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Jennifer Lopez on Glamour Magazine South Africa January 2020
As a movie star, global pop sensation, and an internet-melting fashion icon, nobody owned 2019 like Jennifer Lopez.
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DIVIDE & CONQUER
Who wears the trousers? That was the perennial and political question thrown up at the 51st Wimbledon Championship in 1931 when Elsa Schiaparelli dressed tennis champion Lili Alvarez in a pair of culottes. The bold choice ignited the press, which condemned Alvarez and set the tone for the divisive reception of the pants. Dating back to the 1500s, when they were the exclusive domain of French aristocratic men, it wasn’t until the Victorian era that the ‘divided skirt’ became available to everyone. To resolve the quandary of riding bicycles and horses, women too adopted the silhouette, thereby associating culottes with liberty, practicality and style. “With origins rooted in menswear, [culottes] are an empowering piece, focussing on what they feel like wearing, rather than how others will respond to them,” says Sohyun Joo, US head buyer of curated e-store W Concept, where customers have been reintroduced to the style in linen, leather and denim varieties. “[Though culottes exude] a mood that maintains professionalism, these pants are much more versatile and provide many more styling options than the tailored suit-pants,” Sohyun adds. Margaret Howell, Acne Studios and Michael Kors reified this versatility in their respective collections. The pant’s mutability was shown o – each brand interpreted the silhouette with cus, pleats and paper-bag waists. As Sohyun says: “With the wide-pants trend dominating throughout the past several seasons, culottes have entered more aggressively than ever as its seasonal sister.” For proof, turn to Paris, where culottes were solidified into the bedrock of Hedi Slimane’s new guard at Celine. Versions were worn on the runway in pleated houndstooth, chevron wool, autumnal tartans and denim emphasised utility. At Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri extended their application, pairing culottes in versized plaid patterns with fitted blazers to defamiliarise traditional feminine shapes.
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