And, a vintage Brearley sweatshirt 😍

Links.

Glossier signed Olivia Rodrigo as its first ever celebrity ambassador.

Supreme is taking over the former LA flagship of Tower Records.

Balenciaga Cagole Boots are THE boots for Spring.

Searching for the new Fiddle Leaf Fig and the next “It” house plant.

Amber Heard is playing “sartorial mind games” in her $100M defamation trial against Johnny Depp: she is choosing outfits that mimic what Depp has been wearing during the trial to psych him out.

Perfectly Imperfect.

Chris & Raquel

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