GIO'S JOURNAL

Joy Ride

For W’s glamorous globe-trotter, it’s a fab, fab world.


Giovanna Battaglia
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“I never thought I would own a biker jacket, but I couldn’t resist this special-edition one from Comme des Garçons, which reads, Live Free Die Strong Comme des Garçons. I wear it to work because it gives me strength, almost like red armor. Next, I’ll need a special-edition motorcycle to go with it—but only if it has a similar message written on the back.”

2

“I had this Gareth Pugh look on a shoot and tried on the headpiece to make sure the model would be able to breathe!”

3

“On my feet are the paper covers you wear on set so you don’t leave marks, but I prefer these Nike slides—they’re very glam-rock normcore.”

4

“Aren’t these YRU shoes the perfect futuristic disco accessory? I might save them for a rave in 2069, when I’ll be too old for high heels and will need something comfortable that’s still appropriate for clubbing.”

5

“Poppy Delevingne designed a capsule swimwear collection for the brand Solid & Striped and celebrated the launch with cheeseburgers and cocktails at the New York bar the Happiest Hour. Poppy is so sexy and funny—I asked her, ‘If I wear your bathing suit, will I become like you?’”

6

“I found these hair extensions in a Warren-Tricomi salon in Miami. I guess they’re for the woman who really wants the head- to-toe Balmain look.”

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“When I visited the Storm King Art Center in New York’s Hudson Valley, the weather was dark and apocalyptic. So I posed in front of this Mark di Suvero sculpture very dramatically— as if we were the last two things on the planet.”