Is Kendall Roy a fashion icon?
The idea that the weak-willed scion of “Succession” is a figure whose wardrobe is worthy of emulation is an amusing realization to Michelle Matland, the costume designer for the HBO drama that tracks corporate and familial ladder-climbing of the fictional Roy dynasty. After all, Kendall’s fashion choices — like a pair of pricey Lanvin sneakers purchased to impress the founders of an art start-up or the enormous Rashid Johnson pendant he dons like a talisman of virtue signaling — are used to relay his cluelessness and insecurities.
“These are costumes, not fashion,” says Matland. “And so it’s very interesting that they become fashion.”
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