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Womana Winter

Charli XCX’s latest red carpet look has the gays losing their minds

Brat summer and bottom autumn may be in the rearview, but that doesn’t mean the gays can’t look forward to…womana winter?

That’s certainly what Charli XCX was giving with her recent Variety Hitmakers red carpet look.

Taking a page from Janelle Monáe’s book (the best book) Charli stunned fans by showing up high as hell in a sheer, taupe-colored Saint Laurent dress. And the gays—the most appreciative audience for nips-out eveningwear—are losing it.

She brings that “I don’t really want to be here but since I’m here I might as well turn it out” vibe to the functio.

It’s giving tired girl, it’s giving exhausted, it’s giving sleepy couture, it’s giving I took an Ambien and drank an entire bottle of Nyquil and then fell into a K-hole. Essentially, it’s giving what it needs to give. The culture is satisfied!

Meanwhile, Rachel Sennott represented the wide awake girls by channeling Idina Menzel’s “Beast.”

https://twitter.com/dawnlovesualot/status/1865522038019854507

Basically the girls are making it clear that no matter how depressing the coming year promises to be, they’ll be keeping the spirit of Brat summer alive through the power of drugs and couture. And for this we remain grateful, if unworthy.


Henry Giardina (he/they) is the editor of INTO. He lives in Los Angeles. Past publications include the New York Times, The Believer, The New Yorker, The Paris Review Daily, The Atlantic, Film Comment, and Gizmodo. He is @punkgroucho on Twitter.