![]() ![]() Take Portia, the icon of chaos from the second series of The White Lotus, a sort of Annie Hall imagined by TikTok. Trends come and go but clothes, like sport or music or art, reflect the societies they come from – and if the world is falling apart, at some point you are probably going to see that reflected in what people wear. But as I watched one particular model wearing an unwalkably long, aubergine-coloured dress that pooled precariously around her heels, it honestly seemed to say – in a clipped French accent – that the economy, just like the model, wouldn’t just topple over, but would also struggle to get back up again quickly. The amount of men’s underwear sold is not a perfect indicator of the direction of the economy. It can all get very “ hemline index” – ie the theory that short skirts are in vogue during economic boom times, and the longer they get, the more miserable the outlook. It’s OK to be suspicious of the idea that fashion trends predict the future. Dresses full of holes at Chloé, crochet tops ripped at the seams at Marni, bras made from handbags at Givenchy and almost everywhere, trousers so wide they seemed to swallow up shoes. For the most part the clothes, which were for spring 2023, were works of art. It was at the catwalk shows last September that I first noticed. ![]() ![]() Without stating the obvious, something weird is happening in fashion – it’s going out the window. ![]()
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