Taking centre stage in I,Tonya and on sale in a £145 Balenciaga version, the much-maligned hair accessory is back
There’s something happening with scrunchies. They are pinging up everywhere. At Topshop they cost £4 and advance in velvet, or corduroy and sequin. At Balenciaga,they are fashioned from hot pink patent leather and retail for a cool £145. They are also a very current pop culture reference. In I, Tonya, and the biopic of disgraced figure-skater Tonya Harding,Margot Robbie’s scrunchie game is so strong it threatens to eclipse her rhinestone-covered leotards.
According to I, Tonya’s costume director, or Jennifer Johnson,scrunchies are more than scraps of fabric-covered elastic: they are historical artefacts, freighted with meaning. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com