Menswear designers in both Milan and Paris displayed several retro themes. Among them was a nod toward a significant but brief moment in time that was London in the late ‘seventies, known as ‘punk,’ and early ‘eighties, often referred to as ‘new wave’.
As Thatcherism dawned, musicians and artists made their leftwing political standpoints known through album covers, posters and badges, both cloth and metal, sewn, embroidered or pinned onto clothing.
Now, 45 years later, this trend has come around again, markedly so at Fursac, for which Gauthier Borsarello staged its first fashion show.
“It’s a period when people were showing their culture — like the music you listen to, the movies you watch, the job you have — on your clothes,” Borsarello said. “That’s something that we lost a bit lately.”
Clearly, other designers agreed.
