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Justin French

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Rugged never looked so runway-ready.

In 2022, workwear took over the streets, offering an earthy alternative to soft sweatsuits and quiet luxury with functional pieces that were built to last. See how Midwestern @frenchgold revisited this heartland-inspired trend shooting on @googlepixel 11 Pro.

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A professional camera in your pocket. According to @frenchgold, the @googlepixel 11 Pro is as close as it gets. See how it allowed him to shoot four retro fashion trends in one day, pounds of gear not required.

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@frenchgold taps in to tell Complex about his artistic philosophy, his favorite retro fashion trends, and making photos with his @googlepixel 11 Pro.

Read more at the link in bio.

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Was pandemic-era Lockdown Leisure deliciously unhinged? Yes, sometimes.

But it helped push leisure and activewear to the forefront of fashion, where it remains. Check out how @frenchgold approached shooting this strangest of retro trends on his @googlepixel 11 Pro.

#GooglePartner #GooglePixel11 Edited with third-party software. by @frenchgold

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You still got a dad cap in your closet, right? Of course, because it’s one of the most influential fashion trends of this century.

Dadcore was a sea change in street style, with those who got it making the uncool cool and subtly signaling their style bona fides by elevating items like light-wash jeans and nondescript T-shirts into urbane emblems of sophistication.

@frenchgold gets it, as you can see in this fashion carousel shot on his @googlepixel 11 Pro.

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Before she became a staple of American cinema, @naomiwatts was alone in Los Angeles, hustling to transform her dream of acting into a career. “I thought maybe I could become a yoga teacher,” she confides to her friend @derekblasberg in her CULT100 cover story. “It was a lonely time. It was a hard time.”

Though rocky, Watts’s story ultimately resembles a Hollywood fairy tale: She met Nicole Kidman at her first ever casting (the pair ended up splitting a cab home), and made her breakthrough in David Lynch’s ‘Mulholland Drive,’ a project that cemented her status in the annals of avant-garde and auteur cinema.

Link in bio to read Watts’s conversation with Blasberg now, and order your copy of the 2026 CULT100 issue before the full list drops on April 23.

All clothing and accessories by @maisonvalentino. All jewelry by @brionyraymondnewyork.

Editor-in-Chief: @sarahgharrelson
Photography: @frenchgold
Styling: @jeanannwilliams
Hair: @rebekahforecast
Makeup: @marywilesmakeup
Nails: @theginaviviano
Lighting Direction: @alexeitopounov
Digital Tech: Michael Vick
Set Design: @colinphelan
Production: @jennypio

// The 100 individuals on CULTURED’s third annual CULT100 list span disciplines and generations. Some are household names, others operate behind the scenes. All of them are choosing risk over reward, curiosity over cynicism, and are shaping culture in real time. Each offers something that the algorithm never will. // by @frenchgold

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@naomiwatts has built a career embodying women in moments of strife and calamity. Now, 25 years since her breakthrough in David Lynch’s ‘Mulholland Drive,’ the CULT100 cover star is ready to try something new.

With an auteur-inflected filmography, myriad accolades under her belt, and her kids out from underfoot, the actor is ready to venture into new terrain. “People don’t know that I can be funny,” she tells her friend @derekblasberg. “I turned down quite a few romantic comedies in the early days. But I’m trying to shift that narrative a bit lately.”

The signs of that effort are already clear: she’s appeared in four back-to-back Ryan Murphy projects in recent years, and several experimental directorial debuts—including the forthcoming ‘Mother Courage’ opposite Sarah Paulson, and psychological thriller ‘The Housewife’—have repositioned her as an actor who’s still interested in testing her own mettle.

Link in bio to read Watts’s conversation with Blasberg now, and order your copy of the 2026 CULT100 issue before the full list drops on April 23.

All clothing and accessories by @maisonvalentino. All jewelry by @brionyraymondnewyork.

Editor-in-Chief: @sarahgharrelson
Photography: @frenchgold
Styling: @jeanannwilliams
Hair: @rebekahforecast
Makeup: @marywilesmakeup
Nails: @theginaviviano
Lighting Direction: @alexeitopounov
Digital Tech: Michael Vick
Set Design: @colinphelan
Production: @jennypio
Casting: @specialprojectsmedia

// The 100 individuals on CULTURED’s third annual CULT100 list span disciplines and generations. Some are household names, others operate behind the scenes. All of them are choosing risk over reward, curiosity over cynicism, and are shaping culture in real time. Each offers something that the algorithm never will. // by @frenchgold

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with greatest love, photographed @tygapaw
honoured to know you as a friend.
Together You Gather All Power Applied Worldwide
💙 taken in New York, New York by @frenchgold

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mumbai
2025 by @frenchgold

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portrait in mexico 🏀 by @frenchgold

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