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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 14 december 2019
The closing decade was an ever-shifting parade of fashion

By LEANNE ITALIE erage from strategically As style icons go, few had as for the magazine. feld died in February, but
Associated Press placed embroidery and a much impact as Obama, “The photos were so dy- his faux supermarket show
NEW YORK (AP) — Lady smattering of sparkles, said who caused dresses and namic and powerful,” Peo- for Chanel in 2014 lives on.
Gaga wore meat and Ri- “Karl Lagerfeld, who once
hanna went naked, prac- equated sweatpants with
tically. Kate Middleton ‘giving up,’ cheekily nod-
delivered royal wedding ded to the athleisure in-
opulence and Billy Por- dustrial complex with in-
ter went viral in a tuxedo tentionally holey sweatsuits
gown. There was the much- and dad sneakers,” said
coveted Olivia Pope white Veronique Hyland, fashion
coat, Lupita Nyong’o’s per- features director for Elle. “It
fect powder blue Oscar came at a turning point in
gown and Karl Lagerfield’s fashion, with the everyday
embrace of athleisure. becoming more aspira-
The closing decade was tional and studied casual-
ever-shifting in fashion. ness becoming the order
The most special moments of the day, even for fashion
among fashion editors had week habitues. It was also
Rihanna and Beyonce top prescient. These days, the
of mind as trendsetters, This combination photo shows, Lupita Nyong’o at the Oscars, singer Lady Gaga wearing at the Whole Foods aisle is our run-
along with the Duchess of MTV Video Music Awards, Michelle Obama at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, way.”
Cambridge, the Duchess Meghan Markle at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle and Rihanna at the 2014 CFDA Fashion Kerry Washington, buoyed
of Sussex, Meghan Markle, Awards in New York on June 2, 2014. by “Scandal,” and Porter,
and former first lady Mi- Associated Press uplifted by “Pose,” helped
chelle Obama. define the decade as well.
Rachel Torgerson, senior Andrea Lavinthal, style and other attire to sell out sim- ples Wagner said. “‘Scandal’ was pretty
fashion editor at Cosmo- beauty director for People. ply by putting them on and Rihanna, too, has endured. much everything after it
politan, said it might seem “It was somehow even was a big booster of both Her bright yellow cape debuted in 2012 and pretty
easy to overlook the de- more naked than all the fashion and diverse de- gown by Chinese coutu- much every adult woman
cade of 2010 to 2020 fash- other naked dresses that signers. Her choices often rier Guo Pei won the 2015 wanted Olivia Pope’s pol-
ion-wise. Lady Gaga’s raw night,” she said. made headlines. Met Gala and launched a ished, perfect style and
meat dress in 2010 at the Duchess Kate wore the Lindsay Peoples Wag- thousand omelete memes, crisp, white waterfall over-
MTV Video Music Awards house of McQueen to ner, editor in chief of Teen Hyland said. coat,” Torgerson said.
was a much talked about marry Prince William in Vogue, noted a particular Pei told Fashionista.com: “These are the facts!”
exception. 2011, more than a year af- Obama moment, this one “Only women who have Porter has provided more
“More definitive moments ter Alexander McQueen’s by designer Tracy Reese, the confidence of a queen than a few moments but it’s
came before — the grun- death. The lace and ivory a rare African American could wear it.” his showstopping black vel-
ge-y ’90s, the Paris Hilton- satin gown included a woman among top design- By the decade’s end, she vet tuxedo gown by Chris-
drenched early aughts,” pinched-in bodice inspired ers. It was the pink sleeve- would also become a pow- tian Siriano that achieved
Torgerson said. “But the by Victorian corsetry, a sig- less dress with specks of erful fashion and beauty his goal in February at the
truth is there were some nature of McQueen, but it gold brocade that Obama mogul in her own right: Her Oscars: A conversation
majorly iconic sartorial in- also evoked the wedding wore for her speech at the Fenty Beauty line with its in- about gender, race and
stances that changed us look of Grace Kelly. It was Democratic National Con- clusive shades forced other fashion. The top half was a
forever during this time.” designed by his successor, vention in 2012. brands to adapt a wider classic men’s tuxedo jacket
We’ll start with Rihanna. Sarah Burton. “It was a historic moment of view, her Savage X Fenty he wore with a bow tie and
“My jaw dropped to the “Literally every bride want- two iconic women coming lingerie line for all body the bottom was a dramatic
floor when Rihanna spar- ed to look like her then, together,” Peoples Wagner types was cited as a reason full skirt.
kled onto the stage in an and many still do,” Torger- said. “I can still remember for Victoria’s Secret’s drop “Gender neutral fashion
Adam Selman Swarovksi son said. “People are still how the dress shimmered in popularity, and she be- and inclusion emerged as
crystal ‘naked dress’ to re- requesting lookalikes.” as she walked on that came the first black wom- a key shift in the way de-
ceive her CFDA style icon The same interest followed stage.” an to helm a luxury line for signers approached cre-
award,” said Joyann King, Duchess Meghan into Like Obama, Beyonce LVMH with Fenty. ative direction and their
executive editorial director matrimony. The American served a heaping plate of Virgil Abloh, as creative businesses,” King said. “Billy
of HarpersBazaar.com. “It actress wed Prince Harry style throughout the de- director of Louis Vuitton’s Porter’s tuxedo gown that
was as beautiful as it was in 2018 dressed in a boat- cade. menswear, also made went viral embodied this
provocative and began a necked, long-sleeve stun- There was her larger-than- history.“Not only did he be- movement in the most
trend that continues to rule ner by Claire Waight Keller life black hat and layered come one of the first black glamorous way.”
the red carpet and our so- of Givenchy. necklaces of Swarovski men to take over such a Porter, the black and gay
cial feeds.” “In this decade, not only crystals, leather and gems position in fashion, but the breakout star of the bound-
Laurel Pantin, fashion fea- one but two of the U.K.’s in “Formation,” from her self-taught designer and ary-expanding FX series,
tures director of InStyle, spotlight princesses got groundbreaking “Lemon- multi-hyphenate represent- spent the awards season
agreed: “I’ll never forget it. married, which left the ade” visual album. For her ed a democratization of using fashion as political
In my dreams, that’s what world pondering about September 2018 Vogue the industry and a breaking art. There were previous
I look like and that’s what who these women would cover, she was photo- down of boundaries previ- dresses, and there was
I’m wearing.” choose to design their mo- graphed by Tyler Mitchell ously in the way for those help from powerhouses
The year was 2014. The fol- mentous wedding dress- in a huge floral headdress considered far outside the Tom Ford and Michael Kors,
lowing year, at the Met es,” said Shilpa Prabhakar by Phil John Perry for Rebel lines of the traditional fash- along with smaller design-
Gala, Beyonce donned Nadella, fashion market Rebel. It was stunning and ion industry insiders,” said ers who embrace a greater
Givenchy in another bare- director for Glamour. “Both also historic: Mitchell be- Brooke Bobb, senior fashion gender fluidity in their col-
ly there look, a long sheer have become style icons in came the first black pho- news writer for Vogue.com. lections and were thrilled
design that relied on cov- their own right.” tographer to shoot a cover Legendary designer Lager- to dress him.q