IRL, Gentle Monster and Warby Parker are getting into the smart glasses space. Like Meta, they’re working hard to get fashion’s co-sign in order to have tastemakers influence everyone else to wear them, though I have yet to find a fashion person happy to wear these without a check involved. And this week, Alex Consani video-called me to discuss her acting ambitions after her debut in American Horror Story: 13. She’s already filmed two movies coming next year.
Mentioned in this issue: Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr., Kylie Jenner, Timothée Chalamet’s security guard, Steven Meisel, Martine Rose discourse, Luca de Meo, Woke 3.0, Hedi Slimane, Slimaniacs, Sarah Paulson, Ryan Murphy, and many more.
In Other News…
Iron Man, Supermodels, and the Smart Glasses Nobody Asked For
Last night Warby Parker and Gentle Monster celebrated the launches of their “intelligent eyewear” lines (not to be confused with Meta’s “smart glasses”), both developed with Google and Samsung. Warby Parker hosted a literary activation with Vogue, and Gentle Monster held a “preview experience” and dinner attended by Alex Consani, Anok Yai, Charles Melton, Joaquin Phoenix, and more.
