Over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, being confined to the house rendered the boundary between dressing for the bedroom versus the road obsolete.
Fashion has had an increasing fixation with treating underwear as outerwear ever since, and fall 2023 saw designers proceed to lean into lingerie with lace insets, exposed boning, ruffles, bows and lots of silk and sating, adding a fragile touch to their mannish suits with linebacker proportions.
While the trend is synonymous with putting the body front and center, it toys with intimacy as well. Take Giorgio Armani, who prolonged the theme beyond just the intimates he presented on the runway, weaving it into the presentation itself.
“From the pink-and-white marbled runway, with its little cushioned banquette, to...
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