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The HALO Report 6.4.25: Contemporary Formal Freakwear

  • Writer: Em Seely-Katz
    Em Seely-Katz
  • 20 hours ago
  • 3 min read

Thoughts on dressing sexy, Pride Month, Jonathan Anderson at Dior, and a sale at LN-CC.



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, a big happy Pride to all our queer readers, a momentous changing of the guards at Dior, Labubu nation is more fashionable than we might have thought, The Met’s renaissance paintings birth a new line of fine jewelry, sales on everything from elevated boat and totes to greek goddess dresses abound, and more.


The latest long-ish reads from the brightest minds in fashion.


  • Though she was largely dismissed for a run that didn’t feel radical, “Vogue Editors Discuss Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Dior Tenure” by Laia Garcia-Furtado for Vogue is a welcome reminder that Chiuri’s feminist sensibilities and elegant execution will go down as an important chapter in the fabled brand’s history. 

  • “And They Call It Plushie Love: Fashionable People on Their Labubu Obsession” by Lara Johnson-Wheeler for Vogue is a refreshing look at the Labubu craze that reframes the tchotchkes as genuine accessories, not out of place on the bags of the likes of fashion writer Ruby Redstone or i-D editor Alex Kessler. 

  • “Legacy” substack Blackbird Spyplane’s latest post is “The real you,” inspiring me to pair a suit with sandals sometime this summer. 

  • True Style’s Lakyn Carlton “Make It Sexy” is a smart meditation on how personal “sexiness” is and how to think about it when getting dressed—not a one-size-fits-all situation. 

  • For new parents, “What to Wear Postpartum: Outfits To Embrace Your Body After Baby” by Marina Khorosh for Vogue is a pragmatic but supremely stylish primer for dressing a fluctuating body.


What to keep in mind — and look forward to — in the past and coming weeks.


  • After much speculation, Jonathan Anderson is in as Creative Director at Dior for both its men’s and women’s lines (the first time the two sides of the coin have been under united leadership since Christian Dior himself). This is the best possible move for the struggling, stuffy brand, but we have to hope that Anderson won’t lose any of his trademark spark in the fray of the LVMH machine. 

  • Happy Pride! As a nonbinary person myself, I dedicate this week’s news to all my queer fashion kinfolk. Brands are celebrating with sales, like Carne Bollente (a notoriously cheeky, sex-positive, overtly queer brand you need to check out) taking 25% off its entire site this week with CARNEPRIDE25, and special giveaways, like Hereu (random!) offering limited edition postcards with all June orders.

  • Get early access to Mr. Larkin’s High Summer capsule, featuring some crisp cotton separates and several lacy white statement pieces that would work perfectly as a summer bride’s bachelorette or rehearsal togs. 

  • J. Hannah partners once again with The Met on “Petals of Fortune,” a collection of opulent baubles centering around the quatrefoil, a four-leaf-clover design prominent in Gothic and Renaissance architecture. Inspired by specific paintings housed at The Met, J. Hannah’s always-beautiful work garners depth and historicity with this collaboration. 

  • My beloved Pardo Hats partners with Moda Operandi on an exclusive headwear capsule including a chic jersey turban, crocheted skullcaps, and more inspired summer chapeaus. 


Less about impulse buys — and more about tracking discounts on the pieces already on your wishlist. 



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.  


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