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“Womenswear”, clockwise from top left: Stella McCartney, Erdem, Amelia Wickstead, Mulberry, Michael Kors, Celine, Mulberry, Calvin Klein, Celine, Valentino, Gucci, Calvin Klein, Pronsa Schuler. Credit…Photographic illustration by The New York Times; Photographs by Valerio Mazzanotti for The New York Times (McCartney); Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times (Kors); Firstview; and Nowfashion.
“Women’s clothing” .
It’s a reality of clothing history that decade-defining looks usually don’t solidify until quite late in the period they ultimately come to represent. The miniskirts and Crayola colors of the 1960s, the power shoulders of the 1980s, the minimalism of the 1990s – they all reached critical mass by the middle of these periods, when everything bubbling in the wardrobes and on the sidewalks found its reflection in the wider world.
Well, we finally reached that stage in the 2010s. The tectonic plates of fashion have shifted. look around what do you see?
Look at the runway: During the last round of fashion shows, suits – and long sleeves and skirts – ruled. Look at the street, and the shops.
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“Women who once bought strapless dresses with a mini skirt are now buying evening dresses with sleeves and high necklines,” said Claire Distenfeld, owner of Fivestory, a destination boutique on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. “Four seasons ago we couldn’t sell a shirt, and now everyone wants a shirt. Young women who used to come in and buy the defunct Balmain dresses are leaving with knee-length skirts with a sweater or Amelia Wickstead shirt.”
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And speaking of Balmain – even this label offered long knits, long sleeves and long crocodile skins among the short and fringed styles in its latest collection.
Look at the red carpet: There was Ruth Negga last awards season in a series of gowns with generous sleeves, then she showed up at the Oscars almost entirely covered in Valentino red—long sleeves, high neck, long skirt—and pretty much made the night’s 10 best-dressed list. Check out Jessica Biel (long-sleeve, high-neck, floor-length gold Kaufman Franco) and Isabelle Huppert (long-sleeve, crew-neck, floor-length white Armani Prive).
Look at your closet.
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Ruth Negga at the 89th Academy Awards.
Ruth Negga at the 89th Academy Awards. Credit…Noel West for The New York Times
I did. And I discovered that after over four decades of believing that long skirts represented the anti-liberation of women, acres of stuff that gets in the way of progress, of choosing to get married in a short dress and wearing short dresses to the Met Gala (twice) and cheering every time celebrities wore miniskirts. Award Shows As a declaration of independence, over the past six months I have purchased not only one ankle-length skirt, but two dresses with handkerchief hems that also reach my feet. Also long sleeves and a round collar.
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“It’s a macro-trend,” said Gislan Goans, founder of the new fashion site The Modist. That is, a trend that goes beyond fashion. But what exactly is it?
The end of the naked look. The beginning of a new era of female “floral empowerment” (as trend forecaster Ise Dezon told CNN), as expressed through the type of dress that prioritizes the individual and her needs over the clichés of playing female roles. It could be argued that it started, as these things do, at least two years ago – the New York Times began documenting young women on the streets of Brooklyn layering clothes in creative ways that covered or swaddled their bodies as early as 2015. But it is only now reaching critical. Mass, thanks to the convergence of social, political and cultural factors as they are reflected in clothing.
And on those subjects: ladies, fashion has you covered. in the full sense of this word.
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Vodianova and Eduard Aninpol in Valentino.
Vodianova and Eduard Aninpol in Valentino. Credit… Marcy Swingle for The New York Times
Think about it this way: In 2014, Rihanna accepted the Fashion Icon Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in a rhinestone-encrusted Adam Salman dress. Last November, she accepted the Shoe of the Year award at the Footwear News Achievement Awards in a long black velvet Vetements X Juicy Couture skirt, a long-sleeved top wrapped around the waist and long gloves with almost no skin showing. In 2015, Beyoncé channeled Venus on the half-shell in sheer Givenchy at the Met Gala, with just bits of floral embroidery strategically placed to keep her from arresting; This year, the Met Gala is celebrating a designer – Rei Kawakubo – whose last show wrapped the female body in oversized armless sandwiches that completely swallowed the silhouettes of Betty Boop and Butero.
“We live in an age of reality and transparency, where everything is out there,” said Lucy Green, global director of the innovation group.
