It would be easy to suggest that the predominance of slim, filmy fabrics was a response to economic recession, but in fact, in most cases these materials are more costly to produce (the lace at Dolce & Gabbana was expensively intricate).
Dr. Lisa Aerin, right, epitomized the look in a red coat with flaring silhouette, narrow shoulders and slim sleeves, insert fabric belt and separate fur collar, over a demure bias-cut print dress, all from Prada.
Thankfully, a slew of undergarment-centric brands are offering cleaner, more minimal options in nicer fabrics, slim fits and rid of any obnoxious branding.
These often look cheap, tacky, and unattractively nerdy, though a high-quality fabric and slim cut can result in an okay shirt, and plaid cowboy shirts can look slick with short sleeves as well.
Too Good to Confine to the Gym You don't need to be Kanye to pull off the sweats, in slim cuts and nice fabrics, that are showing up this fall, all of them as suited for painting the town red as painting your bedroom red.
The silhouettes are slimmer, and the fabrics come in jaunty stripes and checks.
Today the term monokini refers to bikini bottoms worn without a bikini top, though a skimpier version of the original lives on in the catalogues of Victoria's Secret: the Half-Kini, comprised of skimpy bottoms that extend into a slim, sculpted central panel of fabric that ends in strings to tie around the neck, leaving the breasts exposed.
Maidenform's Instant Slimmer line and Wacoal's iPant line both claim to smooth curves and destroy fat with a microfiber fabric called Novarel Slim, which contains ingredients like caffeine, vitamin E and retinol.
The models walked out from two directions, yet the message was the same: slim black outfits in dense fabrics.
