Thessaly La Force

New York

Writer (for @nytimes @newyorker @parisreview @aperturefnd @harpersbazaarus and elsewhere) and lapsed magazine editor. Represented by @thecleggagency.

Articles

Why Boho Chic Is Having a Moment-Again

1 month ago | wmagazine.com | Thessaly La Force

From left: Looks from the Spring 2025 runways of Saint Laurent, Chanel, Hermès, Rabanne, and Chloé. Images courtesy of the brands. “Don’t you think ‘boho chic’ sounds annoying?” Sienna Miller asked The Guardian in a recent interview. Miller has repeatedly objected to being the poster woman for the trend, a mantle she wore for a good portion of the noughties. The 1960s and ’70s simply resonated with her, she’s claimed. She wore whatever she picked up at vintage shops around London.
Helen Garner, The Art of Fiction No. 255

1 month ago | theparisreview.org | Thessaly La Force

The critic Fredric Jameson died at the age of ninety on September 22, 2024, a little more than a year after the first of the three conversations that form the basis of the text below. In spite of Jameson’s years, the news came as something of a shock, given the productivity he kept up into his tenth decade.
Toast, the Low-Key Brand, Expands Its U.S. Presence

Jan 18, 2025 | nytimes.com | Thessaly La Force

At the end of last year, the lifestyle brand Toast quietly opened its second store in the United States on Elizabeth Street in New York's NoLIta neighborhood. Suzie de Rohan Willner, its chief executive and an unassuming and warm presence, had flown in from London opening week. Standing by the newly installed store shelves, with glasses and close-cropped hair, she could easily be mistaken for a Toast customer. She also likes to wear Toast's clothes, which are utilitarian and no-nonsense.
Why Scandinavian Design Became the Key to One Brooklyn Writer’s Renovation

Oct 27, 2024 | yahoo.com | Thessaly La Force

How Danish Design Inspired One Writer’s KitchenIllustration by Mari Kanstad JohnsenWhen I decided last year to embark on gut-renovating a Brooklyn apartment for my growing family, the first thing I thought about was the kitchen. I love to cook, and I love to host, and I wanted something different from the one that had been installed in our current place, of which a very chic friend of mine (French, naturally) once remarked “how American” it looked.
香りで魅了するランウェイショー。フレグランスが開く、ファッションの新たな扉

Oct 19, 2024 | vogue.co.jp | Thessaly La Force |Anzu Kawano

見る人の潜在意識に訴えかけるショーを求めて今年初め、ニューヨークを拠点とするファッションデザイナー、ウィリー・チャバリア（WILLY CHAVARRIA）は2024-25年秋冬のショーでパルファムドゥマルリーの「ハルタン」を自分だけでなく、モデルや客席に置いたバラ、そして会場となったブルックリンのグリーンポイント・ターミナル倉庫中にスプレーした。ウッディでムスキーなウードの豊潤な香りに、ラベンダーやベルガモットなどのデリケートなフローラルノートがミックスされている「ハルタン」は、野性的な一本だ。男性的でありながら威圧感はなく、チャバリアにとっては自身のコレクションへ観客を誘うもうひとつの入り口となった。「ウィリーは目に見えるものと見えないもの、それぞれの力を組み合わせたのです」とパルファムドゥマルリー＆イニシオ・パルファム・プリべアメリカ部門CEOであるイヴァン・ジャクリーヌは説明する。「香りを使えば、見ている人の潜在意識に訴えかけるメッセージを伝えることができます」...
Beata Heuman adds a Jamesian twist to a 1890s Manhattan town house

Sep 9, 2024 | worldofinteriors.com | Thessaly La Force

When Beata Heuman was asked to design the interior of a 19th-century Manhattan townhouse that had recently been restored to its original condition, she immediately thought of Henry James’s 1881 novel The Portrait of a Lady. The building had been erected a decade later, at a time of great promise and expansion in the United States. ‘A big theme of Henry James’s was the tension between Europe and America, between the old and new world,’ the interior designer says.
The Final Ingredient of a Runway Show? It's in the Air

Aug 28, 2024 | vogue.com | Thessaly La Force

Earlier this year, the New York–based fashion designer Willy Chavarria sprayed Parfums de Marly’s Haltane on not just himself but on his models, the roses he left on the seats, and throughout Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse. Afterward, Chavarria pretended to imbibe from a novelty-size bottle of the scent; he drinks it “by the gallon,” he joked. Haltane is an animalic perfume, heavy on the oud—a woodsy, musky smell—mixed with more delicate florals such as lavender and bergamot.
Emily Ratajkowski on her divorce: “Decentralising men has been a huge part of my life”

Aug 8, 2024 | vogue.in | Thessaly La Force

Is divorce the new marriage plot? In Sarah Manguso’s latest novel, Liars, Jane meets John. She is a writer, he is an artist, both with serious ambitions. They marry, have a child. But while Jane’s writing career succeeds, John’s artistic dreams fizzle. John eventually becomes the breadwinner for the family, and Jane discovers, much to her dismay, that she has become a wife, a role she never desired. The unravelling of their marriage, and their subsequent divorce, is the plot of Liars.
“I Had a Deep Understanding of Misogyny”: Emily Ratajkowski Discusses Divorce with Novelist Sarah Manguso

Aug 7, 2024 | vogue.com | Thessaly La Force

Is divorce the new marriage plot? In Sarah Manguso’s latest novel, Liars, Jane meets John. She is a writer, he is an artist, both with serious ambitions. They marry, have a child. But while Jane’s writing career succeeds, John’s artistic dreams fizzle. John eventually becomes the breadwinner for the family, and Jane discovers, much to her dismay, that she has become a wife, a role she never desired. The unraveling of their marriage, and their subsequent divorce, is the plot of Liars.
A textile company that wants you to feel at home

Jul 26, 2024 | startribune.com | Thessaly La Force

Some families take their textiles very seriously. On a recent morning, Fabian Berglund, one of the co-founders of the Swedish rug and textile company Nordic Knots, carefully arranged a rack of miniature rugs so that each was angled at a perfect 45-degree angle. Liza Berglund Laserow — Berglund's wife and another co-founder, along with Berglund's brother, Felix — was adjusting curtain samples, explaining why the green she had chosen had a touch of yellow in it, which cast a golden hue.