Joanna Newsom, Serious Fashionista

Did you catch the Joanna Newsom interview in the latest issue of Paper? It's been interesting to follow the media coverage of the musical auteur of 2006's amazing Ys; everything at the beginning was all, "She's an elf! She's all weird!" and slowly it's moved away from that sort of half-mythologizing, half-patronizing characterization of the indie-folk harpist and singer. But it's been way fascinating to see where it's going now; the Paper interview keeps elements of the fairylike Joanna but it also name-checks some serious fashionista credentials, from her stage attire (Gucci and hot-pink Christopher Kane!) to her shoes (Christian Louboutins!) to her hangout activities in Manhattan (mani-pedis and Cafe Cluny!) to her rumored new boyfriend (SNL's Andy Samberg!) It's like "Joanna and the City," no? It's all a bit fabulous and the pictures are fantastic, but it sort of makes me miss the Joanna who wore funny woolly knee socks and moccasins and dated weirdo-perv/genius songwriter Bill Callahan of Smog. Still, everyone needs a healthy mix of high and low in their wardrobe, and she does look amazing wearing Rodarte, Sonia Rykiel, Three As Four and the like.

Joanna wearing Rodarte:

Joanna wearing Alexander McQueen:

Joanna wearing Sonia Rykiel:

Joanna wearing Three As Four:

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