London SS27 trends: corsets and lingerie looks from McQueen, Erdem, Simone Rocha and more
By Jayne Mountford
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Historically, corsetry and lingerie were hidden beneath clothing, designed to restrict, shape, or cage the female form. At LFW SS27, British designers turned those traditional symbols of constraint into statements of power, just as Vivienne Westwood had done almost 40 years previously.
By exposing inner construction, and exaggerated silhouettes, like Harris Reed’s dramatic wing-like bodices and sculptural corsetry seen on several runways, to translating lingerie into rigid, industrial materials as seen at Litscher, they transformed traditionally intimate pieces into a form of visual armor.
The surge of boudoir dressing, corsetry, and lingerie-as-outerwear on the London runways reflected a desire to subvert conventional femininity, while tapping into fashion’s current fascination with historical references and reinterpretations of the past.
Harris Reed SS27
A two-piece bodice, the top in cream silk jacquard with sweeping structural wing-like lapels framing an off-the-shoulder neckline. The lower half features intricate, symmetrical beadwork and heavy textures that ...