Trend Alert – Draped & Divine
From Philip Lim’s Fall 2009 RTW
One of fashion’s best design trends to enter the current style scene is the element of draping.
Some of you are fanning yourselves wondering if I’ve taken a punch to the head but I tell you, it is a gift to us.
Luscious fabric looped and laying in places you need it to camouflage abdominal imperfections, draped dramatically to show one’s décolletage or side-swept to pull away the eye from areas beyond our control.
Yes, draping.
According to the Institute of Draped Clothes, (there is one), “In the ancient world, whether in Rome, Greece, Egypt, or Mesopotamia, draping was considered the most civilized way to dress. It was the art of the elite to gracefully arrange the folds of elegant togas and other draped garments. This tradition survives today in the unequaled grace of the sari. Yet at the same time, draped clothing has been the daily working attire of ordinary people, from the old ‘great kilt’ of Scotland, to the sarong and dhoti of southern Asia.”
Current fashion draping trends have steered away from the kilt and sari proper but inspiration from the ancient world lingers in pieces from internationally-recognized designers like Philip Lim (above) and here with Donna Karan:
For a more eco-approach to draping I suggest these burgeoning designers who prove that draping can be done responsibly:
Sublet’s Catherine Dress at Greenloop
She-Bible’s Monarch Top at Beklina
Prairie Underground Mothette Light Dress at Embodies
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4 Comments
July 29th, 2009 at 7:12 am
Love draping and these clothes! There was a great episode of this on The Design Show.
July 29th, 2009 at 8:22 am
so beautiful! i have had my eye on that sublet dress for a while….
July 29th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I’m soooo 2006. Not sure why I avoid the drape. I’m trying.
July 30th, 2009 at 6:36 am
Not sure what being 2006 is. More information please
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