"The New York nightclub Studio 54 closed its doors almost 40 years ago, but it continues to influence how we dress. This time around it is not Cher's sheer bodysuit but the fuzzy coats and the furry stoles worn by the likes of Jerry Hall and Bianca Jagger as well as the hopefuls who queued outside for hours pleading for permission to cross the club's velvet ropes."
"One of the most popular items from Marks & Spencer's recent collaboration with the London label 16Arlington is a cropped, cream, long-haired jacket with giant lapels. At John Lewis, searches for brown faux fur coats are up 190% year on year. Secondhand fuzzy finds are also in demand, with searches for faux fur rising 257% over the past six months on the secondhand platform Depop."
"Julia Hobbs, a senior contributing fashion features editor at British Vogue, calls it a one and done coat, saying it performs as the main element of a look. She likes to wear hers, a colossal shaggy version from McQueen featuring shoulders similar to the wingspan of an ostrich, with low-rise jeans or tights and micro shorts. This is replicated in the new series of Netflix's romcom series Nobody Wants This."
Shaggy faux-fur coats and stoles channel late-1980s Studio 54 glamour and have resurged as prominent seasonal wardrobe statements. High-street collaborations offer cropped, long-haired jackets with oversized lapels while major retailers report steep year-on-year increases in searches for brown faux fur. Secondhand platforms show even larger demand spikes for faux-fur items. Stylists describe the coat as a single defining element and pair oversized shaggy versions with low-rise jeans, tights or micro shorts. Popular culture mirrors the trend with characters wearing bold furry jackets. Trend forecasters label the aesthetic 'boom boom', linking it to excess, glamour and economic volatility.
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