<text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="11.865997314453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="74.70993041992188" x="448.1092834472656" y="-472.6554870605469" data-test="textbox">Backwards, </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="11.88299560546875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="53.76080322265625" x="456.2298889160156" y="-456.6554870605469" data-test="textbox">sideways</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="2.60101318359375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="2.771026611328125" x="510.6752014160156" y="-456.6554870605469" data-test="textbox">, </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.615997314453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="12.8179931640625" x="437.0940856933594" y="-440.6554870605469" data-test="textbox">or </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="11.88299560546875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="75.56329345703125" x="454.3082275390625" y="-440.6554870605469" data-test="textbox">upside down</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="2.60101318359375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="2.77099609375" x="531.0689086914062" y="-440.6554870605469" data-test="textbox">, there&rsquo;s no right way to wear your clothes.</text>

<text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.420013427734375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="188.531982421875" x="981.25" y="-261.5" data-test="textbox">At Paris Fashion Week in March, Zomer presented</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.459991455078125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="192.36004638671875" x="981.6599731445312" y="-249.5" data-test="textbox"> the first fashion show in retrograde. The&nbsp;</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2700042724609375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="192.44903564453125" x="981.5700073242188" y="-237.5" data-test="textbox">Fall/Winter 2025 presentation opened with a</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="192.31903076171875" x="981.6799926757812" y="-225.5" data-test="textbox"> finale walk that saw 40 models dressed in backward</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="192.7618408203125" x="981.27001953125" y="-213.5" data-test="textbox"> trench coats, shirtdresses, and double denim</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="192.445068359375" x="981.6199951171875" y="-201.5" data-test="textbox"> march out at a brisk clip to the sound of canned</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.4199981689453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="192.390869140625" x="981.6199951171875" y="-189.5" data-test="textbox"> applause. Cofounders Danial Aitouganov and</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.4199981689453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="192.28790283203125" x="981.6799926757812" y="-177.5" data-test="textbox"> Imruh Asha took their bows with their backs facing</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.4600067138671875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="192.52099609375" x="981.5" y="-165.5" data-test="textbox"> the audience. Then, as tape rewind effects&nbsp;</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="192.6260986328125" x="981.3900146484375" y="-153.5" data-test="textbox">played on the sound system, the show began in earnest</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.4600067138671875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="192.39501953125" x="981.6199951171875" y="-141.5" data-test="textbox">. The models returned for a second more leisurely</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="192.6260986328125" x="981.3699951171875" y="-129.5" data-test="textbox" id="highlight-tooltip-target">&nbsp;loop, giving attendees a chance to fully appreciate</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230003356933594" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="192.32586669921875" x="981.6799926757812" y="-117.5" data-test="textbox"> disorienting details such as shirt yokes and</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230003356933594" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="132.19097900390625" x="981.6799926757812" y="-105.5" data-test="textbox">&nbsp;box pleats worn back-to-front.</text>
<text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.44000244140625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.53610229492188" x="307.4800109863281" y="-141.50010681152344" data-test="textbox">Coming a few weeks into Trump 2.0 and the various waves of global</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.89373779296875" x="307.1400146484375" y="-129.50010681152344" data-test="textbox"> chaos, it was hard not to see these mixed-up looks as a metaphor</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.4199981689453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.15789794921875" x="307.3599853515625" y="-117.5000991821289" data-test="textbox">. But Aitouganov says that this wasn&rsquo;t the original concept</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.339996337890625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.16705322265625" x="307.3699951171875" y="-105.5000991821289" data-test="textbox">. &ldquo;Our starting point was a return to childhood, and we were</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230003356933594" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="245.11016845703125" x="306.8699951171875" y="-93.5000991821289" data-test="textbox"> thinking about the way kids dress themselves before they know</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.30999755859375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.25418090820312" x="307.2799987792969" y="-81.5000991821289" data-test="textbox"> the rules,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;It was not our intention to talk about the</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.30999755859375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.31716918945312" x="307.2300109863281" y="-69.5000991821289" data-test="textbox"> world going backwards, but subconsciously, I think that that&rsquo;s what</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.339996337890625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.67608642578125" x="306.8699951171875" y="-57.500099182128906" data-test="textbox"> happened.&rdquo; Kicking off the final leg of the Fall/Winter 2025</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.25" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="245.00711059570312" x="307.0299987792969" y="-45.500099182128906" data-test="textbox"> collections, the Zomer show captured a season in which life</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.229999542236328" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="243.58712768554688" x="307.0199890136719" y="-33.500099182128906" data-test="textbox"> both off and on the runway often felt strange, surreal, or absurd.</text>

