Shailene Woodley's Stylist Defends the Emmys Looks
The Schiaparelli shoulders and vintage Mugler became proof that high fashion still requires a translator most viewers refuse to hire.
Shailene Woodley wore two looks to the Emmys this year, and her stylist, Danielle Nachmani, spent the week after responding to critics who called them expensive mistakes. The first was a custom Schiaparelli gown with sculptural shoulders that looked either architectural or unwearable depending on which comment section was weighing in. The second was a vintage Mugler piece that divided feeds between "high fashion" and "why would anyone pay for that." Nachmani posted a defense on Instagram, noting that both pieces were intentional choices that required context most viewers didn't have. The debate kept circulating.
The format spreading isn't the defense itself — it's the taste poll that followed. Followers started screenshotting both looks side by side, running polls on whether the styling was genius or a miss, and tagging friends to weigh in. The expensive-but-divisive framing gave people permission to have strong opinions without expertise. No one needed to know Schiaparelli's design history to vote.
The expensive-but-divisive framing gave people permission to have strong opinions without expertise.