When protesters took to the streets last summer, Law vs Wade, Naturally, fashion was not on everyone’s mind. But the attack on the body agency spilled over into the sartorial world months later, with the Spring 2023 collection featuring sheer, nipple-baring looks from Rick Owens to her Prada, and women admired and attracted attention for its form.
match? History demands difference. Fashion historian and podcast co-host Cassidy Zachary said, “There’s been a symbiotic relationship between women’s greater access to public spaces and the way women dress their bodies.” said. Dressed: a history of fashion. Please try to imagine.Contraception became more widely available and the skirts of Courrèges shrank in the mid-1960s mystery of women You can find it on many bookshelves. “At a time when the once-rigid gender polarization in fashion has been nearly eradicated and women are given more fashion choices than ever before, there has been a focused attack on the physical autonomy of American women. “This seems to include the right to bare breasts, as proposed for the Spring 2023 collection.”
The original Free the Nipple movement was born out of the 2013 film of the same name by Lina Esco. It started as a topless protest calling attention to the hypocritical censorship surrounding female nipples. Some social media sites can censor (or ban) users with even a single glance. But the 2023 version of the movement feels much more approachable. I seldom let go.
“Spring 2023 felt like the perfect time to delve into a respect for the female body,” says Laquan Smith, who showed off a veil-like gown and a silky top that’s as thin as tissue paper. . “Celebrating the feminine figure through clothing is a way for the wearer to regain their power and freedom.
Rick Owens Spring 2023.
“There is a sense that women are reclaiming their bodies,” says designer Tory Burch. He sent models (including early adopter Emily Ratajkowski) down the runway in sheer jersey tops layered with sheer lace bralettes. I’m not interested in hiding or shaping my natural shape,” she says. “From a decidedly feminine perspective, it’s sexy.”
Actress Florence Pugh has also joined the trend, admitting on Instagram after wearing a transparent Valentino dress to the Maison’s fall 2022 couture show in Rome, that she “couldn’t be without comments”. Allison Janney and Olivia Wilde have also recently jumped on the bandwagon, proving it’s not just for Gen Z.
But whether it will move from the runway to everyday life, and whether Every Woman finds the concept as empowering as Wilde, remains to be seen. ,” Zachary says. “Or bare nipples.”
This article appeared in the February 2023 issue of ELLE.
