Ethan Glenn is a fashion and lifestyle influencer who has made a name for himself in the fashion industry with his modern sense of style. He has become a go-to source for fashion advice and inspiration to many, with his over 500K followers on TikTok and Instagram.https://www.instagram.com/p/ClJ6Qz_y_Bv/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=14&wp=548&rd=https%3A%2F%2Ffashionunited.com&rp=%2Fnews%2Ffashion%2Ftop-fashion-influencer-ethan-glenn%2F2023011351691#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A502562.10000000894%7D
One of the things that sets Ethan apart from other influencers is his incorporation of streetwear and vintage into his outfits. He isn’t afraid to mix and match colors and textures creating looks that are both eye-catching and easygoing.
Ethan’s personal style can be best described as a blend of classic and contemporary. He often pairs classic tailored pieces, like shirts and trousers with trendy streetwear items such as oversized hoodies and sneakers. He also has a knack for mixing high-end designer pieces with more affordable, off-beat items. He can be seen rocking a Patagonia fleece with a pair of vintage Levi’s, or an Acne Studio scarf with a streetwear t-shirt.
Another thing that sets Ethan apart is his attention to detail. He pays close attention to fit and proportion, ensuring that every piece of clothing he wears is the right size and shape for his body type. He also pays close attention to grooming and accessories, often finishing off his looks with a stylish cap, sunglasses, or a carefully chosen piece of jewelry.
Aside from his successful career as an influencer, Ethan is also the owner and creative director of his own company called Every Other Thursday. The brand is a reflection of Ethan’s personal style and aesthetic. It offers a variety of streetwear and clothing items from card holders, to sweaters and t-shirts.
So, if you’re looking for a modest vintage lifestyle inspiration, by following Ethan you can learn how to dress in a way that is both fashionable and true to yourself.
Fashion is one of the most important visual phenomena of our time, and in fashion, color plays a major role. In this background article, we share the difference between primary and secondary colors, discuss color combinations and contrasts, and the influence of color in the fashion industry.
color
decoration: such as embellishments or embroideries
material: the fabric
shape: the silhouette of a garment is defined by its pattern (the cut) and is described by words such as oversized or fitted
A garment executed in one color is called uni or mono.
A garment consisting of two colors is referred to as bicolor.
Multicolor means multi-colored.
Color blocking or colour blocking is when two or more different colors are used in a piece of clothing or outfit.
Monochrome refers to an outfit that consists of one color from head to toe.
A Color Consultant gives consumers color and style advice. They advise clients on which colors and combinations suit them. The consultant distinguishes different color types based on their skin (warm or cool), hair and eye color. Sometimes the client receives a color passport highlighting the colors that suit him/her. A color passport can be useful when buying new clothes, as it can show which colors gave them a boost and which colors made a good combination. Retailers also sometimes hire color consultants to train their shop staff to give color advice to customers.
The spring/summer 2022 edition of the Haute Couture kicks off this week in Paris and the women’s wear collections start in February. These are the fresh faces we hope to see walking in the shows. They herald from all over the world, runway models from The USA and Europe to Japan and Angola. Not only are they fierce on the runways they slay on Instagram with thousands of followers each
.Nationality: Brazilian Mother Agency: Canvas Management, New York Instagram: ___valente Followers: 24K Recent Campaigns and Editorial: Fendi SS22 Campaign Fashion Shows: Balenciaga FW22: The Lost Tape; Z Factory SS22: Love Brings Love
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Nationality: Angolan Mother Agency: Da Banda Model Management, Angola Instagram: blesnyaminher Followers: 46.6K Recent Campaigns and Editorial: Louis Vuitton LV Holiday 2021; Zara UNA SPLENDIDA GIORNAÍA Fashion Shows: Chanel SS22; Isabel Marant SS22; Dior SS22; Salvatore Ferragamo SS22; Alberta Ferretti SS22 runway models
