Libra Must-Have Accessories
After a summer of torrid awakenings, heartbreaks and reinventions, it’s finally time for a shift in seasons. The fall equinox brings the days into harmony, the Jewish new year marks an optimistic new beginning, and back-to-school season invites a reinvention of style. You had all summer to process the old you. Now it’s time to make a big debut. Enter Libra season.
Libra arrives halfway through the saga of the zodiac, and kicks off our entry into the public signs. This, then, is our moment to enter the town square, step into the masquerade ball, or show up to the first day of school with fresh bangs and a drive to rule. Virgo, the sign of synthesis, helped us realize our inner value. Come Libra season, we’re ready to declare it.
The Libran aesthetic is vibrant, definitive, and unforgettable. Whether it’s Pedro Almodovar’s carnal reds or Gwyneth Paltrow’s muted cashmeres, Libra knows how to be seen and how to leave an impression. In order to advance beyond the rest of the class, or to snatch the fairy tale prince, the Libra princess must ditch subtlety and shyness and make a claim to power. If ever you’ve felt the need for an aesthetic reinvention, now’s the time.
On The Nanny, the Libra Fran Drescher plays a broke Jewish girl from Queens, hired to care for a rich Englishman’s three Manhattan children. And from the moment Fran meets her wealthy, single employer, it’s time to secure the bag — and the man. Like Cinderella turning up at the ball, Fran parades down the mansion stairs in the most eye-catching looks imaginable: Lacroix suits, Betsey Johnson coats, Herve Leger halters, Gaultier go-go boots. Fran’s joyful embrace of color, clashing and mod style statements are still cutting-edge, thirty years later. Go big or go back to Queens with the Stephen Sprouse X Louis Vuitton Pink Monogram Vernis Roses Chapeau, and Gucci’s Red Leather GG Marmont Shoulder Bag Mini.
Ruled by Venus, goddess of beauty, Libra seeks beauty in all its surroundings — from the bag to the house to the husband. Through her style and lyrics, the Venusian powerhouse Cardi B makes outré materialism into an artform. This is how she looks, this is what she wants, and you better turn it up to match her. Let ‘em know who’s boss with the Fendi Gold Lace & Leather Baguette, and the Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas Amazone.
Libra season represents the reawakening of Venus, the dawn of the supreme feminine. But girliness should never be confused for weakness. In her music and through her fashion, the Libra Rosalía plays with contradictions: soft vocals and hard beats, feminine silhouettes with armored leather. Whether she’s in all-white fringe or head-to-toe Motomami bikercore, Rosalía embodies an all-powerful, high-femme goddess incarnate. Infuse streetwear into your classic glamour with the Gucci Blue GG Nylon Off the Grid Briefcase and the Burberry Black Nylon Cannon Belt Bag.
As one of Vogue’s definitive masters, André Leon Talley acted not only as an aesthetic curator, but a guide and shepherd for future powerhouses who likely would have been abandoned by the industry because of race, gender, sexuality or nationality. Libra’s symbol are the scales of balance, justice and fairness — one style icon’s success is nothing if they can’t elevate others along the way. Talley, of course, was known for his ostentatious style, announcing himself as a blew doors open and led in the next generation of artists. Make an unforgettable entrance with the Gucci Pink & Red Lady Web Shoulder Bag Medium, and the Richard Prince x Louis Vuitton White Monogram Watercolor Speedy 30.
Libra is the sign of relationships, of how we mirror our expectations and desires onto another. Often, Libras feel burdened by the projections others put on them, and triumph by striking back. No Libra has greater embodied the “I don’t owe you anything” aesthetic like Gwen Stefani, who has served everything from Ska Grunge to Tokyo Punk on the red carpet (not to forget her iconic pink hair and braces era). Show off your penchant for high-glamour rebellion with the Takashi Murakami x Louis Vuitton Black Monogram Multicolore Ceinture 90, and the Gucci Black Leather Logo Print Zip Wallet.
