The current fashion trend on broad shoulders appeared last year at the autumn show. With the light hand of Christopher Decarnina. This venerable designer is the director of the fashion house of France Balmain. He was one of the first designers who decided to return the trendy trend in the eighties. In his collection for the spring-summer season 2009 there were dresses with raised shoulders, as well as waistcoats - military with high shoulders. And already at the autumn-winter 2009-2010 shows, many designers presented models of eighties-style suits, with broad shoulders that were then fashionable. This and Jean Paul Gaultier, and Donna Koran, and Julien MacDonald and many others. A real boom began.
To consider that the fashion trend - broad shoulders - was born in the eighties erroneously. In fact, broad shoulders appeared after the Second World War. The style of the postwar era served as a prototype of the current fashion trend. In the postwar years, women had to replace men in many spheres. Therefore, a romantic, feminine image did not match the realities of life. These fragile creatures had to change the exquisite femininity to an emphatic severity, which was reflected in square silhouettes and broad shoulders. A strict suit with a skirt in those days was mandatory.
And only in the second half of the forties Christian Dior in his sensational collection New Look returned femininity to the representatives of the beautiful half of humanity. Powerful women re-emerged on the eve of the eighties. In 1975, designer Barbara Hulaniki, the founder of the fashion brand Biba, developed a fur coat with raised shoulders. Against the background of fashionable then floral prints and flying, loose cut blouses, this manto stood out for its unusual. Encouraged by this idea of opposition, Bill Gibb and Ossie Clarke have made their romantic suits from air chiffon certainty precisely with the help of wide, raised shoulders.
The legendary designer Yves Saint-Laurent also did not ignore this interesting detail in his works. The famous couturier in 1966 created the well-known Le Smoking - a female tuxedo in the masculine style. This trouser suit has gained immense popularity. He looked very sexy due to the combination of an accentuated narrow waist line and broad shoulders. Bianca Jagger, the wife of the famous rock musician Mick Jagger, brought the costume to the masses. It was at her wedding that she was wearing only a tuxedo with raised shoulders of white color. And then she often appeared to the world in jackets of a similar cut.
In the early eighties of the last century, the "iron lady" Margaret Thatcher began her stormy activity in the field of world politics. She became the first woman prime minister in the UK. Not the least role in this woman-politician was able to achieve great success and recognition, played a thoughtful image. In the wardrobe of Margaret Thatcher, jackets and jackets with broad shoulders occupied the dominant position. They became a kind of symbol of a strong and powerful person.
But the broadest spread of broad shoulders in the mid-eighties. Women, choosing jackets and jackets with raised shoulders, thereby imitated their idols - Margaret Thatcher, Melanie Griffith. The latter gained popularity thanks to the film "Business Woman". Another example of imitation was the actresses of the sensational TV series "Dynasty". Men also wore jackets with broad shoulders in the style of Michael Jackson - military. If we analyze the situation, then we can say that the current boom on broad shoulders came back thanks to the pop king. Favorite military jackets of the musician inspired the designer Christopher Decarnin.
Today, jackets with raised shoulders are a must-have. All secular lionesses of Hollywood have long been wearing military-style jackets from Balmain. Very popular jackets with decorative epaulettes decorated with Swarovski crystals. After the eminent and very expensive trends, jackets with broad shoulders were produced by less expensive companies. This, for example, Topshop, New Look and others. Today, no fashion collection, no fashion show can not do without jackets or jackets with broad shoulders.
We learned how the fashion for broad shoulders. And it is gaining more and more turns and is not going to curtail. So it's time to look for a new fashionable jacket.