Nationality: French Mother Agency: Women Management Instagram: lolibahiaa Followers: 24.4K Recent Campaigns and Editorial: Saint Laurent Winter ‘21 campaign; ‘Jeunesse Dorée’ M Le magazine du Monde
Nationality: Japanese/French Mother Agency: Bon Image Corp. – Tokyo Instagram: mikaschndr Followers: 107K Recent Campaigns and Editorial: Vogue Japan ‘Mika Rocks’ and cover, Feb ‘22; Moschino SS22 Campaign; Louis Vuitton Holiday ‘21; British Vogue ‘The Jean Genies’ Dec ‘21 Fashion Shows: Chanel Pre-Fall 22 Metiers D’Art Show; Louis Vuitton SS22; Miu Miu SS22; Hermès SS22
runway models
Nationality: American (First Nations) Mother Agency: IMG Instagram: quannah.rose Followers: 296K Recent Campaigns and Editorial: Elle US digital cover Dec ‘21; Porter Magazine cover Dec ‘21; ‘Gaining Ground’ American Vogue Oct ‘21 Fashion Shows: Gucci Love Parade Pre-Fall 22; Chanel SS22; Chloé SS22
Nationality: Angolan Mother Agency: Da Banda Model Management, Angola Instagram: blesnyaminher Followers: 46.6K
runway models
Recent Campaigns and Editorial: Louis Vuitton LV Holiday 2021; Zara UNA SPLENDIDA GIORNAÍA Fashion Shows: Chanel SS22; Isabel Marant SS22; Dior SS22; Salvatore Ferragamo SS22; Alberta Ferretti SS22
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runway models
Nationality: American Mother Agency: DNA Models, New York Instagram: quinnelinmora Followers: 16K
runway models Recent Campaigns and Editorial: ‘High Performance’ W Magazine Dec ‘21; Vogue Korea Cover Dec ‘21 Fashion Shows: Chanel Pre-Fall 22 Metiers D’Art Show; Celine SS22; Miu Miu SS22; Hermés SS22
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Nationality: Angolan Mother Agency: Da Banda Model Management, Angola Instagram: blesnyaminher Followers: 46.6K Recent Campaigns and Editorial: Louis Vuitton LV Holiday 2021; Zara UNA SPLENDIDA GIORNAÍA Fashion Shows: Chanel SS22; Isabel Marant SS22; Dior SS22; Salvatore Ferragamo SS22; Alberta Ferretti SS22
Nationality: Angolan Mother Agency: Da Banda Model Management, Angola Instagram: blesnyaminher Followers: 46.6K Recent Campaigns and Editorial: Louis Vuitton LV Holiday 2021; Zara UNA SPLENDIDA GIORNAÍA Fashion Shows: Chanel SS22; Isabel Marant SS22; Dior SS22; Salvatore Ferragamo SS22; Alberta Ferretti SS22
Nationality: Russian Mother Agency: Avant Models Agency – Moscow Instagram: st.einberg Followers: 139K Recent Campaigns and Editorial: Givenchy Pre-Fall ‘22 Lookbook; Dior Cruise ‘22 Campaign; Christian Dior SS 22 Campaign Fashion Shows: Chanel Cruise 22 Show Dubai; Louis Vuitton SS22; Stella McCartney SS22; Givenchy SS22; Isabel Marant SS22
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Nationality: Chinese Mother Agency: The Face Paris Instagram: yilan_hua Followers: 68K Recent Campaigns and Editorial; Max Mara SS22 Campaign; Fendi SS22 Campaign; Hermès ‘Upside Down’ Nov ‘21 Fashion Shows: Celine SS22; Mugler FW 21; AZ Factory SS22: ‘Love Brings Love’FROM CATWALK TO CLOSET
The FashionUnited Combined Top 200 Index gathers the largest fashion companies in the world by market value. The unique FashionUnited benchmark formula for fashion companies calculates the current values of both public and privately held clothing companies.
Rank
Company
Mcap $
Type
1
LVMH
$308.9 b
Public
2
Nike
$133.8 b
Public
3
Hermès
$130.4 b
Public
4
Christian Dior
$108.7 b
Public
5
TJX
$73.10 b
Public
6
Inditex
$67.17 b
Public
7
Luxottica Group
$65.24 b
Public
8
Kering
$59.31 b
Public
9
Chanel
$57.46 b
Private
10
Fast Retailing
$55.37 b
Public
11
Compagnie Financière Richemont
$51.18 b
Public
12
Lululemon Athletica
$37.24 b
Public
13
Rolex SA
$29.84 b
Private
14
Ross Stores
$29.83 b
Public
15
adidas
$23.11 b
Public
16
Li Ning
$19.8 b
Public
17
Chow Tai Fook Jewellery
$18.3 b
Public
18
Hennes & Mauritz
$15.4 b
Public
19
Authentic Brands Group
$15.2 b
Private
20
Armani
$14.7 b
Private
21
VF
$12.1 b
Public
22
Moncler SpA
$12.1 b
Public
23
Prada
$12.0 b
Public
24
Swatch Group
$12.0 b
Public
25
Swarovski
$11.0 b
Private
26
Primark
$9.89 b
Private
27
PUIG
$9.52 b
Private
28
Deckers Outdoor
$8.79 b
Public
29
Dick’s Sporting Goods
$8.70 b
Public
30
Burberry Group
$8.43 b
Public
31
Pentland Brands
$8.12 b
Private
32
Patek Phillippe
$7.62 b
Private
33
Burlington Coat Company
$7.58 b
Public
34
Next
$7.39 b
Public
35
PUMA
$7.22 b
Public
36
Tapestry
$7.16 b
Public
37
C&A
$6.97 b
Private
38
Max Mara
$6.55 b
Private
39
Audemars Piguet
$6.26 b
Private
40
Levi Strauss & Co.
$6.18 b
Public
41
Ralph Lauren
$5.89 b
Public
42
JD Sports
$5.76 b
Public
43
Zalando
$5.71 b
Public
44
Lojas Renner S.A.
