Dear Member,
As the film industry descends into its annual frenzy of self-congratulation (we cannot help but notice how many of you are lurking in the credits of this year’s Oscar nominees), the club is abuzz with awards season gossip and after-parties…for which all members have had to sign an NDA, by the way. So, we thought it fitting to make it this week’s newsletter theme. However, in light of all the film talk already taking place in The Clubhouse, we are taking a different approach to one of our favourite times of the year.  Our in-house fashion contributor will be breaking down the nominees’ styles and predicting which looks she thinks our favourite thespians will be wearing for the upcoming awards ceremonies. If you care more about film than fashion, we will also be offering you some alternate viewing options starring said nominees. Before we begin, though, some updates from around the club!
CLUB UPDATES
- Film Club (Oscars 2025) is currently underway in The Clubhouse for all Private Members.
- The next iteration of Book Club will also be starting soon in The Clubhouse for all Private Members. This month’s book will be The Wedding People.
- This month, we will also be running our first Games Night on the 21st which will include a club wide game of Mafia (or The Traitors). We have also added new sections in The Clubhouse for discussion, including ‘Sports’, ‘The Gym’, ‘The Stables’ and ‘Interiors’.  If you are having any issues accessing The Clubhouse, please be sure to log your issues via our ‘Support’ page for our technical team to look at.
- Our Seasonal Curations have also been updated with plenty of suggestions to see you through until Spring.
- Private Members have been voting in The Clubhouse on their preferred house colours and styles for our next merchandise drop. Forest Green is now officially the house colour for all Private Members. If you would like to have a say on future products, house colours, and general choices around the society, please ensure you join us in The Clubhouse where regular announcements on these topics take place.
Jeremy Strong: nominated for best supporting actor in The Apprentice
Love it or hate it, you can’t deny or refute the fact the man is having fun with what he wears. Dripping in Loro Piana must feel pretty good too. We would be remiss not to mention Warren Alfie Baker, who styles many of the best-dressed men (ah hem…we’re looking at you, Andrew Garfield), including Jeremy, and helped make this custom look come together. Let’s see what the awards season looks like from here on out.
“It’s pure instinct, it’s like acting for me, I saw the colour, and I thought OK I’m done” – Zanna Roberts Rossi on Jeremy Strong on Fashion People.
Whilst most of you have probably seen him in Succession (“I take him as seriously as I take my own life,” – Strong on Kendall), if you’re still looking for a bit of that dry, deadpan, Strong fix, we also love him as no-nonsense Vinny in The Big Short (an early test run as Kendall, we’re sure) and Matthew in the 2019 film, ‘The Gentlemen’.
Demi Moore: nominated for best actress in The Substance
Between Demi and her dog Pilaf, we can’t decide who is more iconic. What we do know, though, is that we hope to look as good as she does at her age (any members who happen to know who her surgeon is, please email us ASAP).
Styled by Brad Goreski, of Fashion Police fame, he’s styled her in looks from Loewe to Schiaparelli and Carolina Herrera, but our hunch is she will go for something more classic and less experimental in either Versace or Armani Prive.
If you haven’t seen it, ‘St Elmo’s Fire’ is a great throwback Demi film. She also plays an interesting mum to Miley Cyrus in ‘LOL’ (which is a bit of a guilty pleasure… Douglas Booth is a babe, what can we say). We would also like to remind you she also voiced Esmerelda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame if you need a bit of a palate cleanser from all of the bodily fluids in The Substance this weekend.
Colman Domingo: nominated for best actor in Sing Sing
A man who never fails to deliver style wise. We really want to see him in the latest Dior Men looks with the bows. Or maybe this couture look from Schiaparelli… If you care more for the films than the fashion, we suggest adding ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ and ‘Selma’ to your must-watch roster. Some of Domingo’s best work (in our humble opinion). Well, that and his Actors on Actors interview with Kieran Culkin.
Monica Barbaro: nominated for best supporting actress in A Complete Unknown
Monica is a fairly new face, but she has been saying ‘Bob’ iconically in Best Picture nominees since 2022. We would love to see her in a version of a Gucci gown that entirely evokes the ever-chic Lauren Hutton (the upper arm bamboo bangles are a key component of this look). Sadly, the news about Sabato de Sarno having left Gucci will make any custom looks unlikely, though. If you’re still scratching your head trying to place her face, you may remember her as one of the graduates in Topgun: Maverick.
Elle Fanning: nominated for best supporting actress in A Complete Unknown
Not her first film with Timmy (and hopefully not her last). She is likely to pull out all the stops with her outfit choices, and we cannot wait to see what that looks like. Samantha Mcmillen styles her, and we are praying her relationship with Alessandro brings up a Valentino Couture look…although she’d also look pretty epic in the skirt looks from Carolina Herrera. If you still mistake her for her elder sister Dakota, brush up on your Elle filmography with ‘Super 8’ or with the period drama ‘The Great’; a wonderfully witty and satirical series she stars in opposite Nicholas Hoult.
Timothee Chalamet: nominated for best actor in A Complete Unknown
Will the Bob Dylan cosplay come to an end? Probably not, but if the chances of him winning the Oscar keep rising, he may want to commemorate the occasion with a more timeless look. Unlikely, but maybe. We would prefer he go bold in the fashion sense but not in the eccentric looks he has been opting for during the press tour. Surely no one but Timmy can rock the Saint Laurent black tie look with over-the-knee leather boots? We’re still secretly hoping he’ll wear the layered coat look to the BAFTAs (especially if it’s cold and wet…praying for the predictable British weather here). Fortunately, Timmy has a backlog of incredible work to choose from if you want to brush up on his performances. We still hold a grudge against The Academy for his ‘Beautiful Boy’ snub. Should you wish to take a break from the brooding and handsome roles he plays so well (enter ‘Little Women’ and ‘Ladybird’), we recommend David Michod’s, ‘The King’. One of the more underrated and overlooked Chalamet roles.
