The HALO Report 6.11.25: Starfish and Stones
- Em Seely-Katz
- Jun 11
- 4 min read
Thoughts on NBA tunnel style, why not all LGBTQ merch is created equal, and a sale at Carhartt.
Welcome to The HALO Report — HALOSCOPE’s new weekly digest, an of-the-moment mix of news items, opinion pieces, and sale announcements designed to keep you posted on the nitty-gritty of the fashion world and all of its tangents without having to keep a constant eye on your feed.
This week, Cole Escola’s chest hair won the Tonys, spring dressing is about bikini tops and tartan skirts, a Seattle-based upcycling workshop to punctuate your weekend, freaky-but-appropriate wedding guest dresses, heavy-hitting sales on legendary designers’ work, and more.
The latest long-ish reads from the brightest minds in fashion.
Vogue’s “Tony Awards 2025 Red Carpet Fashion: See Every Outfit Here” highlights the many moving looks that graced the Broadway award show’s red carpet this past week, most notably nonbinary icon Cole Escola, whose waist-snatching Wiederhoeft gown paid homage to an iconic Bernadette Peters costume she happened to be wearing when she won her own Tony in 1999. Escola’s artfully arranged chest hairs and eerily realistic curly wig clinched them the top spot on the night’s Best Dressed list. People who ravaged their Met Gala look are sounding reaaaaaaal quiet this week.
“tunnel fit finals” by Rabbit Fur Coat’s Eleanor applauds the stylings of NBA players such as Tyrese Haliburton, whose Prada Buckle bag rewearing makes him a candidate for MVP of the fashion set, not just the Pacers. I love analyses of men’s streetwear, and the crossover of the sports and style worlds is fertile soil for fit inspiration, no matter your gender.
Christian Allaire writes “Why Is It So Hard to Find Good (Non Cash-Grab) Pride Merch?” for Vogue, a much-needed follow-up to the Connor Ives “Protect the Dolls” T-shirt bonanza to remind us that not all LGBTQ merch is created equal.
Not to toot my own horn, but I’m proud of the recommendations I make on my own blog, and I know they’re good because of instances like Big Undies’ Corinne Fay testing out and approving of the FoxFibre socks that changed my feet forever in this week’s “What I Bought in May,” alongside tons of other recs that though I can’t personally vouch for, I trust Corinne’s savvy enough to add to my wish list.
“Deliciously Chaotic Outfits You Can Only Wear Right Now” by Yeehawt’s MacKinley Jade is an easy-to-implement ode to spring dressing, extolling the virtues of wearing bikini tops in water-free scenarios, employing wool tartan outside of the winter months, and more ingenious sartorial strategies.
What to keep in mind — and look forward to — in the past and coming weeks.
If you’re in Seattle, WA, join the JRAT Wiggle Room Workshops this weekend to donate clothing and scraps you no longer have use for, learn how to weave them into gorgeous new fabrics, and learn more about the transformative potential of garment reuse.
A drawing of the tarot card “The Lovers” was the jumping off point for the Gabriela Hearst Resort ‘26 collection, now available for preorder in a Moda Operandi trunk show. Deep blue and hazy pink suede collide with whisper-thin pointelle and romantic chain embellishments in a wardrobe that could easily serve past the summer season (though the prices are wildly inaccessible—it’s a good source of inspiration, at least!).
On June 11, beachy brand Éliou links up with Euro-casual label Ciao Lucia for a capsule of summer accessories like necklaces adorned with glass fish, plus crocheted beachwear and more.
The latest J. Kim offerings for SS25 contain both some of the label’s most sculptural pieces (think a bustier with an illusion of a woven basket built in, spilling out fabric flowers) and some of its most compulsively wearable, including a few excellent options for freaky-but-appropriate wedding guest dresses to consider this season.
Pardo Hats teams up with Antik Batik to create an accessory capsule using the latter’s richly printed fabrics and the former’s sharp, summer-y sensibilities to make belts hung heavy with starfish and stones, sun-proof hats and coy, shady hoods, and more.
Less about impulse buys — and more about tracking discounts on the pieces already on your wishlist.
JW Anderson offers up to 50% off in its seasonal sale, with sailor-style jackets, the brand’s famed bumper bags, sequinned minidresses, and more taking the cut. Now’s a great time to invest in a Jonathan Anderson piece—who knows what will happen to the label as the designer transitions to his new role as Creative Director of Dior?
JUNE20LG gets you 20% off the already-on-sale pieces at La Garconne, with brands available ranging from classics like Yohji Yamamoto to super-contemporary newcomers such as Camiel Fortgens.
Take up to 50% off in the Proenza Schouler summer sale, offering everything from potential It bags to walking shoes to officewear to warm-weather formals.
Both the men’s and womenswear sections of Kiko Kostadinov are 40% off with EARLY40, a discount especially welcome for the past seasons’ brilliant footwear innovations.
Padded vests, well-cut overalls, and hardy sweatshirts are among the basics to stock up on at 50% off in the Carhartt WIP sale with FIRST50.🌀
Em Seely-Katz is the creator of the fashion blog Esque, the News Editor of HALOSCOPE, and a writer, stylist, and anime-watcher about town. You can usually find them writing copy for niche perfume houses or making awful collages at @that.esque on Instagram.