$5.62 b
Public
45
Capri Holdings
$5.54 b
Public
46
Dolce & Gabbana
$5.52 b
Private
47
Vipshop Holdings
$5.41 b
Public
48
Gildan Activewear
$5.29 b
Public
49
Skechers
$5.22 b
Public
50
Tory Burch
$5.16 b
Private
51
On Running
$5.04 b
Public
52
Valentino
$4.78 b
Private
53
New Balance
$4.63 b
Private
54
Columbia Sportswear
$4.48 b
Public
55
Dillard’s
$4.53 b
Public
56
Macys
$4.36 b
Public
57
Birkenstock
$4.12 b
Private
58
Aditya Birla
$3.79 b
Public
59
Veepee
$3.85 b
Private
60
Bestseller
$3.70 b
Private
61
Academy Sports + Outdoors
$3.51 b
Private
62
Frasers Group
$3.41 b
Public
63
Brunello Cucinelli
$3.37 b
Public
64
Hugo Boss
$3.36 b
Public
65
Asics
$3.22 b
Public
66
OTB Group
$3.17 b
Private
67
Farfetch
$3.15 b
Public
68
Gap
$3.14 b
Public
69
El Corte Inglés Group
$3.13 b
Private
70
Calzedonia Group
$3.12 b
Private
71
PVH
$3.05 b
Public
72
Belle International
$3.04 b
Public
73
Under Armour
$3.01 b
Public
74
Foot locker
$2.97 b
Public
75
Tom Ford
$2.96 b
Private
76
Vera Wang
$2.83 b
Private
77
Lacoste
$2.80 b
Private
78
MANGO MNG Holding
$2.78 b
Private
79
Nordstrom
$2.76 b
Public
80
Carters
$2.75 b
Public
81
Alpargatas
$2.69 b
Public
82
Zegna
$2.66 b
Public
83
J. Crew
$2.61 b
Private
84
Chopard
$2.58 b
Private
85
Hanesbrands Inc.
$2.51 b
Public
86
Salvatore Ferragamo
$2.48 b
Public
87
Victoria’s Secret
$2.46 b
Public
88
Longchamp
$2.44 b
Private
89
Marks & Spencer Group
$2.30 b
Public
90
Lao Feng Xiang Jewelry
$2.27 b
Public
91
NewYorker
$2.24 b
Private
92
J.C. Penney
$2.23 b
Private
93
Steve Madden
$2.15 b
Public
94
Urban Outfitters
$2.10 b
Public
95
American Eagle Outfitters
$1.95 b
Public
96
Triumph International
$1.89 b
Private
97
Semir
$1.83 b
Public
98
Furla
$1.80 b
Private
99
Benetton Group
$1.72 b
Private
100
Canada Goose
$1.71 b
Public
101
The Buckle Inc.
$1.68 b
Public
102
Oxford Industries
$1.42 b
Public
103
Tendam – Grupo Cortefiel
$1.39 b
Private
104
TODS
$1.34 b
Public
105
Grendene
$1.33 b
Public
106
Takko Fashion
$1.32 b
Private
107
s Oliver Group
$1.26 b
Private
108
New Look
$1.25 b
Private
109
Wolverine
$1.21 b
Public
110
Eroglu Group
$1.07 b
Private
111
Russell Athletic
$1.06 b
Private
112
Varner Group
$1.04 b
Private
113
Neiman Marcus
$1.03 b
Private
114
Guararapes
$1.01 b
Public
115
Cole Haan
$2.57 b
Private
116
Bogner
$2.46 b
Private
117
Hudsons Bay
$2.37 b
Private
118
Bosco di Ciliegi
$2.13 b
Private
119
Holy Fashion Group
$2.11 b
Private
120
Selfridges Group
$2.09 b
Private
121
Elie Taharie
$1.96 b
Private
122
DvF (Diane von Furstenberg)
$1.96 b
Private
123
ShopKo Stores
$1.89 b
Private
124
Babochka
$1.88 b
Private
125
Eddie Bauer
$1.84 b
Private
126
Wortmann Group
$1.78 b
Private
127
Lindex
$1.77 b
Private
128
Breitling
$1.70 b
Private
129
Monsoon Accessorize
$1.69 b
Private
130
Barneys New York
$1.58 b
Private
131
Christian Louboutin
$1.54 b
Private
132
Ascena Retail Group
$1.51 b
Private
133
Liu Jo
$1.50 b
Private
134
New Era
$1.44 b
Private
135
Frederique Constant
$1.43 b
Private
136
Excellent Retail Brands
$1.34 b
Private
137
Groupe Zannier
$1.29 b
Private
138
Patagonia
$1.23 b
Private
139
Paul Smith
$1.23 b
Private
140
De Rigo S.p.A.
