New Generation of Style
Vanity Fair Releases First Best Dressed List of the Decade Highlighting Emerging Icons
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The Fashion Scholarship Fund’s Summer Scholar Series highlighted concrete industry roles and executives: Calvin Klein’s chief design officer Jess Lomax; Nike’s Christopher Bevans (senior director of apparel excellence for Jordan design); J.Crew’s Michael Mangan (director of men’s brand marketing); Kate Spade’s Charlotte Warshaw (general manager of jewelry and VP Americas wholesale, licensing and collaborations), alongside Public School founders Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow and editors from WWD, i-D, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, and Seventeen.
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Vanity Fair’s Best Dressed List this decade is organized into distinct categories (Top 10 overall, Duos, Icons in the Making, and industry influencers), reflecting a structured approach to celebrating style across generations and roles.
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The Best Dressed list includes notable nepo baby entries and cross-generational connections, naming figures such as North West and Blue Ivy, along with Louisa Jacobson (Meryl Streep’s daughter) and Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece, illustrating a blend of legacy and new star influence.
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Vanity Fair frames honorees as ‘originators’ and notes they are ‘devout dressers’ whose personal style acts as a mood board for contemporary fashion, with editors describing the selections as transcending generations and occupations after weeks of deliberation from hundreds of suggestions.
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Vanity Fair’s Originals list spotlights indivduals with singular personal style—examples highlighted include Björk, Rosalía, Thelma Golden, and Spike Lee—emphasizing a cross-disciplinary approach to standout fashion influence.
Vanity Fair released its first Best Dressed list of the decade, mixing established Hollywood names like Harry Styles and Jacob Elordi with nepo babies North West and Blue Ivy, signaling a shift in who sets fashion's agenda Vanity Fair. The list reflects a broader evolution in style influence, where traditional icons, emerging celebrities, and cross-generational connections now shape contemporary fashion standards.
The Fashion Scholarship Fund's Summer Scholarship Series wrapped its sixth year, offering hybrid sessions with 100+ industry leaders from Nike, Calvin Klein, Kate Spade, and TikTok WWD. Virtual programming has become core to FSF's mission, giving future fashion professionals direct access to executives' candid lessons and real-world career paths.
Nepo Babies Enter Vanity Fair's Style Pantheon
Vanity Fair's Best Dressed list breaks from tradition by elevating younger influencers alongside established stars Vanity Fair. North West, Blue Ivy, and Louisa Jacobson—Meryl Streep's daughter—sit alongside royalty like Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece. The magazine calls these honorees 'devout dressers' whose personal style acts as mood boards for millions on social media.
This cross-generational approach reflects shifting media narratives about who matters in fashion Vanity Fair. Rather than crowning just established icons, editors deliberated for weeks over hundreds of suggestions to capture style influence across age groups, roles, and social platforms.
Fashion Scholarship Fund Trains Industry's Next Wave
The Fashion Scholarship Fund's 10-week Summer Series connected future designers and marketers with 100+ industry veterans WWD. Sessions featured Nike's Christopher Bevans (senior director of apparel excellence for Jordan design), Calvin Klein's Jess Lomax (chief design officer), and Public School's Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow. Editors from Vogue, i-D, and WWD also shared insider lessons.
Virtual programming has made these connections scalable and candid WWD. Scholars asked unfiltered questions about salary, job transitions, and creative struggles. This hybrid model has become central to FSF's strategy, widening access to mentorship beyond geographic limits.
Fashion's Originals Transcend Trends and Generations
Vanity Fair launched a separate Originals list celebrating individuals with singular, unmistakable style Vanity Fair. The selections include Björk, Rosalía, museum curator Thelma Golden, and filmmaker Spike Lee. These figures are recognized not for following trends but for creating them across music, art, and cinema.
The magazine frames the broader Best Dressed coverage as a map of contemporary style diversity Vanity Fair. Organized into categories—Top 10 overall, Duos, Icons in the Making, and industry influencers—the list signals that fashion influence now flows from multiple sources: legacy families, self-made stars, and creative professionals who blur category lines.
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