Make It Fashion

Make poetry chic with the Breaking Form ladies in our Season 5 opener!Support Breaking Form by reviewing the show on Apple Podcasts here.Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE is available from Bridwell Press. James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books. Notes:You can watch Aaron's video essay on Thom Browne here. Read Frank Bidarts poems "The Yoke" and "Herbert White"Visit Tom Ford's Instagram account The Dickinson poem we reference is "I heard a Fly buzz —when I died —" (591)If you haven't heard the "Tongue in Butt" clip, hit the 15 minute mark of our episode "Bad Animals"Hervé Guibert's" Red Tape" appears in his book Ghost Image. Here's a consideration of the writer, filmmaker, and critic: "When a Virus Becomes a Muse" by Julian Lucas in the New Yorker. Check out Iris van Herpen here: https://www.irisvanherpen.com or on Instagram here. Read "(Im)mortal Fashion: Iris van Herpen's 'Skeleton' Dress" and you can see her famous "Bubble Dress" here.Read Sara Nicholson's poem "What the Lyric Is"Here is Joshua Edwards's small essay on Nicholson's workPharrell published Places and Spaces I've Been (2012), which explores his creative intersections in music, streetwear, and contemporary art, featuring interviews and contributions from figures like Jay-Z and Takashi Murakami. In 2018, he published  A Fish Doesn't Know It's Wet: Also published by Rizzoli, this lavishly-illustrated volume highlights his expanding portfolio in design, high-fashion collaborations (Chanel, Moncler), and his Billionaire Boys Club/Ice Cream clothing lines .In 2023, he released Carbon, Pressure & Time: A Book of Jewels.The Louis Vuitton building on the Champs-Élysées in Paris is undergoing renovation—masked by a giant trunk façade. The massive silver-monogrammed suitcase structure remains a prominent landmark and photo spot on the avenue while the project moves toward completion.Learn more about SchiaparelliRead Joshua Bennett's poem "On Flesh" from his book The Sobbing School (Penguin, 2016). Watch Bennett perform his poem "Transatlantic Love Manifesto"You can see a great photograph of Ariana Grande's Oscar dress, designed by Schiaparelli's Daniel Roseberry, here. Learn more about Betsey JohnsonRead Monica Ferrell's "Safranbolu" here. Dior's Jonathan Anderson homage to Joe Brainard for Loewe AW 2021-22. Read a consideration of Anderson's refashioning of art history for his debut Dior show here. Read Terrance Hayes's "New York Poem"