The end of last year, an old trench coat started trending on X (formerly Twitter).in thread The article garnered 14 million views, with fashion editor Savannah Bradley arguing that women’s trenches and overcoats looked better in the 1980s and ’90s, when designs had more “room to breathe.” ” and were served in superior fabrics, she said. As ammunition, she provided a swoon-worthy shot of model and actress Lauren Hutton taken at the 1983 premiere of Starflight. There’s a glint in Hutton’s eyes. If she wears a trench like hers, so will you. It is cut generously and draped loosely around her body. You could hear the hissing sound as she walked.
Today, the average trench is a more revealing cut, says New York and Paris stylist Dione Davis. Therefore, posts like Bradley’s can cause a longing for the past. Other laments that have gone viral in recent months have similarly focused on sweaters, tailored pants and even T-shirts. Conventional wisdom holds that classic wardrobe items were better in previous generations. “I can’t make it like I used to!” I scream in frustration as my sticky, unironed shirt squeezes my chest, shaking my fist at the Gods of Style.
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