THIS IS THE VISION OF TOMORROW'S FASHION

Brad Pitt is still beautiful. That was never the question. As Esquire reaches for the familiar celebrity redemption playbook, women are rejecting something much bigger than one man’s comeback. They’re withdrawing from a cultural bargain that once traded desirability for forgiveness, vulnerability for accountability and female attention for male absolution.

In the vibrant tapestry of the fashion world, a new thread has been woven, and it bears the name of Angelina Jolie, a woman whose...