Class has fallen out of fashion. Not simply in the best way individuals gown—with rubber soles and spandex having taken over style over the previous decade—however, argues Madame Woo of Wooyoungmi, “internally as effectively.”
Class is a frame of mind, she mentioned, one she’d prefer to carry again. However don’t conflate the thought with the present wave of conservatism hitting popular culture and style by proxy. Whereas Woo primarily based this assortment on beliefs of “correct magnificence,” her resolve was to merge them with “the youthful era’s extra progressive gown codes.” Her major preoccupation, she mentioned, was delicacy. “I wish to spotlight two sorts of magnificence via my design,” she defined at a preview, “the interior one”—in reference to the best way during which we feature ourselves—“and the exterior”—the style. “I wish to renew it and adapt it to the youthful generations,” she mentioned.
It’s a well timed quest. When Vogue Runway requested a spread of specialists to foretell the path of menswear earlier this month, all however one agreed that this is able to be the yr during which magnificence goes again in model. (The one contrarian argued in favor of the resurgence of a sportswear large again into market dominance, in case you had been questioning.)
Woo hosted her present contained in the opulent Hôtel de Maisons, the place Karl Lagerfeld used to maintain a residence. Most particular the place her opening appears to be like: A run of meticulously cinched tailor-made coats and jackets that elongated the physique and, as the children say, “snatched” each waist. This silhouette was then reinterpreted with cropped jackets and cardigans that imitated the impact with a extra informal hand. They had been most convincing and forward-looking when fashions seemed to be sporting double pants, the match of the bottom layer, usually rendered in a pop coloration or cloth (say, pink velvet) minimize so lean they translated as girdles. They had been enjoyable and had the correct quantity of up to date frisson.
If the styling of extra informal items typically difficult the gathering’s preliminary intentions—see a pair of parachute pants with zips down every leg—by the point we arrived at a duo of jewel-toned coats paired with skinny scarves (haven’t you heard? They’re again!), Woo had made a convincing case for the artwork of dressing up.