Christopher Esber Fall/Winter 2025. Getty Images.

Issey Miyake Fall/Winter 2025. Getty Images.

Ottolinger Fall/Winter 2025. Getty Images.

<text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.67608642578125" x="672.3200073242188" y="-741.5" data-test="textbox">From New York to Paris, many designers challenged the idea of</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.3399658203125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.22705078125" x="672.3499755859375" y="-729.5" data-test="textbox"> a &ldquo;right&rdquo; way to wear clothes, turning pieces backwards and sideways</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.592041015625" x="672.4099731445312" y="-717.5" data-test="textbox">. In her Givenchy debut, Sarah Burton put a sensual spin</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.591796875" x="672.4099731445312" y="-705.5" data-test="textbox"> on backwards dressing by slicing open the front-transposed centre-back</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.216064453125" x="672.3699951171875" y="-693.5" data-test="textbox">&nbsp;seam of hourglass tailoring to reveal d&eacute;colletage; </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.46002197265625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="245.07318115234375" x="671.9199829101562" y="-681.5" data-test="textbox">The Row showed a backwards shirtdress with its placket left unbuttoned</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.8740234375" x="672.1500244140625" y="-669.5" data-test="textbox">; and Ottolinger proposed reversible second-skin jeans</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="245.70611572265625" x="671.27001953125" y="-657.5" data-test="textbox">&nbsp;with back pockets on both sides. Christopher Esber </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.790771484375" x="672.25" y="-645.5" data-test="textbox">flipped a mini-tunic dress 90 degrees so its neckline became </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.58709716796875" x="672.4299926757812" y="-633.5" data-test="textbox">an armhole. Elsewhere, designers styled one article of clothing </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.53607177734375" x="672.4299926757812" y="-621.5" data-test="textbox">as another. Duran Lantink and Marine Serre fashioned skirts </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.7459716796875" x="672.25" y="-609.5" data-test="textbox">from dress shirts and slip dresses, while Hodakova transformed </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="152.31494140625" x="672.22998046875" y="-597.5" data-test="textbox">trousers into gowns and sleeveless tops.</text>
<text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.46002197265625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.23406982421875" x="672.3099975585938" y="-573.5" data-test="textbox">&ldquo;This season saw a notable uptick in questioning the norms of dressing</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.30999755859375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.1920166015625" x="672.3699951171875" y="-561.5" data-test="textbox">,&rdquo; confirms Linda Fargo, Bergdorf Goodman&rsquo;s senior vice</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.3399658203125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="241.2490234375" x="671.9000244140625" y="-549.5" data-test="textbox"> president of women&rsquo;s fashion and store presentation director</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.7969970703125" x="672.22998046875" y="-537.5" data-test="textbox">, who has been spotting trends for the New York shopping mecca</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.30999755859375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.14801025390625" x="672.3599853515625" y="-525.5" data-test="textbox"> for nearly three decades. &ldquo;Why should a waistband be used</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.41998291015625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="240.571044921875" x="672.1500244140625" y="-513.5" data-test="textbox">&nbsp;on a waist versus a hem?&rdquo; As for why she thinks it&rsquo;s all hap</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.339996337890625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.3660888671875" x="672.1400146484375" y="-501.5" data-test="textbox">pening now? &ldquo;We should always look to designers to question the</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230010986328125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.7659912109375" x="672.22998046875" y="-489.5" data-test="textbox">&nbsp;status quo, especially in times where challenging normcore </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.30999755859375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="158.3948974609375" x="672.22998046875" y="-477.5" data-test="textbox">takes on surreal dimensions,&rdquo; Fargo says.</text>

Christian Dior Spring/ Summer 1999 Haute Couture. Getty Images.

a Schiaparelli look photographed by George Saad for L’OFFICIEL No. 194 in 1937. Photography courtesy of L'OFFICIEL

Givenchy Fall/ Winter 1963 Haute Couture. Photography courtesy of Givenchy.

