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A Style History of “Nerd Prom”: The White House Correspondents’ Dinner

A Style History of “Nerd Prom”: The White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Did you know that one of the most famous and widely circulated photos of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy was taken at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner? Back in 1999, months before their tragic deaths, JFK Jr. and CBK, as they’re known by the zillennials who consider them their style oracles, attended the yearly dinner. Carolyn wore a Jean Paul Gaultier haute couture frock from that very same year’s spring collection—its been endlessly mood-boarded and reshared as fashion inspiration. The dinner is not quite as much of a sartorial touchpoint as the Met Gala, which follows it by days, but it has, over the years, delivered its fair share of fashion catnip. As the fashion world anticipates the arrival of the first Monday in May, politicos in Washington, DC, are expecting Donald Trump and Melania to appear at the dinner for the first time since the former became president. This year’s Met Gala is being sponsored, in part, by Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos. We’re in for a tale of two …

Comic-Con Tips for the Shy and Retiring Nerd

Comic-Con Tips for the Shy and Retiring Nerd

With Emerald City Comic Con and the entire convention season approaching, now is a good time for me to share some of the lessons I learned during my first trip to New York Comic-Con (NYCC) last October. These are not the usual tips about checking schedules in advance and wearing comfortable shoes, which you definitely should do, for the record. No, these tips are aimed at your prototypically shy, perhaps socially awkward nerd. If you’re more comfortable in a quiet corner of the comic book shop but still want to brave a major con, read on! Tip #1: Be Prepared for Crowds I know you think you know this. I thought I knew this. I’ve been to Disney World. I can handle crowds. No problem. Friends, I was not prepared. The Stack Sign up to The Stack to receive Book Riot Comic’s best posts, picked for you. Subscribe to Selected No Thanks I spent a significant portion of my day shuffling along shoulder to shoulder in the midst of a veritable hoard of geeks. It …