Pamela Anderson at The Row's Spring/Summer 2024 fashion show during Paris Fashion Week on September 27, 2023.
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The Tortured Poets Department | April 19, 2024
Saint Laurent 'Silk Tank Top' - $650.00
The Row ‘Ausra Brief’ - $790.00
Our first look at a new era.
With so little to go off of, there’s still much to parse here. Between the bedsheets, the pose, and (of course) the clothes - a pair of briefs and a slinky tank falling off the shoulder - to me evokes a combination of both intimacy and guardedness. Soft and vulnerable, but a little careworn and protective. This is the balancing act I think Taylor’s been playing with her whole life (an open heart revealed through deliberate acts) but feels painted in a more (pun intended) black and white way on this album cover. Even the sheerness of the top that plays with transparency, but only how much she permits, strikes me.
And, it turns out, Taylor wearing The Row (and toting a few new YSL bags too) so much over the last few months was no coincidence (is there ever one with Taylor, really?). Her cozy selects appear to be (as confirmed by her stylist) to be this sheer tank and ribbed brief by YSL and The Row.
While there’s so much about this album’s themes and sound that we don’t know - it’s of course fun to guess! The idea of the tortured artist to me sounds like it has the opportunity to explore the self-loathing andthe satire Taylor has previously toyed with on both "Anti-Hero" and "Blank Space". Both the sincere truth of self-analyzing a life of being a tortured poet herself while also poking fun at the muses in her life who have aped at being tortured poets - perhaps delivered with a tongue firmly in cheek accompanied by a smirk and an eyeroll.
I’m excited to see what awaits us and learn more about this project as well as your Critically Kind thoughts.
Editorial Note: Original cover image captured by Beth Garrabrant - Taylor’s album photographer since folklore. In place of Beth’s image, for which she retains rights, I’ve commissioned a lovely demonstrative illustration by the talented Amelia Noyes.
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look for the name: SERENE
simone rocha embellished tulle bodysuit w/ adjustable thigh attachments in neutral color
{from lucky vintage seattle} vintage 193o's-4o's peach rayon silk blend charmeuse tap shorts w/ embroidered ecru floral lace inserts
the row elastic leather ballet flats in off-white
avon "precious doe" field flowers cologne, c. 197o's
retro basketweave marbled lucite handbag w/ clear, crystal-cut lid and handle, c. 195o's-6o's
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Backstage at Mitch's New York show, Harry was pictured wearing The Row 'Benji' sweater. Photo via mitchrowland.
The Row Benji Sweater ($1,950)
worn with Adidas sneakers
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