The title of this post is the lede for a New York Times fashion review article, which noted that some clothes resembled "cumulus clouds of cotton wadding and people-swallowing structures that send the imagination soaring up, up and away, while ignoring certain exigencies like sitting down." Another resembles a "hooded insectoid cape."
I am a self-admitted ignoramus when the subject is haute couture, so I have to defer to the columnist who noted "Abnormal is the new normal, which pretty much sums up the current design challenge. That’s why Mr. Anderson’s Loewe show was so powerful — he made unusual clothes that seemed like exactly what you would want to throw on in the morning."
Peronally, I'll stick to normcore.
Top image cropped for size, credit Comme des Garçons, spring 2025, Simbarashe Cha/The New York Times. The other two are Courrèges, spring 2025.
These clothes may be different but the trend is certainly not new. Every year they show something different from last year, but you never see any of them worn in public by real people, so I don't get the point of the hoopla.
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Didn't the spaghetti lady appear in an episode of Start Trek?
ReplyDeletethe word "up" is missing. It should be "... unusual clothes that seemed like exactly what you would want to throw up on in the morning."
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