Odd socks, florals and a fried egg iPhone case: fashion inspired by 2016's cultural calendar
Odd socks, florals and a fried egg iPhone case: fashion inspired by 2016's cultural calendar
From Hockney’s new show to Adele’s megatour, how to take wardrobe inspiration from the year’s biggest cultural blockbusters
Pick a side in the battle of the period dramas
Spotless empire-line dresses or men in grubby band T-shirts? Two big period TV dramas air in January, providing fashion fodder for all. If you’re fond of the kind of skinny scarf habitually draped around the neck of one of Kate Moss’s boyfriends, then 1970s-set, Mick Jagger-produced HBO rock series Vinyl is likely to be your poison. If you like your style more refined – think military coats, cravats and furry hats – try the BBC’s War & Peace for size.
Wear mismatching socks
Good news: you can take a break from trying to re-partner socks when they emerge from the washing machine alone this summer. Just wear one red and one green, or one blue and one red, in honour of David Hockney, who returns to the Royal Academy in July with “79 Portraits and Two Still Lifes”. Fellow fans will understand.
Perfect your flicky eyeliner
From Belfast in February to Mexico City in November, 2016 will be dominated by lachrymose singalongs thanks to Adele’s gargantuan world tour. If you can’t get your Breakfast at Tiffany’s cats eyeliner right in this climate there really is no hope for you.
Do Delacroix hair
The sure-to-be blockbuster Delacroix exhibition opens at the National Gallery on 17 February, and the painter’s own grooming could hardly be more 2016. See: this handsome snapshot which looks a lot like the result of a passionate affair between David Beckham and Poldark. The facial hair! The shaggy barnet! Men: print out immediately and take to the hairdresser. (And try not to think about the Edina Monsoon’s “Lacroix, sweetie, Lacroix” moment in Absolutely Fabulous when you do.)
Leave the house in your pants
Exhibitionists will be pleased to hear that one of 2016’s headline fashion trends is underwear as outerwear – yes, nighties as dresses and bras as tops. Fittingly, the V&A’s big spring exhibition, Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear is big on corsets, crinolines and gender-neutral underpants. It’s the sort of show you can get away with attending in your smalls.
Ensure sure you have a decent iPhone case
Fashion and tech have been flirting for years, but in 2016 they are making it official. The headline exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York will take “fashion in an age of technology” as its theme – as will its attendant red carpet shebang, the Met Ball. This just serves as a reminder that the humble iPhone case has become the most high-profile accessory many of us use, so make sure yours is a good’un. Know that there is absolutely no point trying to be tasteful here, and veer towards fried eggs, rockets or gold flamingos – something knowingly silly that makes you smile.
Say it with flowers
There’s more to Georgia O’Keeffe than those lush orchids, as summer’s Tate Modern retrospective will prove. Still, it will be the blooms that draw in the crowds and provide wardrobe inspiration, too, given fashion’s current fascination with florals (see new-era Gucci and its most high-profile fan, Harry Styles for details).
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