BRODERIE ANGLAISE REMADE

There’s no way that this eyelet-patterned fabric will ever not look feminine – it was used to make sweet, innocent-looking women’s underwear in 19th-century France.

Portrait of Tammy Strobel

There’s no way that this eyelet-patterned fabric will ever not look feminine – it was used to make sweet, innocent-looking women’s underwear in 19th-century France.

But when Hypebeast has become a fevered aesthetic, and winsome It girls from Kaia Gerber to Dua Lipa prefer street wear over demure dresses, pretty alone doesn’t always cut it. A refreshing, of-the-moment proposal from the likes of Loewe and MSGM (pictured here): Dye it in trendy highlighter hues, fashion into not-so-demure pieces (note the exaggerated sleeves here), then complete with accessories you’d usually wear with tees and jeans. – KYS