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It was the fashion moment seen\u2014and memed\u2014around the world. Framed by Cannes\u2019 sunlit palms and sailboat masts, there they stood: Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Wes Anderson, Tilda Swinton, and Bill Murray, the art-house power squad from the recently released film The French Dispatch<\/em>. Chalamet looked great in an Elara T-shirt that was graphic and anti-glam. Anderson was a preppy seersucker wearer. Swinton, an exemplary sartorialist, wore a Haider-Ackermann snow cone-blue suit. Murray, who was supposedly a boomer on vacation gave very little of his opinion. Twitter went nuts, labeling the quartet, in order, \u201ctiktok, twitter, instagram, fb.\u201d (Or, to this writer\u2019s satisfaction, \u201cpitch, first draft, final proof, comments section.\u201d)<\/p>\n

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Wes Anderson and the cast The French Dispatch <\/em>at Cannes.<\/figcaption>Samir Hussein<\/span>Getty s<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The snapshot was a sort of catharsis and a culmination: IRL red carpet fashion was back! The scene is, however, a little different. The Cannes quartet gave us a glimpse of a hybridized paradigm in which stylists and celebrities were playing with a wide variety of cues. They ranged from the casual and Zoomified to the most electrifying of chic. With a more open-minded approach to step and repeat style, the risks that celebrities and their stylists took while dressing within the Zoom window limits seemed to have paid off. <\/p>\n

Virtual dressing was a hot topic last yea, and it developed almost as fast as the news cycle. There were many stories of people wearing sweatpants and dressing up for digital meetings. However, eventually, a desire to not be in athleisure increased. <\/p>\n

For the 2020 Emmy Awards, held virtually, the show\u2019s producers sent a note to nominees with a dress-code prompt: \u201cCome as you are, but make an effort!\u201d That command is actually a pretty good way to contextualize the fresh outlook around the return of in-person, high-profile dressing (even if it\u2019s still touch-and-go; at press time, COVID-19\u2019s Delta variant was spiking). <\/p>\n

Asked if the virtual advanced how she approaches the physical, celebrity stylist Elizabeth Stewart, who works with Viola Davis and Amanda Seyfried (and who styled this issue\u2019s Women in Hollywood portfolio), says, \u201cOnce we got the hang of it, there was a lot of freedom in choosing looks for virtual red carpets.\u201d Her implication was that all the screen time did, in fact, impact the manner in which in-person fashion is considered in 2021. <\/p>\n

Jason Rembert, stylist to Lizzo and Issa Rae and the founder of the label Ali\u00e9tte, echoes the position: \u201cVirtual red-carpet fashion helped push the envelope. We had to work differently, utilizing photography, lighting, and backdrops to help create those red-carpet looks from our own confined spaces.\u201d From a creative standpoint, he says, \u201cit was beneficial for us all.\u201d Nicola Formichetti, the stylist and creative consultant for Haus of Gaga\/Haus Labs, says that those in his profession \u201chad to become more resourceful in order to keep creating, but more importantly, keep inspiring.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s red-carpet looks feel enlivened by a refreshed, charged-up sense of dynamic liberty\u2014with resultant confidence, ownership, openness, and often boldness\u2014regardless of whether someone is going for the low-key, the high-wattage, or something in between. All this adaptation seems to have empowered wardrobe decision-making with cheerful and optimistic outfits from all labels. <\/p>\n

At the 2021 Oscars where only a few people were allowed to attend, Regina King presented a full, butterfly-winged Louis Vuitton princess knockout thanks to her stylists, Wayman bannerman and Micah McDonald. It was the stuff fashion dreams are made of. Formichetti praises Lil Nas X\u2019s Richard Quinn and Andrea Grossi outfits at the BET Awards, which were styled by Hodo Musa, and Rina Sawayama\u2019s turn at the BRIT Awards in frilly Balmain. Also at the BET Awards: Zendaya alighting in Versace\u2014from spring 2003. Law Roach, a renowned architect, is her stylist. It was a version of the same dress Beyonc\u00e9 sported to perform her song \u201cCrazy in Love\u201d at the same ceremony, also in 2003. All four examples demonstrate the 2020 Emmys directive. These people were true and serving their sartorial beliefs.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy clients are unapologetically searching for synergy,\u201d says Solange Franklin Reed, who dressed her client Jodie Turner-Smith in vibrant Christopher John Rogers this past summer to promote her Anne Boleyn<\/em> miniseries. \u201cThey\u2019re emboldened to request the brands and, what\u2019s newer, the specific teams that truly make them feel seen. I appreciate that we\u2019re aligned on intentionality.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As stars return to step and repeat (Zendaya, Balmain in Venice!) Olivia Rodrigo in archive Versace during the VMAs!), so does the go-for-broke attitude they showed off on their virtual equivalents. Bella Hadid, another Cannes star, is a no-brainer. The premiere of Tre Piani<\/em>The Schiaparelli Haute Couture black wool crepe deep-U-neck, black wool crepe gown was worn by Daniel Roseberry. On top of it, her necklace\u2014also by Roseberry\u2014depicted lungs with golden, spindly bronchi and rhinestone-tipped alveoli. It was striking and memorable due to the fact that one could extrapolate from the respiratory visual that had greater resonance. When there\u2019s been so much negative health-related news over the past year and a half, Roseberry inverted the gloom and made something beautiful of the body, worn to perfection by Hadid. In that one moment, it was sealed: This era\u2019s red-carpet fashion is proving to be a breath of fresh air. <\/p>\n

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This article appears on the November 2021 issue ELLE.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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