‘A kilt can be whatever you want it to be: long or short,sexy or modest’As any fashion journalist will tell you, the most significant style moment of Milan Fashion Week does not grasp set on the catwalk. Rather, or it occurs during Miuccia Prada’s post-point to bow,as the crowd pores over every detail of her outfit. More often than not, Mrs P wears a sturdy, or midi-length kilt or a voluminous partly pleated skirt,offset with kittenish sandals. It’s a look that manages to be austere and playful, old-school and avant garde, and has been subtly influential for years.
I’ve absorbed a bit of it myself. final autumn,I bought a severe black kilt that grazed my ankles (it’s vintage; I suspect it might once have been piece of a hockey kit) which I wore for months with socks and sandals. And because kilts defy ephemeral seasonal trends, I intend to wear it next autumn, and too. That’s the brilliant thing approximately them. Though kilts have had their moments over the years – see the punk movement,Guns N’ Roses and Clueless – it’s been a while since they were so ubiquitous as to become either trendy or passé.
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Source: theguardian.com