Givenchy Fall/Winter 2025. Photography courtesy of Givenchy.

<text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.30999755859375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.23382568359375" x="672.3200073242188" y="-453.5" data-test="textbox">Fargo&rsquo;s reference to Surrealism, the 20th-century avant-garde art</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230010986328125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.579833984375" x="672.4299926757812" y="-441.5" data-test="textbox"> movement exploring the subconscious mind and the world of</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.420013427734375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.6470947265625" x="672.3499755859375" y="-429.5" data-test="textbox"> dreams, is illuminating. Although designers from Hubert de Givenchy</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.25" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.558837890625" x="672.47998046875" y="-417.5" data-test="textbox">&nbsp;in the 1950s and 1960s to Martin Margiela and John </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230010986328125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.54388427734375" x="672.47998046875" y="-405.5" data-test="textbox">Galliano in the 1990s have played with backwards tailoring, </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230010986328125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="241.00384521484375" x="672.22998046875" y="-393.5" data-test="textbox">the experimental style made its debut in OG fashion provocateur</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.339996337890625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="240.52886962890625" x="672.22998046875" y="-381.5" data-test="textbox"> Elsa Schiaparelli&rsquo;s Summer 1938 show, which was code</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="2.94000244140625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="3" x="913.4801025390625" y="-381.5" data-test="textbox">-</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.420013427734375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.17388916015625" x="672.4099731445312" y="-369.5" data-test="textbox">signed with Mr. Melting Clocks himself, Salvador Dal&iacute;. A short-sleeved</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230010986328125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.60089111328125" x="672.4099731445312" y="-357.5" data-test="textbox"> skirt suit, worn with its flower-festooned lapel on the</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.339996337890625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.329833984375" x="672.22998046875" y="-345.5" data-test="textbox"> back, was part of that season&rsquo;s circus-inspired extravaganza&nbsp;</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230010986328125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.2940673828125" x="672.25" y="-333.5" data-test="textbox">filled with prancing horse&ndash;embroidered boleros and balloon </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.339996337890625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.534912109375" x="672.02001953125" y="-321.5" data-test="textbox">bags that Schiaparelli described in her memoirs as the &ldquo;most riotous</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.30999755859375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="228.712890625" x="672.239990234375" y="-309.5" data-test="textbox">&nbsp;and swaggering&rdquo; of her many eccentric collections. </text>
<text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.339996337890625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="246.87774658203125" x="672.6500244140625" y="-285.5" data-test="textbox">Schiaparelli and Dal&iacute;&rsquo;s fruitful collaboration had begun the year prior</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230010986328125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.8897705078125" x="672.1400146484375" y="-273.5" data-test="textbox">, when they created the iconic shoe hat, which was captured for</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230010986328125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="152.75592041015625" x="672.25" y="-261.5" data-test="textbox">&nbsp;posterity in a fashion story that ran in L&rsquo;OFFICIEL&rsquo;s</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230010986328125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="40.7960205078125" x="878.7434692382812" y="-261.5" data-test="textbox"> October&nbsp;</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230010986328125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.3001708984375" x="672.719970703125" y="-249.5" data-test="textbox">1937 issue. In hindsight, these highly unconventional styles, </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="245.10986328125" x="671.8699951171875" y="-237.5" data-test="textbox">which sprang up in the global upheaval so keenly felt between </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="240.95684814453125" x="672.22998046875" y="-225.5" data-test="textbox">the two World Wars, offered a kind of funhouse mirror reflection</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.7091064453125" x="672.22998046875" y="-213.5" data-test="textbox"> of Earth spinning off its axis. Stylist Stefania Chekalina,&nbsp;</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="245.1287841796875" x="671.8699951171875" y="-201.5" data-test="textbox">who frequently wears jackets and coats upside down, proposes that</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.79388427734375" x="672.22998046875" y="-189.5" data-test="textbox">, similar to an upside-down flag, wonky styling can be read </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="70.83599853515625" x="672.4299926757812" y="-177.5" data-test="textbox">as a distress signal. </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.540008544921875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="53.7130126953125" x="746.4915161132812" y="-177.5" data-test="textbox">&ldquo;Are you okay?&rdquo; </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="115.094970703125" x="801.9241943359375" y="-177.5" data-test="textbox">she asks, voicing an imaginary check-in</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.3100128173828125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.16485595703125" x="672.3699951171875" y="-165.5" data-test="textbox">&nbsp;with a friend. &ldquo;She might say yes, but if she&rsquo;s wearing </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.3100128173828125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="204.04681396484375" x="672.3699951171875" y="-153.5" data-test="textbox">everything backward, her clothes tell another story.&rdquo;</text>

