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Hello hello,
The final issue of the year!!! Whether you joined last month or having been riding with me for a little longer, thank you so much for being here and reading Capsule each week. It is a joy to put together and even more joyful to get your feedback and hear that you value it. 🫶
To wrap us up, I’m here to deliver the results from our Capsule Awards 2024, as voted by you. One lady won big… let’s manifest getting her in the newsletter in future. 🖤
And as ever, there’s also the news you may have missed this week, a great Hot & Not, and a stack of recs for your weekend.
With love and cheer,
Holly x
Capsule Awards 2024 — The Winners
Thank you for voting in the inaugural Capsule Awards & Trend or Timeless last week! I had a great time refreshing the Google form each day watching the percentages change. For real.
And here are your results:
🏆 Most iconic pop culture moment 🏆 - Charli xcx & Lorde working it out on the remix
Two formative mornings this year: first waking up to the remix and hearing the Lorde verse, and then the video from Charli’s birthday party
Charli xcx and Lorde working it out on the remix - 52.3%
Chappell Roan’s crowd at the Gov Ball - 15%
JLo cancelling her tour after heartbreak (and poor ticket sales) - 6.5%
“Holding space” at the Wicked press tour - 26.2%
🏆 Best Skims campaign 🏆 - Charli xcx
I want you to know that Lana was in the lead for ages but late voters swung it over to Charli. It is good.
Charli xcx - 32.7%
Lana Del Rey for Valentine’s Day - 24.3%
Sabrina Carpenter - 28%
Kim x Kourtney x Dolce & Gabbana - 15%
🏆 Best magazine cover 🏆 - Rihanna for Interview by Nadia Lee Cohen
But of course
Rihanna for Interview magazine by Nadia Lee Cohen - 49.5%
Charli xcx for New York Magazine by David LaChapelle - 25.2%
Björk for Vogue Scandinavia by Vidar Logi - 17.8%
Addison Rae for Perfect magazine by Carin Backoff - 7.5%
🏆 Best method dressing 🏆 - Zendaya styled by Law Roach
No surprises here. I don’t think we were even bothered about “method dressing” until Zendaya did it
Zendaya (Challengers and Dune: Part Two) - 55.1%
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo (Wicked) - 20.6%
Jenna Ortega (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) - 18.7%
Kristen Stewart (Love Lies Bleeding) - 5.6%
🏆 Best overall fashion moment 🏆 - Zendaya in the Mügler robot suit
Honestly thought the Margiela show would win but then this as a singular moment is hard to top
Zendaya in the Mügler Couture 1995 robot suit for the London premiere of Dune: Part Two - 57.9%
John Galliano’s Margiela Artisanal show - 24.3%
Bella Hadid returns to the runway with Saint Laurent - 12.1%
Kylie Jenner closing the Coperni show at Disneyland Paris - 5.6%
🏆 Favourite trend 🏆 - Western
I see more preppy dressing out and about but the Western stuff is better at world building
Western (Cowboy Carter, Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton show, Bella Hadid dating a cowboy) - 38.3%
Tenniscore (Naomi Osaka, Challengers and beyond) - 17.8%
Sportpop (Football shirts, Olympics influence, Euro 2024) - 8.4%
Preppy (Miu Miu, Bayonetta glasses, cardigans, shirts, Kaia Gerber’s book
club) - 35.5%
🏆 Biggest eek 😬 🏆 - Biden calling Zelensky “President Putin”
It was a moment
Biden calling Zelensky “President Putin” - 56.1%
Blake Lively and Gigi Hadid on the red carpet for Deadpool & Wolverine - 6.5%
Prince William shaking it off at the Eras Tour - 6.5%
Katy Perry’s music video for ‘WOMAN’S WORLD’ - 30.8%
🏆 Saddest breakup 🏆 - Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury
You’ll never forget where you were etc
Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury - 33.6%
Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum - 29%
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck - 22.4%
Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan - 15%
🏆 Best street style 🏆 - Rihanna
The one woman you want to see take 10 steps between a car and a restaurant
Rihanna - 37.4%
Bella Hadid - 20.6%
Julia Fox - 15%
Taylor Russell - 27.1%
🏆 Best red carpet style 🏆 - Zendaya
Undeniable of course. But really special mentions are due for Ayo and Greta who made me excited about red carpets this year
Zendaya - 42.1%
Ayo Edebiri - 27.1%
Greta Lee - 23.4%
Bella Hadid - 7.5%
🏆 Best dressed man 🏆 - Paul Mescal
Again Rocky was in the lead for so long and the late comers campaigned for Paul. To be fair I think he’s impacted how regular men dress more than anyone else for a long time. Taking a moment here to remember the time I saw Paul in Camden tube and told him I loved Aftersun :)
Paul Mescal - 33.6%
A$AP Rocky - 31.8%
Lewis Hamilton - 10.3%
Jacob Elordi - 24.3%
🏆 Overall best dressed 🏆 - Zendaya!!!
