8 trends that the catwalks insist on making fashionable (but never penetrate the streets)
Showing your bra, wearing halter tops with straps that run down your midriff, or dresses with high slits is gimmicky on the catwalk, but impractical in real life.
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The 'navel' straps. It is one of the great trends of the season. Firms such as Michael Kors (left), Jacquemus (right), Versace, Altuzarra or Acne Studios have taken to the catwalk a multitude of tops, dresses and outfits that leave the abdomen uncovered, decorated with various straps that cross it. An idea that returns every spring-summer, but is rarely displayed beyond the catwalks. This season brands like Zara (centre) help to bring it closer to the general public, but we do not predict massive success beyond a few photos on Instagram.
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The bra that is taught. Bringing out underwear is another recurring proposal at fashion weeks with a dubious reception in real life (for obvious reasons). The easiest alternative to wear is layering the bra over a shirt or dress, but it is still a complicated combination that (very) few dare to do.
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The dresses with 'holes'. The ones known in English as cut out, which are nothing more than small openings that reveal the skin, are another of the constants in the collections for this spring-summer. This is made clear by Givenchy, Fendi (left), Prada, Gabriela Hearst (right), Kenzo or Carolina Herrera, to name just a few examples. The unanimity has been such that it has also become a ubiquitous trend in low cost chains. Perhaps the most inconspicuous holes have a small chance of success.
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Dresses with pants. This mixture, synonymous with comfort, has taken street style by storm, but has never caught on with the average fashion consumer. It is a good alternative to recycling summer dresses in spring or autumn, but it needs a large dose of attitude to show off successfully. From left to right the versions of Marina Moscone, Kenneth Ize and Mango.
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The impossible vests. Body jewelry, the one that advocates turning jewelry into part of the face or body, also insists on opening a niche without much success. This season it is the vests that are constructed using metallic mesh, rhinestones or crochet. While the last option does have a good prognosis, we predict a future restricted to the catwalk for the rest. In the picture: Nanushka, Zara and Simone Rocha.
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XXL bags. The bag-enlargement mania will carry over into next fall-winter, but probably only in runway shows, fashion editorials, and Instagran pictures in an effort to gain likes. While a roomy bag is helpful, ones from Valentino or Acne Studios could well prompt an urgent trip to the physio.
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The fake thongs. In the same way that happens with the bra, displaying lingerie is a recurring and gimmicky resource for many firms. Despite the fact that celebrities such as Beyoncé, Dua Lipa or Kim Kardashian have signed up to recover the two-thousand-year mania of showing off a thong, we can't imagine the streets of our country full of strips that appear above the pants. Not even in the trompe l'oeil versions proposed by Maximilian (left) or Sandy Liang (right).
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Print mixes. We love to see proposals like the one from Miu Miu (left), which combines Scottish plaid with geometric figures, but we rarely dare to go out on the street combining the most daring prints in our wardrobe. Even so, the firms continue to insist on combinations as colorful as those of Christopher John Rogers (centre) or Ashish (right).
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