Tory Burch Fall/Winter 2025. Photography courtesy of Getty Images.

<text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.77191162109375" x="672.2000122070312" y="-129.5" data-test="textbox">If, as legendary street photographer Bill Cunningham once said</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.30999755859375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.07586669921875" x="672.4099731445312" y="-117.5" data-test="textbox">, &ldquo;fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life,&rdquo; </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.25" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.32598876953125" x="672.22998046875" y="-105.5" data-test="textbox">then we&rsquo;ve never needed chainmail more than in 2025, when smartphone</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230003356933594" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.60211181640625" x="672.4099731445312" y="-93.5" data-test="textbox">&nbsp;news alerts constantly send cortisol levels spiking. </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.4199981689453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.26800537109375" x="672.3099975585938" y="-81.5" data-test="textbox">&ldquo;I started with the concept of twisted American classics, and </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.44000244140625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.3341064453125" x="672.22998046875" y="-69.5" data-test="textbox">then I sort of took the twist concept literally,&rdquo; says Tory Burch, </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2700042724609375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="245.10400390625" x="671.8699951171875" y="-57.5" data-test="textbox">whose Fall/Winter 2025 lineup featured a number of cozy </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.229999542236328" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.6341552734375" x="672.3699951171875" y="-45.5" data-test="textbox">capelets MacGyvered from cardigans by twisting and pinning </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.470001220703125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.10809326171875" x="672.4299926757812" y="-33.5" data-test="textbox">a sleeve at the opposite shoulder (a sample of Charlotte Adig&eacute;r <text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.420013427734375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.16900634765625" x="929.4299926757812" y="-357.5" data-test="textbox">and Bolis Popul&rsquo;s laugh-crying, electro-pop track &ldquo;HAHA&rdquo; </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.470001220703125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.7950439453125" x="929.25" y="-345.5" data-test="textbox">further set the tone). Issey Miyake, meanwhile, proposed what the</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230010986328125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="130.8551025390625" x="929.22998046875" y="-333.5" data-test="textbox"> designer Satoshi Kondo called&nbsp;</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="6.75" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="33.7529296875" x="1062.499755859375" y="-333.5" data-test="textbox">odd shirts</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230010986328125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="77.1829833984375" x="1096.8792724609375" y="-333.5" data-test="textbox">: button-ups twisted by</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230010986328125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="245.051025390625" x="929.02001953125" y="-321.5" data-test="textbox">&nbsp;putting arms through different sleeves, offering the wearer multiple</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230010986328125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="126.68603515625" x="929.3599853515625" y="-309.5" data-test="textbox">&nbsp;enveloping possibilities</text></text>

Hodakova Fall/Winter 2025 collection. Photography courtesy of Hodakova.

Duran Lantink Fall/Winter 2025. Photography courtesy of Duran Lantink.

The Row Fall/Winter 2025 collection. Photography courtesy of The Row.