$1.18 b
Private
141
IC Group
$1.15 b
Private
142
Mikimoto
$1.12 b
Private
143
Pepe Jeans Group
$1.11 b
Private
144
Sociedad Textil Lonia
$1.10 b
Private
145
Ulysse Nardin
$1.06 b
Private
146
Manolo Blahnik
$1.04 b
Private
147
Canali
$1.03 b
Private
148
Kurt Geiger
$1.02 b
Private
149
CBR Fashion
$1.01 b
Private
150
St. John
$986 m
Private
151
Marzotto Group
$972 m
Private
152
Groupe GO Sport
$964 m
Private
153
Bally
$1.17 b
Private
154
G-star
$962 m
Private
155
Designer Brands (DSW)
$960 m
Public
156
Marc O Polo
$876 m
Private
157
Guess
$820 m
Public
158
Woolrich
$789 m
Private
159
Abercrombie & Fitch
$764 m
Public
160
G-III Apparel Group
$743 m
Public
161
Metersbonwe
$650 m
Public
162
Chicos
$624 m
Public
163
Caleres
$612 m
Public
164
ASOS
$600 m
Public
165
Genesco
$538 m
Public
166
Boohoo.Com
$526 m
Public
167
Arvind Fashions
$521 m
Public
168
Childrens Place Inc
$484 m
Public
169
Allbirds
$471 m
Public
170
Van de Velde
$442 m
Public
171
SMCP
$430 m
Private
172
Peek & Cloppenburg
$409 m
Private
173
Desigual
$376 m
Private
174
Barbour
$371 m
Private
175
True Religion
$370 m
Private
176
Onward Holdings
$334 m
Public
177
Esprit
$270 m
Public
178
Ted Baker
$224 m
Public
179
Damartex
$193 m
Public
180
Fossil
$180 m
Public
181
BCBG Maxazria
$178 m
Private
182
Rent the Runway
$152 m
Public
183
Supergroup
$107 m
Public
184
Rue21
$106 m
Private
185
Aldo
$102 m
Private
186
ESCADA
$101 m
Private
187
Express
$80 m
Public
Find more than 4.000 fashion brand companies in the International Fashion Brands Directory here.
Disclaimer: The privately held companies are selected by analysing all companies in the database (Fashion Company directory) and filings at the local Chamber of Commerce or public disclosures. Due to limited disclosed information on privately held entities, the market value of these companies remains to be an estimate. Any information on the stock listed companies is frozen as of October 3rd, 2022. The privately listed fashion companies are revalued annualy. Therefore the valuation of the publicly listed clothing companies will be updated according to this periodicity.
While many lip piercings have variations, none are as quirky as the horizontal lip piercing. This piercing is a must for anyone interested in a unique placement!
Below you’ll find everything you need to know about horizontal lip piercings including price, procedure, pain level and healing time. Recommended aftercare products & various photos will help you make the horizontal lip piercing all your own.
What is a Horizontal Lip Piercing?
A horizontal lip piercing is a continuous puncture situated across the bottom lip. This piercing is usually adorned with a straight or curved barbell and has two ends poking out on top of the lip.
Should You Get a Horizontal Lip Piercing?
As with any piercing, horizontal lip piercings have their risks & rewards. Read the following pros & cons to see if this piercing is right for you:
Pros
This piercing highlights the lips in a big way and brings symmetry to the face. All genders can comfortably wear this piercing.
Horizontal lip piercings are quite rare and would most likely draw more attention. This piercing is definitely intended to make a statement.
Cons
Since the lip area is very sensitive, healing and changing jewelry can be more painful than other piercings. These worries can be reduced by choosing a small needle and well-fitting jewelry.
Horizontal lip piercings will leave scarring if they are removed. Make absolutely sure you’re good with keeping this piercing (or the scars) before you get it done.
Piercing Procedure
Horizontal lip piercing is a delicate and sensitive procedure that requires precision. Choosing a reputable piercer is very important for this piercing so that it looks how it should.
When you arrive at the shop, your piercer will go over the procedure and have you fill out some paperwork while they set up. Once they’re ready, your lip will be cleaned and marked with a surgical pen. Make sure you like the location of the marks before moving forward!
Your lip will then be clamped and the surface of your lip will be punctured with a hollow needle. The needle will promptly be changed out for your chosen jewelry. Afterwards, your piercer will talk to you about proper piercing aftercare. Be sure you understand what you need to do and ask any questions you may have.
See the videos below for a look at horizontal lip piercing in real time.
Horizontal lip piercings are rated at a 5/10 on the pain scale. This rating is higher because it is a more complicated procedure in a sensitive area.
Your pain level may vary depending on lip sensitivity, tissue thickness or needle size. Choosing a piercer you trust will ensure these things are taken into account beforehand.
Healing and Aftercare
Horizontal lip piercing healing time usually takes around 6 – 8 weeks.
Your lip will be swollen and sensitive for the first few days, but these issues should go away within a week. Remember the following aftercare guidelines to keep your piercing healthy:
Always wash your hands thoroughly before touching your piercing.
Do not play with or move your piercing.
Keep oral contact with other people and things to a minimum.
Make sure your piercing is completely healed before removing your jewelry. Early jewelry removal can cause your piercing to close.
Clean your piercing twice per day as described below to minimize risk of infection.
How to Clean Your Piercing
Mix 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt with 8 oz warm water. After the salt has dissolved, pour some saline solution on a clean pad or towel. Hold it on your piercing for a few minutes to help loosen any crusted debris that may be present.
