Summer Picks
Yay its summer, time for shorts and ice cream, right? No. Time for perspex face shields and masks. But why not elevate the protection. Latex gloves? Pass. Prada technical fabric and calfskin gloves? Yes. Surgical mask? Pass. Off-White arrows mask? Yes.
In a pre-corona world summer, for me at least, meant boating on serpentine lake, running around SoHo, taking in a show at L’Opera in St. Tropez. But now it means sitting at home writing posts trying to find the will to wear something other than sweatpants. But hey, everyone needs clothes and shoes right?
Combination 1: Perspex face shields and Perspex Yeezys
It was back in 2015 that Kanye first revealed his Perspex vision to the world, since then almost every major brand has taken note and followed suit. Perspex face shield with with random shoes, nope. Perspex face shield with Yeezy Perspex boots: elevated quarantine essential.
Combination 2: Hazmat suits and Prada Gloves
Prada has been pioneering the use of technical fabrics long before any other major fashion house. Therefore it only seems right to pair what you may see a housepainter wearing, but is truly a feat of engineering resulting in a thin non intrusive technical fabric with something that was wrapped around the hand of a model on a runway in Milan.
Combination 3: Gucci mask Sunglasses and Givenchy snoods:
When the face shield and surgical mask combo isn’t really for you, why not put on an immensely oversized pair of mask sunglasses and add a piece of nylon wrapped around your head to cover up any bits you may have missed. The oversized sunglasses have been a long standing trend that almost every major fashion house has dabbled in. This time the long standing question of function over fashion is rendered null and void; because, in this case , fashion is functional. Guaranteed to turn some heads and perhaps fog up your glasses if the snood isn’t fitted properly.
Combination 4: Givenchy Parkas and Disposable shoe covers
If the ten pound hazmat suit just doesn’t deserve to obstruct your fancy French clothing, do what Apple forces us to do every year: upgrade. This parka covers you from head to toe and due to its transparency allows your fit to be in full view of any lucky passerby’s. Its a great match with cheap disposable shoe covers that on top of looking like they just ran away from fashion week, protect your overpriced footwear.
See! Summer 2020 is not cancelled, our typical mould for a summer just has to adapt a bit to fit the morphed dystopian world we now live in. We all have a man who ate a dead winged marsupial to thank for that.
