All conspired to make the autumn/winter catwalks in New York, London, Milan and Paris feel a little more human.
The biggest autumn/winter 2023 fashion trend? Not clothes, but a pose – or a clutch, to be precise. At Giorgio Armani, the models clutched powder compacts; at Ann Demeulemeester, they clutched their breasts. From the model clasping her crimson edge-to-edge coat at The Row, to the girls illuminated by the glow of the iPhones clamped in their palms at Courrèges, to the woman grasping her ivory liquid-silk dress round her shoulders like she’d just stepped out the shower at Loewe, the meaningful gesture was everywhere. All conspired to make the autumn/winter catwalks in New York, London, Milan and Paris feel a little more human.