Carefully clean off any debris and the ends of your jewelry while keeping your jewelry still. Repeat this procedure once in the morning and once at night to ensure your piercing stays clean throughout the day.
Recommended Aftercare Products
Sea salt
This piercing sea salt is ideal for at-home saline solutions.
Piercing aftercare spray
Saline spray is ideal for anyone on-the-go. Throw it in your bag and clean your piercing anywhere!
Best Jewelry for Horizontal Lip Piercings
Be sure to insist on high quality surgical steel or titanium jewelry when getting pierced. Do not use plated metal or plastic jewelry, as these may cause piercing infection or keloids.
Curved barbells or spiked ends can add something extra to an already-unique piercing.
The classic choice for horizontal lip piercings is a straight barbell. This can be enhanced with different ends depending on your mood.
While studs or rings may be plausible, use caution when trying them. This piercing is more elongated than a typical lip piercing and it may be uncomfortable with different jewelry.
How Much Does a Horizontal Lip Piercing Cost?
In the US, horizontal lip piercings range from $40 – $70.
In the UK, horizontal lip piercings range from £35 – £80.
In Europe, horizontal lip piercings range from €30 to €80.
The cost of your piercing usually indicates the experience of the piercer. Basic jewelry is usually included in this cost.
Barry Bonds typically wears an inch-long cross earring, with square-cut precious stones on the sides. He started wearing a cross hoop as a Pirates rookie. it became a symbol of his flash. Sterling silver cross circle hoop: the cross image of the design, fashion and modern, the perfect cleaning process is straightforward, typical, attractive, elegant, Exchange GBT to PKR.
Barry Bonds Earrings
The cross was at first a pendant, given to him by his granddad, Robert Bonds. Bonds transformed it into an earring, which he wore throughout his time in Pittsburgh. After he came to San Francisco, he engaged Mozaffarian in fashion.
Bonds wore a cross earring in 1986 when he was a newbie with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and it turned into an image of his glimmer. He was all the while wearing one of every 1993, as an individual from the San Francisco Giants, and it turned into an image of his confidence.
Barry Bonds Earrings look perfect, beautiful, stylish, and aren’t weighty on the ears by any stretch of the imagination.
Barry Bonds career
Barry Bonds has been one of the most significant players in the MLB given his great profession, the steroid time, and how he changed the game.
In 1993, Bonds endorsed with the San Francisco Giants, continuing in his dad and granddad’s footsteps, where he would spend the next 15 seasons and resign in 2007.
How did Barry Bonds get famous?
Bonds collected various Gold Glove awards for his play in the left field yet was most popular as a very useful hitter. In 2004 he turned out to be just the third major leaguer to hit more than 700 grand slams in his career, and he turned into the significant association all-time strolls pioneer.
What is Barry Bonds generally known for?
Barry Bonds, in full Barry Lamar Bonds, American expert baseball player, an extraordinary all-around player who broke the significant association grand league records for both a vocation (762) and a solitary season (with 73 homers in 200
Controversial Career of Barry Bonds
Despite his honors, Bonds drove a controversial career, prominently as a focal figure in baseball’s steroids scandal. He was prosecuted in 2007 on charges of prevarication and hindrance of equity for supposedly misleading an excellent jury during the national government’s examination of BALCO, a maker of an imperceptible steroid.
Bonds’ career is stained by a few outrages connected with steroids. He was in the focal point of the controversy since the mid-2000s.
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Barry Bonds stays one of the best hitters in the game. Most likely about that. Yet, the previous Giants star once supposedly utilized steroids to upgrade his exhibition during his playing days. What’s more, that may be the primary explanation he didn’t get enlisted into the Hall of Fame in his last year of qualification. Yet, it doesn’t change the way that Bonds is a genuine legend of the game.
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On the Thursday after Labor Day, the Gagosian gallery held a dinner at Altro Paradiso, a haute pasta spot in New York’s SoHo. Each year that September evening is a rite of passage in the art world. The Chelsea galleries throw open their doors to the big fall shows, the public floods the blocks between 10th and 11th Avenues, and a select few get invited to dinners to celebrate it all, with cocktails flowing late into the evening.
Of those galleries hosting dinners, Larry Gagosian’s is the biggest, with 19 locations around the globe. That evening the Houston-based artist Rick Lowe had debuted a suite of paintings at Gagosian in his first New York solo show, which had come on the heels of his inclusion in the Whitney Biennial earlier in the year. A line snaked down West 24th Street, and staff had to ensure passage for certain VIPs: Met director Max Hollein, Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak, former cultural commissioner Tom Finkelpearl, the Ghanaian British architect Sir David Adjaye. The opening was set to close at 8 p.m., but by 8:30 the gallery was still thronged. Lowe, 61, finally arrived at Altro around 9, flanked by a dozen family members from Alabama, many of whom had never been to New York City. The restaurant was crowded with well-wishers. David Breslin, who would be announced as the new modern and contemporary curator at The Met in a few weeks, was chatting with the artist Cy Gavin. Gagosian COO Andrew Fabricant ate at a table stuffed with collectors. The artist Awol Erizku held court at another without ever removing his Marni sunglasses.
