"It says a lot about how fashion is embedded in culture that the news that hourglass silhouettes are back in vogue that blazers have waists again, that we are threading belts through the loops of our jeans and wearing tops tucked in can feel a little complicated. On the one hand, the whole mannish oversized blazer look has become a little bit dull and I'm ready for something different."
"If you are hourglass curious but tradwife wary, a simple recipe to follow is to make the shape curvy, but using pieces that aren't traditionally feminine Anyway. I've got a bit ahead of myself, because what I'm thinking about, clothes-wise, is how to embrace the return of the hourglass silhouette in a way that feels modern. It is perfectly possible to have a waist again without turning the clock back to the 1950s."
Hourglass silhouettes, cinched waists, belts through jean loops, and tucked tops are returning to fashion. The trend provokes ambivalence: a reaction against mannish oversized blazers and a simultaneous feminist concern about emphasizing waist-to-hip ratio. Clothing functions as self-definition, and overemphasis on the waist can feel regressive or evocative of patriarchal control. A contemporary approach pairs curvy shapes with non-traditionally feminine pieces to avoid vintage domesticity. Styling techniques include wide cinching belts, lightly padded shoulders, hip fullness for an in-and-out figure, and heels to elongate legs and improve posture. The trend evokes complex cultural and personal responses.
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