Succession Fashion Is Full of Hidden Meaning
I'm Obsessed With Succession's High-Stakes Fashion Choices and Their Hidden Metaphors
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Ah, beloved underdog Cousin Greg. What would the perpetually clueless Cousin Greg do without the Roy family name?
Our very first impression of Cousin Greg shows us how deeply unqualified he is for just about any job; and is a metaphor for just how far outside the family he stands. While Kendall and Roman live in Waystar Royco board rooms in their £5,000 suits, Cousin Greg first appears to fuck up his job as a costumed, Pluto-esque character in one of the family's theme parks. He's literally shrouded in (and vomiting on) the trappings of the Roy family business. Sure, Cousin Greg could stop getting high in car parks and get a better career, but he chooses to take the easy job that his Mom's famous last name will easily get him. His unearned job at the amusement park will turn into another unearned job at the Waystar Royco Manhattan offices and then an unearned ascent as he bumbles his way upward, hanging on to his (slightly) more qualified Roy cousins.