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At the center of it all sat the show’s curator, Antwaun Sargent, who joined the gallery as a director at the start of 2021. Dressed in an outfit typical of his style—Gucci loafers with a Comme des Garçons jacket and Esenshel wool cap—Sargent occupied a seat reserved for Tyler Mitchell, the young photographer whose own Sargent-organized show at Gagosian would open the following week in London. Mitchell was occupied for the evening at a dinner hosted by Matthieu Blazy, creative director of the Italian fashion brand Bottega Veneta, at The Strand bookstore.
“Believe me, if I didn’t have to be here, I would be there—can you believe it, a Bottega dinner at The Strand?” Sargent said, his eyes wide.
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Sargent is 34 years old and speaks with the authority of someone much older while still exhibiting the excitability of a Gen Z TikTok star. His proclamations, which he can pose as outrageous provocations without indicating that his tongue is fully in his cheek, often end with a dramatic upswing in pitch. He’s lithe, a former cross-country runner who still bikes hundreds of miles a week, and often coils his body as he begins a story, affecting a pounce when he hits his crescendo.
At Altro, it was difficult for tablemates to shift the subject as Sargent opined, sipping a negroni and then a second negroni. We discussed the sheer improbability of a dinner for a Lowe show at Gagosian, the world’s most sales-obsessed gallery. The artist’s practice has long been concerned with community organizing in Houston’s Third Ward, about as far from the transactional temple of Gagosian’s white cube as you could get. Yet Sargent had landed him.
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“In the middle of the pandemic, I called Rick and I said, ‘I heard you’re making paintings,’ ” he told the audience at the dinner in an all-eyes-on-me toast that had been preceded by screams of “Antwaaaun.”
It was, in many ways, Sargent’s night as much as the artist’s—a characterization the curator would strenuously disagree with, telling me in the hours leading up to the event that “Tonight is all about Rick, it’s about Rick.” Even so, as those pre-toast chants indicated, it was also undeniably Sargent’s stage. In his two brief years at Gagosian, Sargent, who not so long ago was scraping together rent writing online, has become one of the more fawned over, buzzed about, and mystifying forces in the commercial gallery world.
Sargent’s trajectory from outsider to consummate insider has come amid a movement to bring Black artists more into the programming at blue-chip galleries and top-flight institutions, where for centuries they’ve been marginalized or not shown at all. No one has done this more visibly than Sargent, becoming an art world micro-celebrity along the way, with nearly 100,000 Instagram followers. Openings for shows he has curated have looked more like concerts, with young kids spilling out into the streets, generating waves of press and celebrity attention. When Jay-Z stopped by the gallery’s London outpost during the Sargent-staged show “Social Works II,” he was given a private tour by Sargent.
As dessert arrived around midnight, Sargent showed little inclination that he would soon be heading back to the apartment in Downtown Brooklyn he shares with a roommate. In a few days’ time, he was set to fly to London to start installing the first Gagosian show for Mitchell, a major step in the photographer’s continued ascendance.
In one of our several interviews, in early September, I asked Sargent about the place he now occupies among the tippy top of the art market’s highest elevation, and how exactly he reached it despite the odds stacked against him—and some forces still at play.
“I do understand that there is a space that I carved out, and I am sensitive to that,” he said. “If you would’ve asked Antwaun what he would be doing when you’re 33, I would’ve never said this. Never in my life would I have said this.”
“You get attention, people hate. But no one has done it to my face.”
For the last few years, many major institutions and blue-chip galleries have gone out of their way to correct the long-standing inequity of Black artists in programming and collections—between 2008 and 2018, just 2.37 percent of acquisitions at 30 prominent American museums were of work by Black artists. Since then, the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum both deaccessioned works by white artists in order to have an endowment to acquire works by women and artists of color. Black artists, especially those who work in the field of figurative painting, have seen their prices skyrocket on the secondary market and have waiting lists for work on the primary market so long that even some of the world’s top collectors can’t access the work.
Sargent is arguably the most recognizable face of this movement, a red-carpet-walking social-first curator-slash-dealer cloaked in custom Bode jackets and Issey Miyake pleats. “Young Gifted and Black,” a show of work from the collection of former media executive Bernard Lumpkin and his husband, Carmine D. Boccuzzi, that Sargent cocurated with Matt Wycoff, has been touring for three years and is currently on view at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis. Sargent organized “Figures of Speech”, the massive exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of work by the late Louis Vuitton designer Virgil Abloh that saw enterprising streetwear dealers buy out gift shop merch to flip at resale. This year Sargent was asked, with Aimee Ng, to put together a show of paintings by Barkley L. Hendricks at the Frick, the first time a Black artist has had a show at the museum. In the fall, Sargent taught a photography course at Yale, a fact he casually dropped as he tracked down our Uber outside the Brooklyn Museum one afternoon this past summer after a walk-through of the Abloh show where he was gawked at by the designer’s young devotees.
