aries season must-have accessories

After a long and grueling winter, the long day has returned. The clocks have shied and the zodiac has rewound to zero. As the holidays of Nowruz, Passover and Ramadan celebrate prophecy and awakening, the Aries season heralds a season of rebirth. To launch us into a new astrological cycle, the ram must pound through the static. Subtlety is not an option.

Ruled by Mars, the planet of individuality, Aries is the sign of the provocateur, hero, firebrand and commander. As an agent of rebirth and renewal, the Aries Warrior wears confidence, youth and vitality with ease. Ditch the dark nights of the soul and step out looking extravagant. It’s time to come out of the shadows and let them see you. Are you ready to flex?




SUPERSTAR CHIC

Once a generation, Aries delivers a hero to shake up a stagnant culture. At the dawn of the ’90s, Selena emerged as a new kind of sex symbol, a Tejana girl-next-door who could belt the house down in little else but a studded brassiere. Decades later, Lil Nas X would flaunt a similar confidence, titillating the repressed masses with his joyful sexuality. These two icons go over-the-top — rocking the kind of looks you can only pull off when you’re in your early twenties. Celebrate such bold intrepidity with the Balenciaga Pink Grained Calfskin Everyday Camera Bag XS, a delightfully eye-catching statement piece; and the denim-maximalist Chanel Blue Denim Vanity. Who cares about playing it safe?





WESTWOOD AND BRADSHAW

Rebels have always found their place in Aries country, where those who defy earn eternal glory. Over a long and expansive career, Vivienne Westwood solidified her anti-corporatist, punk-rock mission into an immortal ethos. Of course, it would be the Aries Sarah Jessica Parker who would most iconically deliver Westwood’s avant-garde element to the screen. This isn’t about beauty for beauty’s sake, but experimentation, boundary-pushing and making an unforgettable statement. Channel the same spirit of play and provocation with the Hermès ‘Carres Volants’ Silk Scarf 70, and step out loud and playful with the Stephen Sprouse x Louis Vuitton Monogram Orange Graffiti Speedy 30. Only for the daring.





THE HOUSE OF GUCCI

In 1921, the Aries Guccio Gucci founded his namesake fashion house, and a century later, the ever-conquering ram Lady Gaga would embody the brand’s opulence and ostentation on the silver screen. Aries wastes no time playing coy, shy or mysterious: this is glamour to be wielded and weaponized, gaudiness made into glory. Tap into Gaga’s love of all things extra with the Gucci Brown Original Canvas Teddy Bear, certain to make any bed arrangement look like a Milanese editorial. And step out in power and pleasure with the Blue Guccissima Techno Horsebit Hobo, sure to make you feel like a powerhouse everywhere you go.





ROYALTY AND INNOVATION

The Aries costume designer Ruth E. Carter just snagged her second Academy Award for best costume designer, for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Carter’s designs pop off the screen, honoring a vast range of cultures and history while embracing action, expression and fantastical futurity. Embrace Carter’s verdant, blooming styles with Chanel’s White Floral Tweed Classic Double Flap Medium, a bag set to burst with exuberance. And go for queenly magnificence with the Chanel Gold ‘CC’ Logo Letter Dangle Earrings, a pair that look like classics from the royal court.





SPIES AND SLAYERS

The late ’90s abounded with Aries warrior women, with the ram Lucy Lawless riding hard on Xena: Warrior Princess, Jennifer Garner serving wigs and boots on the spy series Alias, and Sarah Michelle Gellar rocking leather and crucifixes on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. For the everyday girl who may have to fight evil, consider the chic and portable YSL Black Embossed Leather Waist Pouch, which won’t fall off through high-kicks and backflips. Prada’s Black Nylon Convertible Cargo Pocket Bowler rocks the muscular glamour of your regular romantic superheroine. Wear it on patrol and give ‘em hell.







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