Top Trend: Lingerie Inspired Outfits

Ever wondered if you could one day pull off a lingerie look? Well, Resort 2018 is
definitely the time to try it out. Far from urging you to go out in your underwear, lingerie-
inspired garments are making quite a splash this season. Their influence have
significantly expanded on the Resort runways and, if you take a closer look at your
Instagram feed, you’ll see every influencer / top model / fashion guru is actually making
this empowering trend their own.

Diane von Furstenberg, Versace, Prada

Why would women want to wear undergarments as their regular outfit is a question that
hardly would have crossed our mind a few years ago. But in a society that relentlessly
objectifies women, the body empowerment movement has grown stronger with women
all around reclaiming their bodies. So it was only natural for fashion to sink it all in and
give its perspective. After all, what clothing is more connected to the female body than
lingerie?

Judging by this season’s collections, you can no longer call lingerie a bra and a pair of
panties precisely because they are merging into daywear pieces in a self-assured way.
The N°21, Diane Von Furstenberg and Versace collections, for instance, take the
lingerie staples and transform them into the focal point of any look. Recently you could
see Bella Hadid on social media wearing a Dior Homme suit with her lace bra showing,
without ever looking vulgar. In fact, it seems bras have now replaced the once very
trendy crop top.

Chanel, Moschino, Victoria Beckham

Lingerie in itself is a paradox: utterly refined, it also symbolizes something secret,
something forbidden. Well, designers Maria Grazia Chiuri at Dior, Phoebe Philo at
Céline or Christelle Kocher (Koché) are breaking those preconceptions with
babydoll dresses that are either see-through or lace-embroidered and that can stand on
their own. At Moschino, Jeremy Scott pushed body empowerment further with a négligé
dress bearing pinup motifs.

Lingerie inspired clothing is a call for all women to never be afraid to express their
femininity.

Maxime Der Nahabedian

Initially trained to become a specialized translator from English and German to French, Maxime has been writing for fashion and lifestyle publications for about three years. First as a Managing Editor for the quarterly fashion & art magazine Crash where he worked on ten issues, then most recently for the French online media Saywho.fr. His topics of choice go from fashion shows and exhibitions reviews to interviews with various cultural figures (Beth Ditto, Lilly Collins, Aitor Throup).