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“You get attention, people hate. But no one has done it to my face.”
As he’s gone about his work, Sargent has overhauled the typical notion of an art curator as an egghead entombed within the institution. He is out on the town constantly. When he released the 2019 book The New Black Vanguard, it came with a signing in Milan hosted by Gucci, attended by Tyler, the Creator; Arthur Jafa; and Maurizio Cattelan. In March, following the Academy Awards, he attended Vanity Fair’s after-party, then moved on to Madonna and Guy Oseary’s bash, then went to Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s at the Chateau Marmont, then straight to his Sunset Tower suite to retrieve his bag. He had to be back in New York for a dinner honoring Lowe’s inclusion in the Whitney Biennial. Then he was off for a talk at Savannah College of Art and Design alongside Mitchell, and then Venice for the Biennale, posting an Instagram pic in a pink silk three-piece Gucci suit.
“Antwaun has always been stylish, he’s always been in fashion, he’s always been in music, he’s always been in multiple circles.… Me and Antwaun, we used to say we’re like the Future and DJ Esco of the art world,” Erizku told me, name-checking the trendsetting Atlanta rapper and his producer-manager.
The comparison of Sargent, who has worked to carve out his own lane in his own style and been handsomely rewarded as the industry caught up, was apt. For years, Sargent was a freelance critic, writing for The New York Times and The New Yorker. He has reached his lofty curatorial perch at the world’s most powerful commercial gallery without the usual MFAs and PhDs—and without climbing the ladder from front desk to assistant to dealer to director.
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To many in art’s old guard, this deems him unworthy. That this concerns the most air-kissed echelons of the art world, few inhabitants would even voice their criticisms for attribution, but suffice it to say Sargent has his haters, and they typically have two or three lines of complaint. From speaking to a number of arts professionals, many think it’s a bit much to proclaim him a genius for finding market-friendly Black artists and selling their work to loyal Gagosian clients under the aegis of “Black social practice”—especially if he’s making money doing so. Some scholars of photo-based work, meanwhile, have knocked his choice of artists, saying he tended to elevate his friends, who work mostly as—the horror!—fashion photographers. As for the crowds he tends to attract to his openings, well, some find it distracting at best, PR at the worst—as if pursuing populism was the equivalent of the blue-chip galleries turning into the Museum of Ice Cream. Or some say that Sargent is too quick to appear on a red carpet or front row at a fashion show to be treated like a serious curator. As one source put it to me, “Antwaun Sargent was on Gossip Girl. Can you ever imagine Harald Szeemann on M*A*S*H?”
“He’s able to bridge Park Avenue and Bushwick, right?… He’s able to connect the East Side with East New York.”
Then there are the literal critics. In a splashy but quietly devastating review, The Times’s venerable Holland Cotter wrote, “Gagosian is, of course, deeply inside that world and deeply conventional in every way. In fact, the single most surprising thing about ‘Social Works’ is finding it there at all.” The small but influential Manhattan Art Review panned the same show—hard. “At root, the problem is that there’s a persistent assumption that the work has meaning by virtue of cultural associations that stand outside of the artwork’s own qualities,” the site’s much-feared author, Sean Tatol, wrote.
Sargent said he’s aware of the critiques, if indifferent.
“Artforum has never reviewed or written about anything I’ve ever done. Ever,” he told me. “I’ve been doing this for 10 years. And…I’ve been doing this at a scale that no one has been doing.… So, I think there might be some hateration over there. You get attention, people hate. But no one has done it to my face. ” (In a statement, Artforum editor in chief David Velasco said: “Antwaun Sargent’s writings and exhibitions have been noted in various parts of the magazine. The reviews section is small, and there are hundreds of shows each month competing for attention. We miss many worthy exhibitions all the time.”
Nor has it slowed his ascent. After his multishow takeover of Gagosian’s gallery at Park Avenue and 75th Street, he’ll stage an edition of “Social Works” at the gallery’s Beverly Hills space, followed by two solo shows in Los Angeles, another complete takeover. “Antwaun is a Renaissance man, what the consultants call an ‘ambidextrous leader,’ and what I mean by that is he is truly interdisciplinary,” says Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, the $16 billion art and social justice fund. “And I think he’s a great curator. He’s a beautiful writer. He is a capitalist. All of those things are part of his identity, and he wears it with pride.”
hat happens when you have beets?” It’s a sunny afternoon in Tribeca, and Olympia Gayot and I are in a curved booth at The Odeon. She’s just informed the server that she’s allergic to eggs, and I’ve confirmed that there are no beets in the steak salad I ordered. “I have a very strong aversion to them,” I explain. “An extreme dislike.”
“They totally could sneak into a salad,” Gayot says. She gets it.
Of course, we’re not meeting to discuss my root vegetable preferences, but it suffices as an icebreaker for two strangers meeting over lunch. Though, as a fashion writer, I’ve been aware of Gayot since she was named head of women’s and kids’ design at J.Crew in late 2020.
