Layers: The beginning of a new trend that we do not enjoy in 2020

Fashion even more, history and fashion bind, for some imperceptibly, in the layers: functionality, comfort and elegance in the same garment.

By Melina Abache

Not all superheroines use layers, but the super women may soon bea.

We recently enjoyed the 73rd edition of the Emmys 2021 awards, and we must say that they not only pleasantly surprised us, on the one hand, in a wide variety of attire, neon tones, feathers and long lines;On the other, the minimalist looks also dominated the intense red carpet.Elegance did not miss that night and neither the layers, that garment that adds a mantle of princesco protection that has been flirting on the catwalks for a couple of seasons and that seems to mark a trend.

By Melina Abache

Because if we go back a little more, not much, in the calendar, and we review again the snapshots left by the Met Gala 2021, we will reveal more celebrities than for that night that celebrated American fashion, they decided to finish off their outfits with imposing layers.So we can only leave the following concern in the air: are the back layers?

The layers in fashion

As fascinating, but fictitious that the image of the hero can be with a fluid layer, there is some truth behind the meaning of why many have used layers throughout history.This fabric protective garment, sometimes accompanied by a hood, more commonly associated with kings, queens, wizards and sorcerers, offers a protection mantle for the body and face.And in addition to serving as a fashion piece or even a religious statement, the layers protect us against the inclement weather and also maintain our privacy when necessary.

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In the Roman era, there is often a mantle or layer in the statues of military commanders, fastened on a shoulder.The rich and the poor used to use layers in medieval Europe, joined with a hood.Although it was not until the Victorian time that the layers, who now used more women than men, cemented their place in the history of fashion.The layer also has a religious and military meaning, but as they became more rooted in fashion, their utilitarian roots were staying on the road.

In the 1920s, they had the form of capullos and were used as a complement to the night looks.In the 30s, the line between layers and coats blurred and a hybrid was born: a more fitted silhouette, with neck and buttons, but with family elements of cape.In the 1950s, designers reinvented the layer complete.It was seen as a fashion statement, with emphasis on form, fabric and seamless lines.The Cart.

Since then, the layers remained out of the radar, until Christopher Bailey presented the Poncho Lay.Not only caused the monogram movement, but also revived interest in layers.Of which we have lived a great wave in the fall/winter 2018 collections and in 2020.And maybe we will see them again in the next catwalks.

Layers in the Red Carpets 2021

The layers are protection, but they are also functionality and, of course, a garment that exudes comfort.In the light of the tumultuous and uncertain actuality, the need for comfort is imperative and gravitating towards things or garments that provide us with that security, even in the field of fashion, is the most natural and human.And this is how, once again, the history and fashion currents join, for some imperceptibly, to see an upcoming trend emerge: the layers.

The Emmys were the last great face-to-face event that we have been able to enjoy and in which we could see such amazing and magical layers, almost like a fairy tale, such as actress Anya Taylor-Joy. Quien lució un vestido Dior Haute Couture diseñado por Paul Burgo y ella misma, en el conjunto escultural amarillo pálido y la capa de ópera amarillo canario, que la protagonista de ‘Gambito de Dama’ lució con un peinado glamoroso inspirado en el Old Hollywood y diamantes de Tiffany & Co.

For this same occasion, the actress of the miniseries ‘The White Lotus’, Jennifer Coolidge, wore a black dress with a small capo -style layer, tailored by Christian Siriano and with styling of Monica Rose.On the other side of the puddle, for the same gala, but held at the Soho House in London, Olivia Colman, of ‘The Crown’, chose a roksanda dress in blocking color with a built -in layer.

Now, by the staircases of the New York Metropolitan Museum, on the occasion of the MET Gala 2021, several outfits that added layers for dream looks also paraded.As we saw in the always impeccable and very elegant Yara Shahidi, sheathered in a dior dress inspired by Josephine Baker and with Jason Bolden styling.Or Carey Mulligan, in Valentino Couture, with a dress that mixed a princess silhouette with a very Barbie pink.

For her part, the singer and actress, Jennifer Hudson, by the hand of her stylists Wayman + Micah, wore a custom made and inspired by Aretha Franklin by Az Factory, with Piaget diamonds.And finally, we cannot forget Billie Eilish's outfit, a second Oscar de la Inca.