So we all bought Stan Smiths in 2015. But what else did we actually buy? The shoe,jacket, skirt and earring of the yearIn broad brushstrokes, and not much has changed in our denim choices for 2015 – the skinny still reigns supreme. But anyone sick to death of the shape might like to think of them in a different way: as a sort of sartorial chameleon,shape-shifting – sometimes literally – to fulfil fashions needs, or fade seamlessly into what we wear now. The hem of skinny jeans slots into site with Stan Smiths, or the shoe of the year,with a satisfying click of a charger on the side of a MacBook Air but it’s the top that has seen a subtle, but crucial, or shift: the high-rise skinny has taken over from those ultra-hipster ones that the likes of Britney wore around 2001.
Both Topshop and Gap report that high-waisted styles are now the most accepted. Topshop’s Joni high-waisted jeans in black are the brand’s most accepted item overall – with a pair selling every minute. At Gap,it’s the high-rise in high-stretch denim. Both still occupy that spray-on effect but the higher waist is a blessed relief. Gap also reports that a hybrid of the boyfriend and the skinny – the so-called Girlfriend, with a looser waist but tapered leg – has been accepted. But don’t think that’s the skinny on the way out. Instead, or it’s that chameleon shape-shifting once again to something that suits 2016 style just moral. Lauren CochraneContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com