A good #OOTD is all in the details. That’s why accent closures—lace-up sides, rope belts, even double waistbands—have become all the rage in apparel: They’re attention-grabbing (and hence make for good photograph material) and are pretty much the only embellishment you need to make an outfit stand out. The latest entry in this trend is actually familiar, as designers are rediscovering the ease and simplicity of a classic, simple bow.
You pretty much can’t find a statement blouse this summer without it having some sort of bow accent—either on a strap, on a sleeve, or even on the neckline; same goes for dresses, skirts, trousers, and slide sandals. All you need to be on-trend this season is to tie your lewk up in a bow, apparently. So reacquaint yourself with Blair Waldorf’s embellishment of choice with the pieces ahead.
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At the beginning of every season, you might run through a list of things you might want to buy—for summer, that may include a swimsuit, sandals, and… a tennis skirt?
As of early June, one of the frontrunners for the trend of the summer appears to be tennis-inspired: prim polo shirts, A-line skirts, monochromatic halter mini dresses, and other pieces you might normally spot on the courts at Wimbledon or the U.S. Open—except, now, they’re on Instagram.
It’s not completely out of left field: Athleisure has been dominating the industry for years, though it’s moved beyond the leggings-and-sports bra mentality. Now, brands are moving into the next phase of this trend, tailoring their collections to specific activities and sports, infusing performance fabrics and silhouettes with a design sensibility. And tennis is proving to be the early favorite from this wave.
Outdoor Voices just debuted its first-ever tennis collection—a project that founder and CEO Tyler Haney says has been in the works for about 14 months; Tory Burch has incorporated tennis-specific pieces into her sportswear label, Tory Sport, since it launched in 2015; brands like Lilly Pulitzer and Lacoste are bringing back archival tennis silhouettes for a 2018 shopper. The sport’s relationship to fashion isn’t exactly new: The Williams sisters have both been involved with the industry for years (and Serena just launched her first-ever solo clothing label, which has sporty undertones, but isn’t overtly tennis-related). But it seems to be particularly omnipresent for the summer shopper.
PHOTO: Courtesy of Outdoor Voices
The Players Polo Dress from Outdor Voices’ tennis collection.
Haney says the brand’s tennis collection originated from customer insight: It has a team dedicated to scouring all platforms to figure out what the shopper wants (the requests “run the gamut of ‘I want a specific sports bra style’ or ‘I want things for stretching,’” per Haney), which then takes its findings to the creative and design specialists—and “tennis was definitely an activity that popped for us.”
“When we first started thinking about Sport ten years ago, I knew that tennis would be an integral part of the collection,” Burch tells Glamour. In the summer, she’ll hit the courts several times a week—and “for people who love tennis,” she says, “it is really part of their lives. They want designs that work on and off the court, delivering on the things that matter—comfort, fit and durability—with great style.”
PHOTO: Courtesy of Tory Sport
A look from Tory Sport’s Spring 2018 collection.
According to Haney, seasonality definitely came into play when thinking about the collection, since it “drives why people want to wear the product”—the piqué material used throughout the pieces, for instance, isn’t only reminiscent of the fabrics we see on the court during tournaments, but it’s also developed to be extra-breathable in the face of heat, which makes it ideal for summer wear.
Outdoor Voices’ foray into tennis apparel comes hot off the heels another tennis-adjacent milestone for the brand: the introduction of the Exercise dress. At the core of both this garment and its tennis collection is a fascination with the A-line silhouette—which Haney believes is at the root of sport’s recent come-up in summer fashion trends: There’s “an ease” to that style that translates “on all different body types,” she says, which makes it an appealing canvas for a designer.
“That A-line silhouette you traditionally find in tennis has definitely been an inspiration for us across all of Outdoor Voices,” Haney continues. “As we started thinking about dresses, a lot of [the references] came from older on the court [imagery] from the ‘70s and ‘80s… In a very cool, not-super-sexy way, it emphasizes curves—it makes you look powerful and strong… We’re really focused on leaning into feminine design while also making you feel strong, and the dress totally does that for us.”
In recent months, too, we’ve seen how brands that have been in this space for some time have capitalized on the resurgence of these silhouettes by digging through their archives and bringing back old collections and pieces, updated for a modern consumer. Lilly Pulitzer is one, reviving its fan-favorite capsule after a 10-year hiatus; Lacoste, meanwhile, announced its 85th Anniversary collection, which reimagines some of its most well-known pieces from its vault.
“Tennis is a life-long, social sport and such a natural fit into our year-round resort lifestyle,” Mira Fain, the brand’s EVP of Design, explains to Glamour. Plus, summer’s the season to go outside and either play or spectate, so it felt like a good time to re-introduce this line. (From this capsule, Fain says the “Perfect Match” tennis toile has proven to be an early favorite.)
PHOTO: Courtesy of Lilly Pulitzer.
A shot from Lilly Pulitzer’s “Summer Tennis” lookbook.
With designers like Christophe Lemaire and Felipe Oliveira Baptista, Lacoste has long been building on tennis legacy with a distinctly more “lifestyle” approach. Still, the resurgence of these more traditional pieces suggests there’s an interest from the customer.
“Our designs for tennis are resonating with customers who love the performance aspect as well as the quality and fit,” says Burch. “I love a modern take on classic tennis whites, and, with Sport, the idea of marrying fashion and function is always an interesting challenge. We have crisp whites, of course, but we also incorporate color, feminine details and technically innovative materials.”
“There’s such power behind women feeling powerful and empowered—if you think of sports and [what you wear to play], tennis is where you wear the dress,” Haney adds of this trend. “The fact that it’s a dress that you’re strong and active in—for me, that’s probably it.”
Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally victimized by sandal season, and the accompanying pressure of needing a pedicure to partake. Listen, we love a good summer polish—but sometimes, you just can’t get to it. But there’s hope for a summer lewk that comes free of that burden… Introducing woven shoes, your new favorite low-stress shoe trend.
Whether made with leather or raffia, these braided flats, espadrilles, and mules deliver on the same beachy, breezy vibes you desire from a summertime shoe, sans toe-exposure. You still get a hint of skin, thanks to the lattice material—just without even having to think about whether that coat of polish you applied however-many-weeks-ago has chipped. Plus, could there be a better companion for your straw bag?
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Hygge isn’t for everyone. I personally don’t understand how what is essentially a Pinterest board made up of 98 percent Anthropologie leads to better health and happiness. (There’s a good chance I have misinterpreted hygge.) But just as I thought we’d moved away from the aggressive application of pillows, it reenters the zeitgeist in the form of a late-addition song to Frozen on Broadway. Safe to say peak hygge has been met and exceeded.
If collective cozying is also not your speed, there’s a new Scandinavian lifestyle trend in town that may be. Rather than focus on the aesthetic presentation of well-being, it involves drinking at home in your underwear. Actually, that’s all it is. Päntsdrunk is the Finnish self-care phenomenon in which you remove your pants—at home—and drink. Kippis! (That means cheers.)
Actually called kalsarikänni in Finland, which translates (much more logically) to underwear drunk, this is a for-real pastime so legit the country’s ministry of foreign affairs included people drinking in their underwear in an emoji pack that represents Finnish culture. (A man in briefs with a beer for him; a woman sipping red wine in a pink teddy set for her.) In his new book Päntsdrunk: The Finnish Path to Relaxation, out June 5, author Miska Rantanen has translated the concept for Americans.
Since it’s all about a relaxation so deep it can’t be achieved with pants on, the name itself is a bit of a clunky translation. “Päntsdrunk” sounds like it refers to the feeling a woman gets when purchasing a perfect-fitting pair of trousers right off the rack. And no one needs a word for that, because it never happens. Although, maybe it does in Finland, where they have thought of everything, including unemployment insurance that lasts 500 days, nationally subsidized health care, a play-based education system that actually works, not having a megalomaniacal admitted sexual harasser as president, and drinking pantsless at the end of a long day if all that isn’t good enough.
In his book Rantanen explains that the couch-and-booze habit developed as something of a coping mechanism for people in Finland who already spend a lot of time home alone thanks to what meteorologists have termed the “polar night,” a punishing winter season during which the sun rarely rises above the horizon and late-fall snow doesn’t begin to melt until June. Socializing involves far too much being out of doors and a terrible amount of clothing wearing. I get it.
Judith Newman wrote in The New York Times in February 2017 that the political morass following the 2016 presidential election explained why Americans had latched onto hygge—or cuddle puddles with snacks and good lighting. “I think that at the moment of a huge swing toward right-wing populism and every-man-for-himself, many readers feel wistful about a culture viewed as a liberal utopia.” And hygge was a delicious, multisensorial utopia full of Fair Isle sweaters, cups of hot cocoa, and candles by the fireplace. (Proper hygge ambience calls for several things to be burning; you could use the First Amendment if still trying to do this in America.)
Will päntsdrunk take off the way hygge did? It’s certainly more seasonally appropriate—this is definitely the time of year to disrobe and drink sweating cans of rose, but one need only add socks and switch to a toddy to winterize it. You can bring whatever snacks you like, and watch TV, cling to your phone, or not. It’s a no-judgment zone (unless you judge yourself, but try not to!). Another benefit to päntsdrunk is there’s absolutely nothing performative about it. Where hygge is lighting a candle and capturing a photogenic image of how great everything’s going, päntsdrunk is coming as you are, letting it all hang out. If it didn’t already have its own emoji, it would be the shrugging one. The day is over; you’ve done your best (or maybe you didn’t). Now take off your pants and have a drink.
Moving on to päntsdrunk from hygge is the Scandinavian self-care equivalent of calling your psychiatrist to say “These drugs aren’t strong enough.” Forget the pillows. Forget the yoga pants—dispense with pants entirely. It is time we sit on our couches in underpants and drink to the promise of things getting better, somehow, on their own. Eventually. Say, in November.
Päntsdrunk: The Finnish Path to Relaxation is available for preorder, and on sale June 5.
As of Friday, Jenner hadn’t attended any films—but she was at the Secret Chopard Party that night, wearing a short, sheer green Alexandre Vauthier minidress blinged out with glitter (and accessorized with Chopard earrings, of course) that caught the camera flashes. No bra, no worries.
PHOTO: Antony Jones/Getty Images for Chopard
She caught the look on her Instagram stories, too.
But a new day calls for a new dress, and on Saturday, she hit the red carpet for the premiere of Girls of the Sun (the only female-directed film in competition at this year’s Cannes, BTW) in an naked dress that was otherwise opposite in every way: long to Friday’s short, tulle to Friday’s mesh, white to Friday’s black. It’s sort of like if a Bond girl was also an angel. Should you be considering a major investment, it hails from Schiaparelli’s Fall/Winter 2017-2018 couture collection.
In the months-long parade of beauty inspo known as awards season, we regularly fall in love with hair and makeup looks that are pretty much impossible to replicate. Until we’re blessed with our own dedicated glam squads, red carpet inspo is mostly that: inspiration. But one standout style that keeps popping up this season is actually doable: a bit of ribbon as a finishing touch. From the Golden Globes to the SAG Awards, celebrities have been putting bows on everyday looks—ponytails, space buns, updos, you name it. The result? Instant elevation. The 10 looks ahead aren’t playground-era pigtails, but celeb-approved upgrades for styles you’re already doing on the daily. Scroll on and get ready to make a quick trip to the closest craft store.
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