Up until recently, kitschy symmetrical rooms and pastel hues were on their way out. Peckham roof-top bar Franks’ lurid blush stairwell had become faded by a thousand phone flashes – and when uber-aesthetic London restaurant Sketch finally stripped out all of the pastel pink velvet from its rotund seats last year, it felt like the final death knell.
Now, however, the tide is turning, and it’s down to one man: Wes Anderson. The director’s upcoming film Asteroid City – his first foray into sci-fi, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival on May 23 – has inspired a wave of creative TikTokkers to Wes-ify their everyday lives.
