More wearable versions of the transparent outfits that entertained audiences in London this month will soon appear in shops up and down the country.
Kenzo's wit was something that made the theatrical aspects of his catwalk shows infamous within the industry – every season was a spectacle, from the 1979 show in a circus tent, which ended with women in transparent outfits riding horses and Takada himself atop an elephant, to his final collection in 1999 which featured a giant retrospective with some of the biggest models in the business.
"I used to go to festivals, get naked and take acid!" she announced at one stage, although she managed to restrict herself to a transparent bubble outfit for a closing "Poker Face", at one stage singing upside down.
Since then, many of the "cowboy" or dubious lenders have been replaced with responsible and transparent short-term loan outfits such as Satsuma Loans.
I had no idea that when the lights hit that outfit, it would become transparent!
Heaven knows what his women would get up to in their dog-collar necklets, visible corsets, brief skirts and outfits in black leather or transparent black lace.
Paul Hodgson, senior research associate at The Corporate Library who oversaw the project, says that on the whole, U.K. companies have the most transparent reporting standards of all even besting U.S. outfits.
Those dealing in "outfits that are semi-naked, naked, transparent, or tight in a way that reveals part of the woman's body" will be fined and, if they persist, closed down.
As if putting together an outfit every morning wasn't taxing enough, this season's gauzy, transparent fabrics mean even underwear will require careful consideration.
The outfits destined for the street, rather than the party circuit, were also high-profile: transparent vinyl raincoats with vivid colors underneath.
At last Thursday's event at Tribute on lower Broadway, Ms. Lepore choose a more modest outfit: black tasseled pasties, a black G-string, black thigh-high fringed boots and transparent black gloves.
