I didn’t do it for that reason.”įor many, these harnesses are an eyesore. “Generally, they’re kind of ugly,” said Hunter Harris, 24, an associate editor at Vulture, a website run by New York magazine. Jordan’s efforts, arguing that, on the brawny actor. “The outfit would’ve looked so much better without it,” she said, speculating that these celebrities may have worn the harnesses simply to show that they were chummy with Mr. Abloh, with 3.6 million Instagram followers and a side-gig as a DJ (he’s set to appear at Coachella later this year), is the rare fashion designer whose fanbase rivals those of the celebs he dresses. His personal popularity somewhat upends the usual red-carpet dynamic, whereby attention-seeking brands dress celebrities to align themselves with a marquee name. Alexander McQueen, for instance, garners valuable press when Emily Blunt repeatedly namedrops the label when pestered to confess “who she’s wearing” on her way into the Golden Globes. Chalamet and his harness-wearing brethren, perhaps, the celebrities are leaning on Mr. Abloh designed it, it’s well worth being photographed in it for millions to see.Real deal … Adam Rippon in a harness and tuxedo at the 2018 Oscars Photograph: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP It may not matter if the harness looks like a piece of mangled rock-climbing gear-since Mr.