Saoirse Ronan: nominated for best actress in The Outrun
Saoirse is working with a new stylist, Danielle Goldberg, who is helping to bring a more eccentric and somehow both simultaneously youthful and grown-up element to her looks. The below Erdem looks would be really cool on her, but with Danielle it is hard to anticipate what she will do next, and they have already worked on a custom Erdem look for the press tour, so we’ll have to wait and see. Her filmography speaks for itself, with ‘Little Women’ and ‘Ladybird’ at the helm. ‘Brooklyn’ and ‘Atonement’ should also be added to your Saoirse watchlist if you want to see her at her best.
Stanley Tucci: nominated for outstanding cast in a motion picture in ConclaveÂ
Ultimately, we’re just hoping for some of his energy on the awards circuit this year (as well as an invite for drinks and dinner at his house…who doesn’t want to be friends with Mr Tucci?). Always impeccably dressed and annoyingly charming, we’re thrilled to see him being celebrated for his more serious roles. If you’re looking for some lighthearted respite, he displays some brilliant parenting in Easy-A, a lowkey role as part of his lengthy filmography, but worth a mention. For something a little more somber, we cannot recommend ‘Supernova’ enough (please don’t sue us for emotional damage).
Felicity Jones: nominated for best supporting actress in The Brutalist
Jones is styled by Nicky Yates, and always looks fantastic. We’ve been enjoying her take on slightly more architectural looks for the press tour of The Brutalist, but imagine for the awards events, she might veer more to her true style, which has always felt was somewhere between Erdem, Miu Miu and Chanel. Although, we think the below Gucci look was sort of made for her too. One of our favourite Felicity Jones performances is Like Crazy, which is a nuanced and beautiful story about a long-distance relationship with a mesmerising score by Dustin O’Hallaran.
Cynthia Erivo: nominated for best actress in Wicked
Cynthia is dressed by Jason Bolden, who has also been working with Nicole for her Babygirl press tour, as well as Cara Delevingne. Schiaparelli would be a great option, but we imagine it’s going to be a custom LV. We do, however, see that the Wicked Tour has already created some of the types of looks we would have dreamt up, so it will be interesting to see where they end up going for the Oscars – heaven forbid, maybe not green?!
We’re guessing Armani Prive or, a rogue suggestion, Marc Jacobs reimagined in a different colour – she can certainly pull it off. If you’re Elphaba-ed out (impossible, but just in case), watch her as Darlene in ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ instead.
Ayo Edebiri: nominated for best performance by an actress in a TV series for The Bear
Nominations aside, we are just thrilled she is likely to be around for the red carpet to give us all of the iconic looks she’s known for delivering. Again, another client of Danielle Goldberg’s, it will be hard to top the Golden Globes look, but we are sure they will find a way. We’d continue to hedge our bets on Loewe, but really, we’d welcome a surprise. There could also be a chance for Bode or Prada (we need to use our imagination here but imagine a longer gown without the raincoat or visor, and you’ll get the idea). We think Ayo is hilarious in ‘Bottoms’ and brilliant in ‘Abbott Elementary’. Get you a girl who can do it all.
Sean Baker: nominated for best director for Anora
Sean Baker’s film style is known for its realistic and compassionate portrayal of marginalised communities (in particular, that of sex workers). Baker’s style is sometimes described as “Neon-Neo Realism” as he was influenced by the Italian filmmakers of the post-war period (think Bicycle Thieves by Vittorio De Sica). Whilst we might not want to focus on his fashion and style, Baker has been known to direct fashion films (Khaite, FW21 and ‘Snowbird’ for Kenzo). If you loved ‘Anora’, we recommend watching ‘The Florida Project’ and ‘Tangerine’.
James Mangold: nominated for best director for A Complete Unknown
James Mangold’s film style focuses on emotional storytelling, old-school filmmaking techniques, and character development. He often uses long stretches of dialogue-free scenes to build connections between characters. Mangold has been influenced by American filmmakers like Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Mann, and Sidney Lumet. Many of his films have been set in the 1960s, from A Complete Unknown to Ford vs Ferrari, Girl Interrupted and Walk The Line, which, unsurprisingly, puts fashion at the forefront of many of his films. For ‘A Complete Unknown’, costume designer Arianne Phillips worked with the film’s producers to create authentic costumes to reflect Dylan’s fashion choices and the era. Phillips built a visual archive of Dylan’s images and even partnered with Levi Strauss to source vintage jeans for the film.
Dev Patel: nominated for a BAFTA in outstanding debut by a British writer, director, or producer
We’ve included Dev as he is a TRS favourite (especially for our fashion contributor…don’t say we aren’t about making people happy). While nominated for his directorial debut, ‘Monkey Man’, we’d recommend ‘Lion, and his performance in Wes Anderson’s ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’. We’re all hoping he turns up looking as handsome as ever in some classic Ralph Lauren.
Online Event
Want to learn more about one of the icons of the golden age of Hollywood? The V&A is hosting a live stream of a discussion between acclaimed hotelier André Balazs and rock icon Courtney Love for an insider’s exploration of Hollywood’s legendary Chateau Marmont.
A great way to spend a Monday night.
24th Feb, 7-8pm.
https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/JLjGjAzGx7/chateau-marmont-livestream
