Until now, the 00s revival seemed like harmless fun. Then stars including Dua Lipa and Julia Fox began wearing the era’s trickiest, most controversial look
, Britney Spears, Kate Hudson, Keira Knightley and Paris Hilton, and all of their teeny-tiny bodies with their long, flat stomachs, hollow between their pointy hip bones … eventually I realised they’d fit ‘right’ if I simply didn’t eat until dinner for enough days and then weeks in a row, so that’s what I did.”
Korn correlates what came later, the rise of high-waisted trousers in fashion, with an era when women and minorities began to feel safer in US culture. “With Obama in the White House for a second term and equal rights for women and minorities on the horizon, high-waisted pants settled over everything like a warm blanket,” she writes. For many, the rise of the high-waisted trouser heralded a move away from a culture where women’s bodies were fair game.
But while many women recoil from a silhouette that seems to demand a lean abdomen – and threatens to give you a “muffin top” should you dare to have an ounce of spare flesh – others feel less than confident in high-waisted shapes, which are most often showcased on women with tiny waists and a dramatic hip-to-waist ratio. Alexander McQueen, who put provocatively low “bumster” trousers on the catwalk in 1996, later said that he “wanted to elongate the body, not just show the bum.
, said his inspiration came from the “radical energy” of the 00s, when he was a student at Central Saint Martins. “After the pandemic, I wanted to feel a bit more optimistic and light, because I think we’ve been wearing lots of heavy clothes,” he said. Women and girls spent centuries fighting for the right to wear trousers. At work or at school, on horseback or the red carpet, to step out in strides is a symbol of liberation, of equality – and of a life lived boldly. That is perhaps more true than ever, with the return of low-slung waistbands. Because these are only for the brave.
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