Who else but Laird Borrelli-Persson could see crinolines, farthingales, and panniers in the spring 2025 collections, and know enough to distinguish between them? Laird has brought her fashion archivist’s eye to our trend reports, and it’s not just a visual feast, it’s a good read, too. Here she is on the subject of the season’s other lingerie looks and the surprising reemergence of the dandy: “Seduction is a kind of sorcery that designers played with via cone bras and transparent (tulle) veiling that was like a physical replication of a soft filter. Softness and fluidity are not far apart, and into this especially feminine season, dandies made a dramatic entrance. At Saint Laurent the house founder was the muse. Sailors, Renaissance princes, Tudor kings, Little Lord Fauntelroy, and other storybook characters also came to life on the runways.”
See all the trends online and on the Vogue app, and while we’re on the subject of brassieres (cone and otherwise), don’t miss my podcast with Lauren Sherman and Chantal Fernandez, the authors of Selling Sexy: Victoria’s Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon. |