Having previously worked at the storied American label from 2010–2017, the 41-year-old Toronto native rejoined during a pivotal time for the brand, herself, and the world. “They approached me during the pandemic,” she tells me. “It was a conversation that happened over a few months, and I was pregnant by the end of it. I was like, This is going to be intense; I’m pregnant and it’s the middle of a pandemic.” Plus, J.Crew had just come out of bankruptcy. The sterling mid-aughts era marked by soaring profits, Michelle Obama–approved designs, and the Midas touch of former president and creative director Jenna Lyons was in fashion’s rearview mirror. “But I knew that I wanted it,” she says. “It was such an incredible opportunity. I was just really excited.”
That Gayot ended up in fashion wasn’t completely coincidental, but not inevitable either. “[My mother] was one of the founders of Club Monaco,” she says. “She wasn’t an owner, but she was a designer and there from the very beginning.” For a young Gayot, this meant a wardrobe of striped T-shirts and navy blazers, and a glimpse into the “fun, bohemian” life her parents led. “They were always having parties, always going dancing, always having people over.” As Club Monaco grew, Gayot was increasingly exposed to an international group of designers who moved to Toronto to work for the brand, and spent a lot of time at her mother’s office assisting with various tasks. Her first love, however, was fine art—a pursuit her parents more than encouraged. “My mom was always saying, ‘Don’t go into fashion.’”
“Really?” I ask. “She discouraged it?”
“I think she just knew how fast-paced it is. And she just was like, ‘You’re a talented painter, and you can draw, so you should be doing that.’ And I loved it, probably more than anything.”
After a stint at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts in Boston, Gayot hopped on a bus to New York, applied to the School of Visual Arts, and promptly transferred. (She filled her parents in after the fact.) “I was always studying art and painting, and then doing fashion on the side—styling, assisting; I worked at DNA, the modeling agency, filing models’ portfolio pictures.” Living in Murray Hill with a friend she met bartending, it was not the college dorm experience you see in the movies. “I didn’t want that,” Gayot says between bites of salmon tartare. “I was ready to be an adult. I really wanted to start working and live my life.”
The drive followed her to Paris, where she moved after college with a former boyfriend. “It was always a dream of mine to live there,” she says. “I was doing portraits at the time, so I was surviving off a mix of random fashion jobs and selling paintings.”
Describing her time there as “amazing,” Gayot maintains she was “always really happy to just go wherever the wind took me. And in the beginning, honestly, I don’t think I had a plan. I just wanted to be busy. I loved art, I loved fashion, I loved getting dressed and going out at night. All that.”
Back in New York, the balance Gayot had struck between art and fashion began to tilt towards the latter. Painting, she says, “was very solitary,” and also “a boys’ club” that was often discouraging. She was finding more opportunities—and having more fun—doing freelance design projects, assisting on Vogue shoots, and styling retail displays. A friend she met while designing a private label for Urban Outfitters had landed at J.Crew, and encouraged Gayot to interview.
“I came in and met Jenna and I got hired.”
Save for a brief moment when I ask Gayot if the woman at the bar in a black crop top is Minka Kelly (I’m almost positive it is), we spend the next 20 minutes discussing what, at the time, was her first corporate job.
“I never thought I would end up at a big brand, but it was so amazing. Even though it is a big company, there’s a family style vibe to it, I think because it’s so creative. It was a really great place to be. I was there during the Jenna years. I stayed for seven years, worked my way up the ranks, and worked with her pretty closely; worked with [former CEO] Mickey Drexler closely. I did knits, I did swim, sweaters, collections—lots of different categories.”
Recalling J.Crew’s cropped kaleidoscopic pants, glitter pumps, and elevated takes on nautical- and military-inspired dressing at the time, I’m curious to know if she had a favorite.
“I love designing swim. Everybody’s the happiest when they’re on the beach, right? [It’s] just a joyful category.” The role also came with a welcome dose of nostalgia. “My parents had a place in Florida, so growing up we’d go there for Christmas and we’d always go to the J.Crew store in Miami, or we’d go [when we were] in New York. I loved it. It was so iconic.”
During Gayot’s initial tenure, J.Crew reached an unprecedented level of popularity. The brand’s collections were breathlessly covered by fashion media alongside luxury counterparts, and the pieces became a favorite among celebrities. Lyons became a star herself—her every outfit snapped by street style photographers and move documented by Page Six. After getting married and having her first child (she says she wore “a tight, black crochet dress with a six-month bump” to her 2016 City Hall wedding), Gayot was ready for a change. “Seven years was a long time for me to be at one place, and I feel like it’s really important to try multiple things to keep things fresh,” she says. “I got an opportunity to leave, and I just took it.”
That opportunity was at Victoria’s Secret, designing apparel, sleepwear, and lingerie. “Not bras and panties,” she clarifies, “but actual teddies.” It proved to be a tremendous learning experience. “Lingerie is a completely different world. It’s super technical, working with lace and constructing things that [fit close] to your body. It’s literally intimate.” Given the fabrics she was working with and the volume of product the brand was producing, there were also big financial implications tied to her work. “That gets you into business mode, which is important. You can’t just design in a bubble.”
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