The Style Files : The Pussy Bow Blouse
Has any piece of clothing carried such a potent charge from Mrs. Thatcher to Princess Diana? The pussy bow blouse a signifier of feminine power gets an update this season and is crossing gender lines. The extravagant neck tie is quickly becoming a key styling flourish.
Get rid of any misconceptions that the pussy-bow blouse belonged only to a bygone era, teamed with a prim and proper pencil skirt. No longer simply a byword for ladylike, it's been rekindled as an emblem of bohemia for the autumn/winter 2015 season - a movement spearheaded by Alessandro Michele of Gucci fame. Reviving whimsy and romance through what many consider a 1970's staple.
Margaret Thatcher (on the right)
Backed by other big design houses like Roberto Cavalli, Emilio Pucci and MSGM, this garment will pair well with Fall’s flares, capes and A-line skirts. Be it dramatic oversized silk bow or a thin tie at the neck.
Think carefree and liberated over its previous conservative, stiff and buttoned-up incarnations (which came teamed with tweed and traditionally "heritage" looks). The new season suggests floaty sheer and seductive lace is the way forward, flamboyance and theatre combined with the ethereal.
Exalt by Ramona Pulle
Even the tomboys amoungst us might choose to embrace a dose of femininity with the updated version of the pussy bow blouse as wide legged trousers and flared jeans are what partners best with it, its previous pairing partner the pencil skirt is a definite no no for this blouse. If you do want to pair it with a skirt the midi length aline or pleat works well.
Interestingly this trend has crossed genders and has been adapted to menswear collections too. Gucci and Versace are among designers capitalizing on fashion’s gender blur bent on eroding the once rigid demarcation between conventionally feminine and masculine clothes.
Gucci
Gucci
True, the trend today derives much of its drive from fashion’s fixation with the late ’60s and early ‘70s. Paying homage to or resurrection of a time when unisex was largely the province of rock royalty, the sequins-and-kimono-wearing likes of Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie.
The news is that the movement has gained traction and a measure of cool it hasn’t known since that earliest incarnation, its latter-day grooviness the outgrowth of a loosened-up cultural climate.
Mango
So either buy your own or borrow from your partner, however you look at it this is a trend that’s here for the long haul.
By Minoli Ratnayake
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