admin Timmy’s wholly unconventional—if entirely camera-ready—airport ensemble implored the baffling logistics of pulling on a rubber latex garment (which must typically be prepped with baby powder and buffed with a silicone- or water-based polish) after a long-haul flight. “Liberally talc the inside before putting on a rubber garment,” advises the “latex care” page on Avellano’s website. “This will enable you to slip into them with ease.” Per the paparazzi photos from the airport, there appear to be a few telltale powdery fingerprints on the collar of Chalamet’s jacket. Even a mastermind must show his work.
The next day, Chalamet visited the studio of Japanese video game auteur Hideo Kojima while dressed like a video game protagonist: in a Junya Watanabe leather jacket designed to look like it was constructed from dozens of leather belts sewn together, with dark jeans and mega-lug-soled Prada combat boots. In a series of photos shared by the game designer, Timmy posed with a glassy-eyed figurine of Paddington Bear. (Wonka director Paul King also helmed the beloved Paddington movies.) The actor, in his jacket made of belt-buckled strips; the bear, in his famous wooden-toggle duffle coat. Like two distant brothers raised on opposite sides of a distinct-outerwear mill, reunited at last.
But before we get too comfortable in this gentle-steampunk realm, we should heed the warning of Gene Wilder’s 1971 Wonka, delivered during his memorably frightening gondola ride:
There’s no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going.
There’s no knowing where we’re rowing
Or which way the river’s flowing.
Is it raining?
Is it snowing?
Is a hurricane* a-blowing?
Later, on stage at the Wonka premiere in Tokyo, Timmy dressed as though he had emerged from the other end of the Wonka factory’s psychedelic tunnel. He wore a custom Prada lavender boiler suit accessorized with Cartier diamonds (he’s an ambassador for the brand) and bulbous, white leather Bottega Veneta ankle boots. The suit’s shiny purple ciré material—which is fabric coated with a calendered wax glaze—had a candy-like quality to it, resembling a molten piece of grape-flavored Laffy Taffy or the lacquered finish on a Nerds candy pebble. A press tour wardrobe of pure imagination.
