A blanket I helped design went viral

Selena Gomez rocketed our blanket to meme status

A blanket I helped design for my client Laguna Beach Textile Co. went viral when actress and musician Selena Gomez shared a photo of herself wrapped in it in a private club in Malibu. It quickly became a popular meme.

I think that the power of the photo is a bit similar to the why the Mona Lisa is so popular—the ambiguity of the expression, and the feeling that the sitter has a secret and is a little smug.

As you can see, many of the memes that work for Selena Gomez, also work for the Mona Lisa:

It’s strange to see this blanket all over news outlets and X. It’s also a reminder how much platforms can make a difference. And perhaps more fundamentally, it’s a reminder of just how much art holds onto the same themes across centuries.

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