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rosetta's avatar

this is incredible

claudia's avatar

Immediate subscribe

ava lilly🪿's avatar

god this is fantastic, tears & all

aya's avatar

was audibly saying wow as i read through this. beautiful piece.🖤

Lola Froebe's avatar

Enjoyed this so much – I have been rewatching Parts Unknown and No Reservations lately, so this piece just came right in time. His style is so simple and such a signature!

Alexandra Diana's avatar

I’m so glad! I was using one of his cookbooks yesterday 😋

Jessie Couberly's avatar

This really got me🥹 I remember reading Kitchen Confidential and devouring every morsel of his words. He’s very underrated for his style, so I’m so glad he’s getting the attention as the style icon he truly was. Thank you for this thoughtful and respectful breakdown.

Alexandra Diana's avatar

I’m so glad you loved it and I feel the exact same way. Long live Bourdain 🖤

Gael Pineiro Beiras (El Media)'s avatar

This is really good !!

Where is the style alignment from?

Alexandra Diana's avatar

Thank you! And The Style Alignment Chart is my creation! It’s pinned on my page :)

Gael Pineiro Beiras (El Media)'s avatar

Ohhh nice ✨

Chip Oglesby's avatar

The section about The Ghost hit me hard. I haven't thought about clothing that way before.

This is a great article, thank you for sharing!

Alexandra Diana's avatar

Thank you so much, I’d love to know what resonated the most, if you don’t mind sharing. The Ghost is a hard archetype to talk about but it’s necessary, we’re all merely human.

Chip Oglesby's avatar

I haven't previously thought about looking back at how our style evolves over time and can influence who we ultimately become.

Anastasia Tsybina's avatar

I shed a tear at you saying that you want your style to reflect the life you lived. Because same. It’s so beautiful. And Anthony will forever be the rockstar of my life. The reason why I even dared to be a chef once in my life was because of him.

Alexandra Diana's avatar

I shed a tear writing it, probably a lot more than that. Tough to write but wow, couldn’t love him more. Bourdain, forever. 🖤

Anastasia Tsybina's avatar

A very big soul he had (still has somewhere but not here).

Alexandra Diana's avatar

It lives on with us. :)

Or at least, I like to think so.