6/22/20
Will There Be a Return to Romantic Dressing Post-Quarantine?
We looked to Designers Anna Sui & Rebecca Taylor for Guidance.
What we’ll be wearing once we arrive at the final re-entry into society post-quarantine is a question fashion designers are currently grappling with.
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While driving back from an appointment, we listened to Tim Blanks’ interview with his long-time friend, designer Anna Sui, on the BOF podcast about this topic that is front of mind in the fashion community.
We agree with Anna that there will be a return to softness & femininity. Anna has proven herself prescient when it comes to hitting the cultural zeitgeist. She nailed grunge (Spring 1993), then nerdy geek chic, & most recently, pajamas with everything (spring 2020), eerily right before the Covid-19 epidemic hit. The world went into lock down & we all wore loungewear for 3 months.
We dug back into our archives, & came across a review we’d written on designer Rebecca Taylor’s 2012 collection. That season, she showed pretty party & day dresses, which are her stock in trade. Rebecca is a designer you can count on season after season, if you want to tap into your girly femininity, no matter what age you are. If Anna is right, the coming year will be a good one for designers such as Rebecca Taylor & Anna Sui & we’ll be wearing a lot of jersey & soft knits to help comfort us.
Our expanded collage of Anna Sui & Rebecca Taylor collections, past & present, is up on our Instagram, @thefashionhistorian.
