The Haim sisters are central figures in Ms. Grice’s world. They related her with Ms. Bayer, whom they befriended after they had been the musical friends on “S.N.L.,” and Ms. Bayer in flip recommended Ms. Grice to Ms. Bryant.
Ms. Rudolph met Ms. Grice in 2017, whereas her associate, Paul Thomas Anderson, was directing a brief movie for Haim; he wrote the lead position in his most up-to-date movie, “Licorice Pizza,” for Alana. Maya Erskine, of the painfully sensible middle-school comedy “PEN15,” additionally related with Ms. Grice by the Haim sisters. They went to the identical highschool in Los Angeles.
Haim’s seems to be are likely to have a unfastened ease that comes off as each very Californian — they grew up within the San Fernando Valley — and really rock ’n’ roll. Additionally they present a eager appreciation for trend: For his or her efficiency on the Grammys in 2021, Ms. Grice pulled classic Prada and Helmut Lang seems to be. Danielle Haim particularly is a strolling encyclopedia of trend references and leads most of the band’s inventive choices, Ms. Grice famous. “In one other life she would — or nonetheless will be — a tremendous artwork director or inventive director,” she stated.
In public appearances, the sisters categorical their individuality whereas dressing cohesively, usually in the identical model or with rhyming textures and shade palettes. “She has an unimaginable eye for realizing what suits in our world,” they wrote of Ms. Grice in a joint electronic mail. “We’re a band with three folks with three totally different types and she or he one way or the other suits us three puzzle items collectively to make one thing nice.”
When Alana Haim began her press tour for “Licorice Pizza,” her debut movie, Ms. Grice averted seems to be that appeared typical of a bright-eyed ingénue. “Sporting robes and clothes is new for me, however we each wished to make it possible for I used to be nonetheless me, simply with a gown prepare,” Ms. Haim wrote in an electronic mail.
They went for Louis Vuitton trousers underneath a clear skirt; draped, long-sleeved Loewe; a cutout lime inexperienced and grey ensemble by Nina Ricci; and, for “The Tonight Present With Jimmy Fallon,” a saggy camel swimsuit from the Row with a turtleneck beneath. That final look, which Ms. Grice stated reminded her of Katharine Hepburn, appeared significantly emblematic of the stylist’s strategy: comfy, cool and designed primarily for the girl carrying it.
“I don’t know if everybody understood it,” Ms. Grice stated. “However I cherished it.”