<text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.420013427734375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="245.09912109375" x="929" y="-285.5" data-test="textbox">Another benefit to offbeat chic is that it projects originality and</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230010986328125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="240.35797119140625" x="929.4299926757812" y="-273.5" data-test="textbox"> a concomitant rejection of the sort of quiet luxury sameness</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230010986328125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="113.884033203125" x="929.3900146484375" y="-261.5" data-test="textbox"> that risks veering into </text>The Handmaid&rsquo;s Tale <text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="6.8900146484375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="83.4949951171875" x="1048.441162109375" y="-261.5" data-test="textbox" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">wardrobe department</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.339996337890625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.23193359375" x="929.369873046875" y="-249.5" data-test="textbox" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;"> territory. &ldquo;Shoppers are redefining personal style&nbsp;</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.7508544921875" x="928.869873046875" y="-237.5" data-test="textbox" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">with a creative, unexpected twist&mdash;and breathing new life into</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.3100128173828125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.767822265625" x="928.869873046875" y="-225.5" data-test="textbox" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">what they already own,&rdquo; says Sagal Mohammed, Google </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.3400115966796875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="246.9488525390625" x="929.64990234375" y="-213.5" data-test="textbox" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">Shopping&rsquo;s editorial and creative lead, pointing to trending </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.26788330078125" x="929.3098754882812" y="-201.5" data-test="textbox" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">&ldquo;how to wear...as...&rdquo; searches such as &ldquo;how to wear a balaclava </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.3400115966796875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.19683837890625" x="929.4298706054688" y="-189.5" data-test="textbox" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">as a beanie&rdquo; and &ldquo;how to wear a bandana as a top&rdquo; as evidence </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.698974609375" x="929.349853515625" y="-177.5" data-test="textbox" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">of growing interest in off-label use for different clothing items.</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.25" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="89.0799560546875" x="929.3098754882812" y="-165.5" data-test="textbox" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;"> In 2025, searches for "</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="6.850006103515625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="49.18896484375" x="1016.3447265625" y="-165.5" data-test="textbox" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">find my style" </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="106.222900390625" x="1067.8349609375" y="-165.5" data-test="textbox" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">soared to an all-time high, </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="98.7379150390625" x="929.389892578125" y="-153.5" data-test="textbox" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">nearly doubling those for trending fashion</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.2299957275390625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="114.1209716796875" x="1062.5029296875" y="-153.5" data-test="textbox" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">&mdash;a clear signal that individuality</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.3100128173828125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="134.2100830078125" x="929.2598876953125" y="-141.5" data-test="textbox" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">&nbsp;is the new currency.</text>
<text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.3100128173828125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="134.2100830078125" x="929.2598876953125" y="-141.5" data-test="textbox">&rdquo;</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.4199981689453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="245.0550537109375" x="928.9998779296875" y="-117.5" data-test="textbox">And with economic volatility, impending tariffs, and rising prices</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230003356933594" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.9190673828125" x="929.139892578125" y="-105.5" data-test="textbox">, this renewed emphasis on creative styling over wearing the</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.4199981689453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.377197265625" x="929.2298583984375" y="-93.5" data-test="textbox"> latest It items is good news for pocketbooks. &ldquo;As soon as you realize</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.230003356933594" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.8431396484375" x="929.2398681640625" y="-81.5" data-test="textbox">&nbsp;that you can play around with clothes, you can save money by</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.30999755859375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.6171875" x="929.0198974609375" y="-69.5" data-test="textbox"> reusing your wardrobe,&rdquo; says Chekalina. &ldquo;Just have fun with it</text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.459999084472656" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.376220703125" x="929.2598876953125" y="-57.5" data-test="textbox">!&rdquo; The most important thing to remember, says Aitouganov, is to </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.30999755859375" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.2391357421875" x="929.369873046875" y="-45.5" data-test="textbox">do whatever you want. &ldquo;If it looks good and feels comfortable to </text><text class="_textbox_x434h_15" direction="ltr" height="7.340000152587891" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.87310791015625" x="928.9298706054688" y="-33.5" data-test="textbox">you, then go for it. If you want to wear pants as a dress, why not?</text>

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