Hadley Freeman writes a wonderfully snarky fashion column for the Guardian. Today’s column is called “How to navigate the new era of coat-wearing” and is accompanied by this photo:
Photograph: Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock
It must be said that the photo certainly captured my attention. After I recovered from my giggling, I went on to read about the trend, which Hadley calls “shoulder disrobing”. Hysterical! (We won’t even get into the giant safety pin earrings.) The above photo is from the Autumn/Winter 2016 Balenciaga show in Paris; the designer is Demna Gvasalia. A little quick googling (and associated goggling) led to even more examples from the show. Here is one more for good measure:
(According to Hadley “this month Vogue has decreed it the only acceptable way to wear one’s parka”!)
I must admit this cracks me up, which just goes to show that I have absolutely no sense of style or fashion whatsoever. Even funnier is Hadley’s commentary, from which:
“So what can we make of this? On the one hand, this trend is free, so yay. On the other, you will probably lose your coat within a day, so boo. Thus, you don’t need to spend any money to look a darn fool in fashion. Which is some form of democracy, I guess.”
from The Guardian, Ask Hadley, 5th Sept, 2016
Totally ridiculous. Perhaps we can get the men to bare their tops in the middle of -30C winter. Works for me!
Ha! Clearly they don’t live in Minnesota,nor even visited herein the winter. This also brings to mind seriously dropped sleeves or dolman sweaters. If it doesn’t fit comfortably (emphasis on this word!) under a coat, I’m not wearing it during the winter.