After four seasons of Brioni suits, Richard Mille watches, and Loro Piana baseball caps, the best fashion moment in the series finale of Succession was a $14 boys shirt from Walmart. Roman Roy—wounded literally by a cut above his eyebrow and figuratively by a bout of stage fright at his father’s funeral—takes refuge at his mom’s house in the Caribbean. Gone are his close-fitting suits and ties, and instead, he wears a baby blue shirt with stripes on the sleeves. He looks like a little kid, acts like a little kid, so why shouldn’t he wear a shirt for a little kid?
The final few episodes of Succession underscored just how stunted Roman is under all his bluster. He has no problem calling an election prematurely for a neo-Nazi, but he crumbles at the sight of his father’s casket. He whimpers to his siblings, asking if Logan is really in the coffin, and, if so, “Can we get him out?” As Kendall so kindly tells him later, he “fucked it.” In his humiliation, Roman actively seeks out physical pain after the funeral when he walks into a protest and gets knocked to the ground. Poor guy.
His shirt is visual coddling, making Roman the Showman look totally pitiful. The account @successionfashion on Instagram, the number one source for Roy wardrobe credits, identified it as a Walmart Wonder Nation boys color-block T-shirt, retailing for $13.96. Was it something he threw into a shopping cart after arriving on the island and realizing he had no clothes? Was it something he left at his mom’s house two decades ago? Or something Kendall’s son Iverson left at the villa, if he was ever invited there? We’ll never know, but it’s a perfect way to dress a man-child who has finally, undoubtedly, lost.
Succession was never a show about clothing, but decisions like this made it a lot of fun for fashion people (see: the “ludicrously capacious bag” of the season four premiere). What a wonderful last gift from costume designer Michelle Matland: a spot-on choice that’s more about money and status than design.
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