Summer 2026: Tribeca, DC/DOX & Beyond
CONSIDERED STYLE FOR SUMMER PREMIERES AND THE MOMENTS IN BETWEEN.
A SEASON OF CONSIDERED APPEARANCES.
FESTIVAL SEASON IS RARELY ABOUT ONE APPEARANCE. THERE IS THE PREMIERE, OF COURSE, BUT ALSO THE SCREENINGS, GATHERINGS, PANELS, AND DINNERS AROUND IT. EACH HAS ITS OWN ATMOSPHERE, AND TOGETHER THEY ASK FOR A WARDROBE THAT FEELS CONSIDERED WITHOUT BECOMING ANOTHER PROJECT TO MANAGE.
THIS SUMMER, I WORKED WITH FILMMAKERS JAMIE BOYLE AND MARILYN NESS ON WARDROBES FOR TRIBECA, DC/DOX, AND THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THEIR PREMIERES. WE CONSIDERED EACH APPEARANCE AS PART OF A WHOLE, BUILDING LOOKS THAT FELT CONNECTED WHILE LEAVING ROOM FOR THE DIFFERENT SIDES OF THEIR PERSONAL STYLE.
TRIBECA | JAMIE BOYLE
FOR JAMIE, PREPARING FOR THE TRIBECA PREMIERE OF HOLLYWOOD DOES ABORTION, WHICH SHE WROTE AND EDITED, MEANT THINKING BEYOND OPENING NIGHT. WE CONSIDERED THE FILMMAKERS’ GATHERING AND SUBSEQUENT SCREENINGS ALONGSIDE THE PREMIERE, GIVING EACH APPEARANCE ITS OWN PLACE IN THE PLAN.
JAMIE WAS DRAWN TO UNDERSTATED LOOKS WITH A BALANCE OF FEMININE AND ANDROGYNOUS ELEMENTS. SHE LIKED THE PRESENCE OF TAILORING, A NEUTRAL PALETTE, AND A LITTLE EDGE. FIT AND PROPORTION WERE CENTRAL TO THE CONVERSATION, AS WAS KNOWING WHEN A LOOK NEEDED SOMETHING ADDED AND WHEN IT WAS STRONGER WITH SOMETHING TAKEN AWAY.
SHE ALSO WANTED THE PREPARATION TO FEEL DIFFERENT. FINDING AN OUTFIT FOR A MAJOR EVENT HAD OFTEN BEEN TIME-CONSUMING, WHILE THE APPEARANCES AFTERWARD BECAME A LAST-MINUTE SEARCH THROUGH HER CLOSET.
WE WORKED WITH THAT WHOLE EXPERIENCE IN MIND, CONSIDERING PIECES SHE ALREADY OWNED ALONGSIDE WHAT WE WANTED TO BRING IN. THE LOOKBOOK GATHERED THOSE COMBINATIONS INTO A CLEAR REFERENCE, SO THE DECISIONS WERE MADE BEFORE THE FESTIVAL BEGAN AND SHE COULD ENJOY BEING THERE.
A SUMMER FESTIVAL WARDROBE | MARILYN NESS
WITH MARILYN, WE WERE BUILDING A WARDROBE FOR A SEASON: TRIBECA EVENTS, THE WORLD PREMIERE OF HER FILM THE ENDLESS FRONTIER AT DC/DOX, AND THE APPEARANCES SURROUNDING AN ACTIVE SUMMER OF SCREENINGS AND EVENTS.
OUR COLLABORATION ALREADY HAD A HISTORY. I HAD WORKED WITH MARILYN THROUGHOUT THE PRODUCTION OF POSTMORTEM, AND THIS NEXT PHASE GAVE US ROOM TO KEEP DEVELOPING HER PERSONAL STYLE ACROSS DIFFERENT SETTINGS.
WE EXPLORED MENSWEAR-INSPIRED PIECES, COORDINATED SEPARATES, AND FOUNDATIONS THAT COULD MAKE HER MORE DISTINCTIVE FINDS EASIER TO WEAR. WE CONSIDERED HOW A PIECE WORKED AS PART OF A FULL LOOK, THEN WHAT ELSE IT COULD DO WHEN PAIRED DIFFERENTLY WITH SOMETHING ALREADY IN HER CLOSET.
THAT WAS ESPECIALLY USEFUL ACROSS A FESTIVAL CALENDAR. THE WARDROBE NEEDED VARIETY, BUT IT ALSO NEEDED A SENSE OF CONNECTION, WITH COMBINATIONS THAT COULD BE REVISITED AND ADAPTED AS THE SUMMER UNFOLDED.
HER LOOKBOOK BECAME A PRACTICAL PART OF THAT PROCESS. WE MAPPED OUTFITS TO THE EVENTS AHEAD AND KEPT BUILDING AS WE WENT, CREATING A REFERENCE SHE COULD RETURN TO THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
I LOVE THIS PART OF AN ONGOING COLLABORATION: LEARNING WHAT SOMEONE REACHES FOR, SEEING WHERE THEY BECOME CURIOUS, AND FINDING NEW POSSIBILITIES IN THE WARDROBE WE ARE BUILDING TOGETHER. THE FESTIVAL GIVES US AN OCCASION TO EXPERIMENT, BUT THE IDEAS CAN STAY WITH THEM LONG AFTERWARD.
