Ilia Sybil Sdralli
@iliasybil.bsky.social
fashion hauntology-antisocial media
Location Scouting Overload-#Chanel will stage its next cruise show in Biarritz on April 28, 2026.
At least it makes sense given Coco Chanel’s personal ‘relationship’ to the place itself.
At least it makes sense given Coco Chanel’s personal ‘relationship’ to the place itself.
December 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Location Scouting Overload-#Chanel will stage its next cruise show in Biarritz on April 28, 2026.
At least it makes sense given Coco Chanel’s personal ‘relationship’ to the place itself.
At least it makes sense given Coco Chanel’s personal ‘relationship’ to the place itself.
aesthetics as ethics
December 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM
aesthetics as ethics
When I started my Substack, I kept a list of people I would die to interview. Valerie Steele was on it.
The woman running the Museum at FIT for years, legitimizing an entire academic field, proving that what we wear says who we are.
I feel blessed
thestyletitle.substack.com/p/the-freud-...
The woman running the Museum at FIT for years, legitimizing an entire academic field, proving that what we wear says who we are.
I feel blessed
thestyletitle.substack.com/p/the-freud-...
The Freud of Fashion
Legendary Scholar And Museum at FIT Director Valerie Steele on Why Studying What We Wear Means Studying Who We Are
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December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
When I started my Substack, I kept a list of people I would die to interview. Valerie Steele was on it.
The woman running the Museum at FIT for years, legitimizing an entire academic field, proving that what we wear says who we are.
I feel blessed
thestyletitle.substack.com/p/the-freud-...
The woman running the Museum at FIT for years, legitimizing an entire academic field, proving that what we wear says who we are.
I feel blessed
thestyletitle.substack.com/p/the-freud-...
Rosalía's medieval costumes and McQueen rosary sandals aren't aesthetics. They're a response to what Byung-Chul Han diagnosed: we killed our rituals, now we scroll endlessly and feel nothing sticks
Capitalism will sell you the ritual to escape capitalism.
Capitalism will sell you the ritual to escape capitalism.
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Rosalía's medieval costumes and McQueen rosary sandals aren't aesthetics. They're a response to what Byung-Chul Han diagnosed: we killed our rituals, now we scroll endlessly and feel nothing sticks
Capitalism will sell you the ritual to escape capitalism.
Capitalism will sell you the ritual to escape capitalism.
Looks superficially exciting but lacks a cohesive vision that aligns with Chanel's overall idea. Great craftsmanship, but the house codes aren’t there, and I am missing Karl’s witty meta-irony-meets-chic.
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Looks superficially exciting but lacks a cohesive vision that aligns with Chanel's overall idea. Great craftsmanship, but the house codes aren’t there, and I am missing Karl’s witty meta-irony-meets-chic.
i woke up mentally playing with the aesthetics of violence
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
i woke up mentally playing with the aesthetics of violence
instead of aesthetics, Twen Magazine Issue 1,2 1962
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
instead of aesthetics, Twen Magazine Issue 1,2 1962
we got aesthetics:
November 20, 2025 at 6:48 AM
we got aesthetics:
the darkest dark
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
the darkest dark
the mood is techno goth
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
the mood is techno goth
How the weekend workload finds me:
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
How the weekend workload finds me:
Francesca Granata spent years proving fashion isn’t simply ‘frivolous’.And she teaches master's students at Parsons School of Design, treating fashion as a cultural practice. Oh, and she has a new book out:
Stay tuned for today’s newsletter:
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Stay tuned for today’s newsletter:
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November 13, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Francesca Granata spent years proving fashion isn’t simply ‘frivolous’.And she teaches master's students at Parsons School of Design, treating fashion as a cultural practice. Oh, and she has a new book out:
Stay tuned for today’s newsletter:
thestyletitle.substack.com
Stay tuned for today’s newsletter:
thestyletitle.substack.com
grey aesthetics are a reason to live
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
grey aesthetics are a reason to live
its uncanny aesthetics time
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
its uncanny aesthetics time
Today’s visual research took me to Gilles Dufour’s #BALMAIN Fall 2000 RTW collection-a visualization of ‘Parisienne’ with a Dickensian essence
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Today’s visual research took me to Gilles Dufour’s #BALMAIN Fall 2000 RTW collection-a visualization of ‘Parisienne’ with a Dickensian essence
Marina Yee was an enigma to most fashion insiders, a ‘love wolf’ as she described herself to fashion journalist Eugene Rankin. She was cool exactly because she didn’t care to be.
thestyletitle.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...
thestyletitle.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Marina Yee was an enigma to most fashion insiders, a ‘love wolf’ as she described herself to fashion journalist Eugene Rankin. She was cool exactly because she didn’t care to be.
thestyletitle.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...
thestyletitle.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...
Olivier Theyskens F/W98 is the show stuck in my mind
November 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Olivier Theyskens F/W98 is the show stuck in my mind
A funeral parade of roses’ aesthetics
October 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM
A funeral parade of roses’ aesthetics
i love a good Y2K tabloid
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 AM
i love a good Y2K tabloid
weird fact: In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Rolex ran a series of print advertisements targeting women that featured whimsical illustrations of -wait-bejeweled black cats, illustrated by artist Rosalind Hoyte
October 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
weird fact: In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Rolex ran a series of print advertisements targeting women that featured whimsical illustrations of -wait-bejeweled black cats, illustrated by artist Rosalind Hoyte
darkest dark aesthetics:
October 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
darkest dark aesthetics:
currently digging Emanuel Ungaro F2002
October 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
currently digging Emanuel Ungaro F2002
With Melanie Ward’s sad passing, let’s remember why her role was so pivotal in shaping 90s fashion ethos:
“To partially quote Nietzsche, “… no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”’
– Melanie Ward
“To partially quote Nietzsche, “… no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”’
– Melanie Ward
October 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
With Melanie Ward’s sad passing, let’s remember why her role was so pivotal in shaping 90s fashion ethos:
“To partially quote Nietzsche, “… no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”’
– Melanie Ward
“To partially quote Nietzsche, “… no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”’
– Melanie Ward
October 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
