“You hadn’t been in a position to open a newspaper or journal with out seeing one other younger Hollywood A-lister carrying that hot-damn curvy gown: Scarlett Johansson, Cameron Diaz, Rachel Weisz, Keira Knightley, Nicole Kidman—so many, it was verging on a joke… wrote Mower in Vogue’s October 2007 concern. “You place it on, and also you seemed like an icon,” added the designer.
With as many colours as a e-book of Pantonne swatches, the gown got here in a double wool crepe that gripped the physique like a second pores and skin. The silhouette was under or on the knee, waist-cinching, with a sq. neckline and sculptural cap-sleeves. Just like the denims within the Sisterhood of the Touring Pants, it was universally flattering.
Mouret wasn’t the one designer delivering body-con attire. At the moment, Hervé Léger (which, in April 2007, had been relaunched by Max Azria) was binding ladies up like metropolitain-chic mummies in his bandage attire. No pink carpet was full with out no less than one bandage gown.
Victoria Beckham in Roland Mouret, 2007Picture: Getty Photographs
Blake Full of life on location for “Gossip Woman” in Hervé Léger, 2009Picture: Getty Photographs
Paparazzi-Stylish: Sidewalk Turns into Catwalk
Within the aughts, the magazines (and tabloids) had been nonetheless the predominant type of style information, together with budding blogs and e-news websites. All of those had been full of snaps of celebs circulating within the starry constellations of Hollywood. Paris Hilton and her Easy Life co-star Nicole Richie had been frequent tabloid fodder; so too was Britney Spears, Cameron Diaz, Lindsey Lohan, and newcomer on the block, Kim Kardashian.
These off-duty appears produced head-scratching tendencies adopted by the plenty. Juicy Couture velour tracksuits with script on the derrieres, ragged-edged miniskirts paired with Ugg boots, and child tees emblazoned with phrases like “Angel.” Pageboy caps, It luggage, and a Starbucks Frappuccino completed off the look.
Mischa Barton, 2007Picture: Getty Photographs
Olivia Palermo, 2008Picture: Getty Photographs
Prime Designers of the 2000s
Chloé, Hervé Léger, Roland Mouret, Balenciaga, Burberry, Yves Saint Laurent, Juicy Couture, Marc Jacobs, Versace, Prada, Miu Miu, Dolce & Gabbana, Alexander McQueen, Calvin Klein, Fendi, Tom Ford, Gucci, Martin Margiela, Dries Van Noten, Vivienne Westwood, Comme des Garçons’ Rei Kawakubo, Yohji Yamamoto, John Galliano, Chanel, Oscar de la Renta, Kenzo, Giorgio Armani, Valentino, Michael Kors, Moschino, Alaïa, Lanvin, Roberto Cavalli, Stella McCartney, Viktor & Rolf, Pucci, Gareth Pugh, Christopher Kane, Rodarte, Phillip Lim, Jason Wu, Jimmy Choo, Christian Louboutin, Nina Ricci, Raf Simmons, Isabel Toledo
