Tony-nominee Jeremy O. Harris and Schiaparelli’s trailblazing designer Daniel Roseberry are two of America’s most exciting young creatives
Slave Play’s Jeremy O. Harris and Schiaparelli’s Daniel Roseberry Talk Boundary-Breaking and Creative Process
Tony-nominee Jeremy O. Harris and Schiaparelli’s trailblazing designer Daniel Roseberry are two of America’s most exciting young creatives. The author of Slave Play and the mind behind Lady Gaga’s inspiring ensemble at Joe Biden’s inauguration are also firm friends, having first met in 2018 and since shared the experience of rising to sudden fame after years spent honing their respective crafts. On the eve of Roseberry’s latest ready-to-wear collection for Schiaparelli, our colleagues at Vogue Italia have published a lengthy and illuminating interview between the two: here are a few tantalizing snippets.
Jeremy O. Harris on his Schiaparelli parallel
“I remember Daniel mentioning this show that opened his eyes to the fact that Chanel was the great pattern-maker and great designer of her age. And how destabilizing it was for her to witness sort of the brutish, sort of rough design and assemblage of Schiaparelli taking France by storm—without investing in the right way to do things. And I think that my provocations come from me not caring or investing in ‘the right way’ to do things, kind of like that. So I am too Schiaparelli!! That story excites me a lot because I think my interest in the world of theater has been shaped by my disinterest in doing things the right way.”
Daniel Roseberry on taking the reins
“The last couture show here was the first time that I’ve really felt seen creatively. Not fully, though: I have so much more work to do. The thing that’s hardest so far for me in this job is going from a concept to four or five months later having preserved that concept through all of the filters and all of the people that get involved and not letting it be watered down.”
Jeremy O. Harris on Slave Play
“I didn’t want people to leave feeling like they didn’t experience something that moved in their chest, even if what moved them was anger, or frustration, or excitement, or titillation, I wanted them to feel because so often, there is no feeling when one witnesses a fashion show or witnesses a play.... I don’t know that I want to invest my time in giving them something they can just consume. I want to give them something that blows something up inside of them when it's when they attempt to consume it.”
Daniel Roseberry on that Lady Gaga moment at the Inauguration
“That moment, I think the beauty of that moment, of her performance of the way she looked, and specifically the dove was something that I think gave us some sense of redemption. My mom has asked for that dove…”
The full conversation can be found here; it makes for ideal reading material before Roseberry’s latest chapter for Schiaparelli is revealed tomorrow.
This story originally appeared on: Vogue - Author:CelebDailyPosts
