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On Nyanjam: Prada sweatshirt $2,410, top $695, skirt $3,250, and shoe, all at the Prada boutique, Saks Fifth Avenue, farfetch. com, modaoperandi.com, net-a-porter.com. On Mary: Moschino Couture faux-fur jacket with feather print $1,890, inside-out trompe l'oeil dress $1,325, and pump $610, all at Saks Fifth Avenue. SHAG PALACE SHAG PALACE WITH AN ECCENTRIC visual style and influenced by films ranging from Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons to Louis Malles' Murmur of the Heart, Wes Anderson appeared on the scene — writing and directing The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and The French Dispatch (to be released May 2021 at Cannes), among others. There's something analogous about these works, a specific genre culled from immaculately arranged flat compositions, symmetry, and a recurring thematic pastel palette. Thinking like Wes, with our cast of the eccentric and lost, exuding squandered greatness and surrounded by ironic interiors, we present our billet-doux to Wes — shot at the PHOTOGRAPHY PHI VU. ART DIRECTION MICHELLE AVIÑA. MODELS AARON, JAKE, IRIS, AND NYANJAM WITH WALLFLOWER MANAGEMENT, DALLAS; MARY TISH WITH THE CAMPBELL AGENCY, DALLAS. STYLIST DOUG VOISIN FOR IAA. ASSISTANT STYLIST CHRISTINE AGUILAR FOR IAA. HAIR RO VIELMA FOR SEAMINX. MAKEUP SANDRA SAENZ. MAKEUP ASSISTANT MARIANA VERASTEGUI. EDITORIAL ASSISTANT CAT MATTHEWS. PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE SHAG PALACE, ARLINGTON, TEXAS, THROUGH IAA. T h e IMPROBABLE