At the start of final night time’s episode of The White Lotus, Tanya McQuoid (Jennifer Coolidge) calls her Gen-Z assistant Portia (Haley Lu Richardson) with an invitation to go to Palermo on their new pals’ yacht. “You will have to pack some cute issues. Do you might have cute issues?” Tanya asks. “Sure,” Portia responds. That’s debatable.
Over the previous few weeks, Portia’s model has shortly change into one of many present’s most hotly-debated subjects, notably on Twitter. (Critically, search “Portia White Lotus” and also you’ll discover nothing however critique.) In the meantime, no outfits have sparked this a lot contentious dialogue amongst Vogue’s style information group this 12 months.
Tanya McQuoid (Jennifer Coolidge) and Portia (Haley Lu Richardson). HBO
Briefly, the outfits are chaotic and clearly algorithmically knowledgeable. Every bit seems prefer it got here from a #sponsored publish on TikTok, whether or not the beaded cellphone chain she sported within the final episode, or her chartreuse nail polish. “Dangerous hip California younger individual working a job they hate,” is how style author André-Naquian Wheeler described her model. She mixes prints with abandon, and nearly all the things is accessorized with chunky sq. sun shades. You’ll be able to see the inspiration: Emma Chamberlain and her maximalist model definitely will need to have been on the moodboard. However since each particular person merchandise feels prefer it’s greedy at a development, whenever you put all of them collectively, there’s little discernible character beneath.