Vanity Fair UK - 10.2019

2019 BEST-DRESSED LIST

( SOCIAL SKILLS )

Style star Reni Folawiyo’s famed boutique is the go-to for

Lagos luxury—just ask Danai and Lupita

OCCUPATION: Founder/CEO, Alara boutique. HOME BASE: Lagos, Nigeria. CURRENT OBSESSION:

Magical ’70s watches that “close up and become beautiful bracelets.” STYLE ICON: Josephine Baker.

FAVORITE DESIGNERS: Duro Olowu, Phoebe Philo, Kenneth Ize, J.W. Anderson. BURY ME IN:

“Clothes are for living. Ask me to drinks after I just got a Valentino gown, I could turn up in that.”

THE PROS

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ACK ER M A N N

OCCUPATION: Fashion designer.

HOME BASE: Paris; Antwerp,

Belgium. THE LOOK: Fashion

nomad. The Bogotá, Colombia–

born Frenchman, son of a

globe-trotting cartographer, loves

silk scarves, drop-crotch trousers,

and wire-rimmed glasses.

SPOTTED: Zhuzhing muse Tilda

Swinton’s silvery armor at Cannes;

posting up at Rome’s La Posta

Vecchia with old pals actor-

designer Waris Ahluwalia and

stylist Robert Rabensteiner.

PAT T E R N L A NGUAG E

“Prints take me on an adventure”

LHD St. Tropez textile

“conjures happy summer days

at my godmother’s house.”

Valentino leopard pants

plus Proenza Schouler

stripes “buzzes with

the clash of the prints.”

Rebecca de Ravenel silk

tiger print “brings back

exotic childhood fairy tales.”

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HÉRIARD DUBREUIL

OCCUPATION: Founder/creative director, The Webster, LHD. HOME BASE: L.A. TREASURED

POSSESSION: Wedding ring designed by husband Aaron Young. LUCKY CHARM: Aurélie

Bidermann necklace with son’s lucky number. BURY ME IN: “My husband’s silk pajama shirt.”

Valentino ’70s-inspired

graphic recalls “the

freedom to indulge on hot

nights in Capri.”

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