Wes Anderson likes to remain firmly in his wheelhouse. Critics are calling his newest, Asteroid Metropolis, which premiered at Cannes yesterday, “the epitome of a Wes Anderson film”—anticipate mannered dialogue, symmetrical set design, and loads of pastels. Your mileage might range, in different phrases, relying on the way you felt about his final 10 efforts.
In relation to his wardrobe, although, his dedication to doing what works is tough to search out fault with. As an example: If the climate is anyplace above 60 levels, you’re virtually assured to see Wes Anderson in a seersucker swimsuit. He wore one to be profiled by New York Journal in 2007. He wore one to advertise Moonrise Kingdom in 2012. He wore one, cuffs rolled excessive, to experience a Citibike in 2015. He wore one to the Rome movie competition in 2019, after which once more to a Prada trend present later that very same 12 months. And, most notably, he retains sporting them at Cannes—first in 2021, on the fashion-happy pink carpet for The French Dispatch, and now this 12 months, too, for Asteroid Metropolis.
Anderson’s fondness for seersucker isn’t terribly exhausting to know. He seems rattling good within the stuff. It’s {the summertime} equal of the corduroy fits he favors within the fall and winter: preppy and professorial, hardy sufficient for lengthy days on set, dressy sufficient for lengthy nights at fancy events. Seersucker is supremely light-weight and breathable, which is why it’s been a favourite of Southern attorneys and Kentucky Derby attendees for generations, and it’s simple to decorate up or down at your pleasure. In Cannes yesterday, Anderson break up the distinction by pairing his traditional blue-and-white quantity with a tieless white linen shirt, splashy yellow socks, and a pair of stealth-wealth Loro Piana loafers.
Better of all? Seersucker is wildly inexpensive. J.Crew’s snappy model, eerily much like Anderson’s personal, clocks in at simply $376—an absurd steal should you think about all of the methods you’ll be able to and may put on it this summer season (and each summer season hereafter): with a shirt and tie at your buddy’s wedding ceremony; with a knit polo and shades at your in-laws’ backyard occasion; with a tank and sandals on a seaside date night time. And you must most likely put on it to see Asteroid Metropolis when it hits theaters subsequent month, simply to thank Anderson for introducing you to your new, unbeatable heat climate uniform.