You guys love Zendaya. Unofficial Princess of Capsule
Zendaya - 47.7%
Rihanna - 13.1%
Bella Hadid - 15.9%
Chloë Sevigny - 23.4%
And for the Trend or Timeless results…
Bubble skirts — Trend (94.3%), Timeless (5.7%)
Suede jackets — Trend (10.4%), Timeless (89.6%)
Bag charms — Trend (81.1%), Timeless (18.9%)
Ballet flats — Trend (35.8%), Timeless (64.2%)
Coloured tights — Trend (53.8%), Timeless (46.2%)
Football shirts — Trend (60.4%), Timeless (39.6%)
Boat shoes — Trend (49%), Timeless (51%)
Big scrunchies — Trend (59.4%), Timeless (40.6%)
Butter yellow — Trend (41.5%), Timeless (58.5%)
Sheer skirts — Trend (68.9%), Timeless (31.1%)
Ballet sneakers — Trend (96%), Timeless (4%)
Bayonetta glasses — Trend (72.6%), Timeless (27.4%)
Leopard print — Trend (13.2%), Timeless (86.8%)
Barn jackets — Trend (23.6%), Timeless (76.4%)
And finally…
News you may have missed from the Capsule universe this week:
We’re all still wondering where Jonathan Anderson might be headed, as this week we found out there will be no JW Anderson show at London Fashion Week in February
Speaking of fashion weeks, Calvin Klein will return to NYFW in Feb with Veronica Leoni’s debut after more than 6 years
Gracie Abrams is on the cover of NYLON
Another Elle Fanning slay, this time in a Saint Laurent suit
Also lots of great looks from Lily-Rose Depp on the Nosferatu press tour
SZA tapped Ben Stiller for her new music video ahead of dropping LANA, the SOS deluxe album
And Charli xcx popped up at the Billie Eilish show to perform Guess. It was great but I’m still worried about that nerve damage in her neck with these moves
This week, Simon Doherty popped into Capsule to share what’s 🔥hot🔥 and what’s not 🙅♀️ …
Simon is a writer and the editor of roughcast mag, a DIY publication.
🔥🔥🔥Hot🔥🔥🔥
Treating freelancers well, banning phones in clubs, bi men, indy publications, an intense competitive streak that only emerges at car boot sales or at all-you-can-eat buffets, Corbyn, tipping food delivery people, psychedelic-assisted therapy, FOUR DAY WORKING WEEK (do it now!), no Slack or emails on your phone, ecstasy, as a vibe
Hot Not… 🙅♀️🙅♀️🙅♀️
Cocaine, as a vibe, NFTs, prospective employers that say “we're a family”, Netflix drawing out what could have been an hour-long documentary to six parts, Twitter, ‘manifesting’, AI in general, social media in general, nicotine, crypto, wellness influencers, British people claiming to be shamans, being cornered in an afterparty by someone who has taken too much coke and wants to talk and talk and talk until they stub their toe and lose their vape, taking out a number of subscriptions only to forget them all, UX design that makes it almost impossible to cancel a subscription (evil), people who advertise for a job using the phrase “content wizard”, anyone who has ever uttered the words “content wizard”, the fucking cost of simply… living (cost of living), community guidelines, your landlord’s second home in France
📺 Watching: Queer in the cinema. Plus Human Magic, the new Ilana Glazer special, Billie Eilish’s eighth annual interview with Variety, and this Doechii x Issa Rae performance for Genius Open Mic.
📖 Reading: ‘How Does My Divorce Make You Feel?’, a first person essay from Dr Lilly Jay (aka Ethan Slater’s ex-wife). Also this essay on bag charms and authenticity, Daisy Edgar-Jones’s BTS photo diary from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and this roundup of the paparazzi photos that defined 2024 - some total gems I had forgotten about!
Like this: A newly-divorced Natalie Portman having a cigarette with Paul Mescal on May 30th
🎧 Listening to: The new SZA album when it drops in the next few hours? Plus Ilana Glazer on the Good Children podcast, this new Miley song from The Last Showgirl soundtrack, this new Julien Baker x TORRES song, and ‘Good Guy’, the new Julia Jacklin song with Faye Webster.
Winnie in an elf hat
The Doechii effect looms large right now, and does that mean we’ll all turn to face tape in the coming months? Winnie isn’t sure, but knows there’s always a market for looking snatched without doing invasive stuff.
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