Raquel Laneri

Ugly clothes for ugly times Why fashion is so hideous right now. Plus: Thank goodness for Yohji Yamamoto and my favorite Spring 2026 collections!

Garish colors, tacky lace, flamboyant muscle tees and hairy trompe l'oeil bodysuits ... why is fashion so hideous right now, and is there a way to dress with dignity as the world around us collapses? raquellaneri.substack.com/p/ugly-cloth...

So fun!!!

A portrait of hot woman wearing a kitschy patchwork sweater done by Polish painter Paulina Olowska. The text reads: Does fashion matter?

I have been thinking about how pointless getting dressed & thinking about clothes feels right now, with *gestures wildly* ALL THIS. But then I saw this painting of an 80s babe wearing a kitschy sweater and ... wrote this raquellaneri.substack.com/p/does-fashi...

Robert Redford, 1936-2025
📷 John Dominus, 1969

NO ONE wore a coat like Robert Redford!

Has anyone ever worn a movie costume better than Robert Redford in his navy pea coat in Three Days of the Condor?

I just went to Instagram to post this pea coat (and the shearling one he wore in DOWNHILL RACER, which is a close second)! Third place: Robert Redford in a leather jacket in Spy Game. Or Robert Redford in a trench in a half dozen other movies ... The man knew how to wear coats!

The Grooms Smashing Wedding Cake in Their Brides’ Faces When the happiest day of your life takes a violent turn.

“It’s not just about the cake,” she says. “A good partner doesn’t take a special moment and make you look stupid.” www.thecut.com/article/groo...

This biography of Amelia Earhart was complex, scintillating and delicious. Loved it!

The high-flying life, and love of ‘it’ girl adventurer Amelia Earhart As Laurie Gwen Shapiro reveals in a new biography, there’s a lot about her that we don’t know.

he Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made and America Icon in a fine story by
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“he wrote: “I thought it was quite normal to take a break from writing at two in the morning, saunter down to the piers, and have sex with 20 men in a truck”

no more posting about any of those “writing routines of famous writers” unless it’s Edmund White’s

There are so many ways in which Edmund White was remarkable. I want to point out two. The first is that he wrote about sex more, and more avidly and explicitly, than any other major gay writer. It was core to his identity. He left nothing out. He dared you to flinch at it. (I flinched many times.) >

Fascinating, probing, beautifully written piece (I did not know that the term "closet" came from Confidential Magazine!) that also has new photos by THE GREAT 93-year-old(!!) legend Duane Michals?!?!?!?!?!!!!

Oooh!!! Debussy is great!!! More ambient than Bach so might do the trick. Thanks!

Thank you!!!

I'm grading papers and I need some music recs!!! Bach OBVIOUSLY is best for writing, but feel like it's not hitting the spot right now!

Wow. Obviously this person knows nothing of your work ... I just finished reading your beautiful piece in NY Magazine about the "list keepers" (v behind on my magazines) and found it so beautiful, insightful, vital — like everything you write, and everything you write about queer culture.

RIP Pope Francis, the public servant who drove Vatican tailors crazy with his 'papal athleisure' “I don’t exclude the possibility that in the evening he just puts [his cassock] to wash, and wears it again the next morning."

RIP Pope Francis, the public servant who drove Vatican tailors crazy with his 'papal athleisure' (Plus: "The Two Popes" costumes and the history of papal vestments) raquellaneri.substack.com/p/rip-pope-f...

For New York Puerto Ricans, Language Matters, But Identity Runs Deeper While Spanish serves as a link to their roots, mastering the language is not the sole determinant of New York Puerto Ricans' sense of belonging to Puerto Rican culture, history, and traditions.

Interesting article ... have been thinking a lot about language & identity as I am attempting to raise my child bilingual ... and also allowing myself to speak Spanish "imperfectly" (whatever that even means) www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/24/p...

"I have been sitting on these images almost like it's a private affair of my heart" Two photographers reflect on Christo and Jeanne-Claude's monumental Central Park installation "The Gates," 20 years later.

THE GATES, Christo and Jeanne-Claude's monumental public art project in Central Park, opened 20 years ago. These two superfans obsessively documented the installation as it morphed and changed through its 16-day run. I talked with them about it: raquellaneri.substack.com/p/i-have-bee...

Daughter is very glad "the cat movie" aka FLOW won. (I am as well!)

Also, maybe it's better now, but 15 years ago, you could not rely on a maps app via phone in Venice. So, get a physical paper one!

Who we are Ca’ Macana: the world's best Venetian carnival masks Crafting some of Venice's most iconic products, be it for the renowned Carnival of Venice, the theatrical allure of Commedia dell'arte, or th...

Osteria al Squero -- Dorsoduro, 943/944 -- for aperitivo, popular place, very good crostini; Palazzo Fortuny; if your kid is into masks, my husband insisted we make a trek to this place (renowned mask-maker who made EYES WIDE SHUT masks) www.camacana.com/en-UK/who-we...

Last time I was there was .15 years ago(!), but the best sandwiches I've ever had were at El Refolo -- Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1580 -- very, very off the beaten path!

Saw MODEL there during the NYFF and found it fascinating.

LOVE Chungking Express!!!! Angelicka has morning movies so I do tend to go there more than other theaters because I can go while the little one’s in school (if I don’t have too many deadlines or work to do)

Love MoMI but hard to get there from my apartment in Brooklyn! I like Metrograph. I do go to Angelicka, although yes it is very janky!!!!

I agree that FF is fine on a weekday morning or afternoon when there aren’t many people there! But evenings were always bad there, but I used to go at least once a week there when I first moved to city because the rep program was so good. Now there are many more rep houses in the city

Film Forum crowds are always terrible!!!! (Though have never seen someone take a photo of the screen during the film.)

This whole post is *chef’s kiss* but I nearly spit my drink out when I read “As a No Sabo Kid myself”! As the daughter of a Cuban mother who grew up speaking Spanglish … how have I never heard this? Brilliant - gonna start using all the time now. Also now I kinda want to see this movie? Lol