Emma Chamberlain went to Paris for Haute Couture Week, and every outfit she wore was basically more interesting than the one before it. The highlight? A plaid latex dress that looked like a multi-piece skirt suit but was actually one dress. Then, she took it even further by wearing a tube-top-esque white collared button-front blouse.
Chamberlain’s non-traditional outfit choice reminded us how much fun fashion can be if we don’t take it too seriously, and we’re so glad that she did just that. After all, haute couture collections are full of designs that could one day be displayed in museums, so it was only fitting that Chamberlain chose to approach fashion as art.
Emma’s 5-in-1 Latex Dress
On June 24, Chamberlain attended Thom Browne’s runway show wearing a shift dress from the brand’s Spring 2017 ready-to-wear collection. Styled by Jared Ellner, the multicolored checked latex dress was paired with a layered bow tie, printed waistcoat, blazer, and miniskirt.
What’s great is that this dress actually contained none of those pesky components, meaning this long-sleeve mini was a recreation of a five-piece skirt suit without all the fuss.
The outfit also included a pair of latex knee-high socks with black stripes down one leg, and she accessorized with a black handbag and matching shoes, as well as silver hoop earrings.
Reinterpreting the vintage button-down
Two days later, in what seemed to be another fashion fever flare-up, the YouTuber showed off an archival vintage Jean Paul Gaultier look from the designer’s Spring 2003 collection, featuring a white-collared button-down shirt and black trousers.
The top was unlike any buttoned-up blouse I’d ever seen before; the entire shirt was suspended in front of her torso by two white strings that tied behind her back. Chamberlain’s arms were not actually inside the shirt, and she wore leather gloves that matched her Courrèges leather tote bag, which drew even more double-takes.
![Emma Chamberlain attends the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall 2024 show on June 26, 2024.](https://imgix.bustle.com/uploads/getty/2024/6/28/7b44e615/emma-chamberlain-at-the.jpg?w=414&h=621&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&q=50&fp-x=0.4949&fp-y=0.2786&dpr=2)
![Emma Chamberlain attends the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall 2024 show on June 26, 2024.](https://imgix.bustle.com/uploads/getty/2024/6/28/7b44e615/emma-chamberlain-at-the.jpg?w=414&h=621&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&q=50&fp-x=0.4949&fp-y=0.2786&dpr=2)
But don’t worry, Chamberlain doesn’t actually have four arms, as he and Eller will likely prove when they next reveal their secrets.