Tuesday 18 January 2011

Can Underwear still be Outerwear?

The Spring Summer 2010 underwear as outerwear trend doesnt seem to be going away without a fight. I explored how Autumn Winter 2010 has revitalised and updated the trend in the past season and am interested to see from the new catwalk reports how the trend will go forwards for Spring Summer 2011.
Camel was the new nude and replaced the pastel tones of SS. In LOVE magazine's series of the most beautiful women in the world, Barbara Palvin is styled in black underwear with a camel coloured belted jacket.
In the same shoot, Sienne Miller was styled in the hugely successful Dolce & Gabbana body. The floral prints were featured heavily in magazine coverage during SS10 and the plain black seems to be continuing the design into the new season.
Chanel featured a gold bra with an open jacket, turning underwear into outerwear.

Vogue did a shoot featurning this particular outfit which caught my attention. The top works as outerwear but i also love the softer lighting and the easy, voyeuristic nature of photograph, as if it has been taken without her knowledge.

And finally, the idea of the peekaboo bra beneath the outfit has carried through into the new season. This bra from American Apparal lace is an interesting idea underneath the leather jumpsuit.

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