saint Laurent isn't over shoulder pads and so am I
A SPRING LOOKBOOK
the month of april is here, the season is changing -supposedly-, and I am really itching to switch from the big puffers, the heavy wool coats and the heavy leather jackets, to the easy wearing trench coats, nylon-clothed jackets, and light-weighted leather jackets, and the thrift stores are agreeing with me because right now it’s raining trench coats in the second-hand stores.
every time I thrift a coat, be it trench, or wool, they usually come with shoulder pads because the people who owned these coats were from an earlier era, and believe it or not I actually like the shoulder pads. I try on the coats, I see what they really look like, and I absolutely love them. But the people around me -a.k.a. friends and siblings I sometimes go shopping with- always go, “IT’S REALLY NICE, BUT IT HAS SHOULDER PADS☹️” when I ask them how it looks, and this phrase basically translates to, “IT LOOKS GREAT ON YOU, BUT DON’T BUY IT BECAUSE IT HAS SHOULDER PADS.” however, Saint Laurent’s spring and fall 2023 ready-to-wear collection -especially the spring one- say otherwise.
ysl, now known as Saint Laurent, has always being the luxury brand “PUSHING” the shoulder pad on coats and jackets aesthetic, and they do it so well that as a stylist I -not sure about others- have now registered this aesthetic with the brand. whenever I find a coat with shoulder pads I subconsciously think of saint Laurent and how the fashion house’s stylist would style it for a non-runway occasion.
so, for ASIHCE SPRING 2023 LOOKBOOK [for the course of April-May], I will be building outfits around “PADDED TRENCH COATS,” -of course ignoring the judgement of others 🙄- to serve as my template for my go-to/easy-wear outfits.
