Tessa Thompson and Emily Robinson on Red-Carpet Style and Why You Should Buy Your Dad a “Future Is Female” Shirt
ER: For me, it’s Diane Keaton and Audrey Hepburn.
TT: Oh my God, yes. Diane Keaton. I just Googled your Carolina Herrera dress and it’s very Audrey Hepburn. Beautiful.
ER: Thanks! One thing that’s cool about fashion today is it can be political. Do you feel that’s by necessity?
TT: There’s a lot of meaning in what we wear. Like for the Emmys last year, I’d been thinking a lot about the way the LGBTQ community is represented in the media. The fact that I wore a rainbow Rosie Assoulin dress [below] certainly wasn’t an accident.
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ER: Yes, I loved that dress.
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TT: You know the shirt by Otherwild that says, “The Future is Female”? After I wore it, my father asked me for one for Christmas. Now he walks around and has all sorts of conversations with people about what that means. When fashion can start a dialogue, that’s when it’s powerful.
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