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Hi team,

As we assess the year ahead, surveying key themes from recent fashion shows, new consumer habits, and, yes, the overall vibes on the wind, we can begin to make pronouncements about the trends that will matter in 2024.

Today, I’m asking you to ignore the macro picture for a moment and look inward. What are you seeing in your day-to-day life out in the world (and on the internet of course) that feels like a thing? What gut feelings creep over you during your commute? When sleep is elusive and you scroll Instagram late at night in a room lit only by the screen, what patterns emerge? What’s lurking beneath the surface of reality?

Let us know where this introspection leads you on this company-wide email. There are no wrong answers.

Hey,

Was at Pitti Uomo this year and couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed by the amount of guys in white pants. I’m all for wearing white in winter but it felt more like the status quo than a style swerve over there. Curious if that will make its way across the pond. Personally, I’m too much of a red wine drinker during winter months to keep it in my rotation but I’ve been really enjoying a white cargo + boot look.

Hey,

I was at a Top Golf over the weekend and saw a lot of visors. I think it could work ironically? Maybe more Hunter S. Thompson on day three of a mescaline bender than Rory McIlroy stepping up to the tee box at 18 on day three of St. Andrews. Could be something there.

I’ve got a client who I’ve been trying to get out of their A.P.C. skinny jeans for over a year now. I finally got them into some Our Legacy Third Cut Denim but just received a concerned message from them about seeing pro-skinny jean content on TikTok. Any advice on how to navigate this?

The small-top baggy-bottom agenda still seems to have some legs—a fully flipped hypebeast dichotomy from 2016 skinny jeans and 3XL hoodie in the nightclubs. Cowboy cut and flared jeans with a tank or thrifted children’s tee is still being billed as a style hack as far as I can see over here.

The badges are in. Last year was bloke cosplay in the form of kits; this year we’re moving to the terraces. Not sure any of the guys walking around East Village can name three Ballon d’Or winners but I’m guessing this has legs in North America, at least until the World Cup arrives in 2026. Overheard a few guys at a dive bar talk about “splitting the G” (they couldn’t make heads or tails of the concept). Also not sure any of them know the difference between Stone Island and C.P. Company; it would frankly be heartbreaking to break the news to them about the decades-old divorce.

Someone recently tried to pitch me on a startup offering chartered cruises from Martha’s Vineyard to the Hamptons (still not sure if that’s possible). Is this the American version of the dolce vita lifestyle? Boat shoes and rugby polos instead of sandals and silk. I think the Aperol spritz economy stands to benefit either way.

I’ve been biting my tongue on Chelsea boots for a few seasons now. I know we all have PTSD from the West Coast skinny jean brunch era but Dries and Eckhaus have been sticking to their Chelsea boot guns and they always look great with baggy pants. I think the category just needs a PR psyop to turn the ship around—Tyler, the Creator could do the job. Does anyone know his rep? We should actually make that happen lol…

Hi!

Thanks for the message. I’ve been deep in the trenches of mob wife discourse and my head is spinning over the dialectics. A Pam Anderson updo and morally questionable mink have divided the womenswear commonwealth. I think we’re all avoiding an unsettling truth—it seems as if the girlfriends (but not the goomars) and undercover-FBI-informant-best-friends are having more fun—sartorially.

Myself, personally, I’m all about psychiatrist-core. It’s like the “office siren,” but noticeably more beige. It’s a lot of pantsuits and double knits.

This summer is going to be about dressing with reckless abandon. The extra shreds of daylight as we move into spring are inspiring feelings of feral summer behavior. Coming off of a Fall/Winter season where printed tights as the key accoutrement for going-out looks, this summer, the girls are going manic. Untamed by online trend analysis, we’re skipping pattern mixing and going for pattern clashing. Style your choice of animal print with a printed blouse, a pair of colored lace tights, a baguette purse snug under the arm, and a tragically chic pair of pointed-toe low-heeled slingbacks that would make Patricia Field proud.

I couldn’t help but wonder—why have to choose between Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda, and Samantha if you can just be all four at the same time?

Have you noticed that a lot of shoes have hairdos? Luar, Simone Rocha for JPG Couture, Lou Dallas…should we launch hair care for shoes?

As if a Lana Del Rey country album announcement wasn’t already a colossal hit to the womenswear psyche, Beyoncé’s double song drop has confirmed that we’re going classic country. A natural evolution from the current stranglehold coquette has on women’s style, the Lower East Side is going to be packed with brilliant blouses and voluminous skirts with a Victorian feel, not unlike the Kentucky Derby. Think less Madonna’s Y2K “Music” album era, and more Marie Antoinette does a crawfish boil. A pouf shoulder and a petticoat never hurt anyone! Sitting in the theater watching Emma Stone as Bella Baxter in Poor Things, I felt something change on a spiritual level—a Southern ingenue on a Kawasaki four-stroke.

Hello!

As we welcome the new quarter, your HR team wants to inform you of new office spaces organized by -core or style. For the balletcore department, please find your warm-up studio on L5, next to the adorable voluminous skirts warehouse. Only regular ballet flats will be allowed in-studio. For ballet flats with a treaded sole, please use the avant-garde knitwear cat café. (This is a kind reminder to not let ANY Oscar-nominated directors near the ballet studio. This is not a world in which Black Swan needs a sequel.)

With new additions come bittersweet goodbyes! We’re closing the GORP rain simulation room; however, we will be transforming the space into a climbing gym. Chalk powder made from last year’s dad sneakers is available at reception.

Thanks to everyone involved on the Aesthetic Real Estate team who put in so much work to accommodate the ever-changing landscape of personal style!

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Best,
Your HR Team