ICYMI #015 : Murderers who model, Pucci’s Portofino Princess, Tariffs & T-shirts, and Rapper Rip-offs
debuts & disputes.
Happy Monday ! I mean I guess it’s not great if you’ve got a shit ton of money on the stock market or something. Texts go green, Dow Jones goes red. Over the weekend I opened up an account on this stock market simulator because I just wanna like hypothetically see how much money I would lose if I had invested in fashion conglomerates. I will report back at the end of the week.
Have to quickly talk White Lotus don’t worry, no spoilers here but as much as it pains me to give my fashion nemesis his flowers, Chloe’s Jacquemus dress was hands down the best fucking fashion moment in White Lotus season 3 it was such a relief from the constant bombardment of fucking Valentino… like Jesus Christ. Also I will be so happy if I never see another Gucci bamboo bag as long as I live which is hopefully longer than *call drops* lives in the finale …
Now on to other rich people doing rich people things in paradise
PUCCI’S PORTOFINO PRINCESS
Wake up, babe, there’s a new nepo baby making her runway debut. Pucci went to Portofino on Friday and 21-year-old Princess Vittoria di Savoia, walked the Spring 2025 show.
In case you're not up on your semi-defunct European monarchies Vittoria’s the eldest spawn of Clotilde Courau, Princess of Venice and a French actress and Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, a member of the House of Savoy and the grandson of Umberto II, the last king of Italy. She’s been dabbling in modeling for a minute but her Pucci debut is her first BIG moment. It helps, of course, that Camille Miceli, Pucci’s creative director is très proche with Princess Clotilde.
Side note: I was living for Naomi Campbell djing the afterparty, I prefer her spinning tracks instead of spinning charity scams. *allegedly*
speaking of nepo babies
Loafers & Lineage
did you guys see the new TODS campaign ????
It’s like they raided a Hollywood daycare from the ‘90s and handed out Gommino loafers like candy.
On deck: Lennon Gallagher, spawn of Oasis loudmouth Liam Gallagher; Ella Bleu Travolta, offspring of John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s Hollywood glow; Stella Banderas, birthed by Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith’s A-list fling; Leo Gassmann, heir to Alessandro Gassman’s Italian charm; and Roberto Rossellini, Isabella Rossellini’s little legacy.
The campaign for their Italian Diaries series was shot at Villa Talamo in Tuscany with the vibe very much being “I tripped and fell into a pile of loafers and generational wealth.”
While we’re on the subject of money let’s check in with some of the tariffs fallout…
The Patriotic Paradox of Political Apparel
Menswear Twitter’s resident fit professor Derek Guy (@dieworkwear) just spent all weekend lobbing fastballs straight through the glass house of conservative merch culture.
The usual culture war cast, Charlie Kirk, Glenn Beck, Tim Pool, etc love to beat the “Buy American” drum while ranting about globalism, tariffs, and how imports are killing the working man. It’s all industrial cosplay until you follow the supply chain.
So Derek, calm as ever but with receipts as usual didn’t just point out the hypocrisy…he posted proof. Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point sweatshirts? Printed on blanks made in China. Glenn Beck’s big bold “Just Shut Up” tee? Bella + Canvas, baby, manufactured in Central America, with the country of origin mysteriously scrubbed from the site. And Tim Pool’s dino-shirt for reactionary toddlers? Comfort Colors, owned by Gildan, a company with factories in Honduras and a few allegations of worker abuse on its rap sheet. But yes, Tim, by all means, let’s slap some tariffs on imports.
So while the right screams “America First,” their closets are quietly whispering Made in Honduras.
Now the latest in who’s suing who this week
Daniel Arsham’s fed up. The artist whose “eroded relics from the future” aesthetic has landed him collabs with everyone from Tiffany & Co. to Pharrell has hauled rapper Quavo, Quality Control Music, and HYBE America into court over his Quartz Eroded 1961 Ferrari GT (2018) sculpture, which popped up uninvited in a “Back to the Basics 2025” promo video. Filed March 31, 2025, in the Southern District of New York Arsham’s claiming copyright theft and a hit to his name, all because Quavo didn’t bother with permission.
The 45-second video puts the sculpture, locked with the U.S. Copyright Office, right in the spotlight. Quavo went further, posting it to Instagram and TikTok in December 2024, tossing Arsham’s tag on like it’s a friendly nod. It’s not, it’s a cash grab, Arsham says, leaching off his reputation.
He sent cease-and-desists in December and January. Nothing moved. Content’s still live. Now he’s demanding an injunction to kill it, damages to sting, profits handed over, and extra for the “willful” nerve.
It’s just the latest battle in the never ending war between artists and celebs who think “vibes” are a substitute for licensing agreements.
Speaking of bad vibes…
Subway Strangler Struts His Stuff
Remember Daniel Penny, the ex-Marine who choked out a poor, non-violent Black man begging for money and food on a NYC subway last spring? He’s a runway model now. Four months after dodging a criminally negligent homicide charge for killing Jordan Neely, Penny strutted down the catwalk at the “Dressed to Kilt” charity show on April 5, 2025 (I fucking kid you not). Smirking in a tartan skirt, the Upper East Side crowd clapped like he was some saint to Bonnie Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” *rolls eyes*
The event, “Country Couture: From the Scottish Highlands to Fifth Avenue,” had co-founder Geoffrey Scott Carroll praising Penny as a “proud New Yorker” and “very, very proud Marine.” Carroll spun a tale of Penny rescuing women, children, and the elderly from Neely’s pleas, conveniently skipping the fact that Neely was unarmed, just broke and hungry, when Penny killed him. They held it at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, a veteran-linked spot.
When you think about it, Penny is America personified: violence rebranded, dressed in “glamour.”
Let’s hope he only gets as far as charity show catwalks.
in related news of MAGA culture and fashion colliding….
Over the weekend, the Trump administration blindsided everyone by revoking all visas for South Sudanese passport holders, citing the country’s refusal to take back repatriated citizens. No warning, just a sudden policy move, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling it part of a bigger immigration crackdown. The U.S. State Department slammed the door shut, leaving South Sudanese nationals abroad in limbo, no clear answers, just chaos and confusion. And all I can think about is the girls.
The girls like Adut Akech. Anok Yai. Mari Malek. Duckie Thot. The South Sudanese women who are fashion who’ve been carrying the industry on their regal backs for nearly a decade. Their cheekbones? Weapons. Their walks? History. They turned runway shows into battlefields of beauty and made Paris, Milan, and New York their stomping grounds.
South Sudan may be one of the youngest nations in the world, but its daughters have redefined global glamour.
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