Here's what happened when one Vogue writer took this high fashion, social distancing outfit into the streets of New York.
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the rings of Saturn went viral. On Instagram, I watched as Matan Korub, a New York-based lawyer, filmed a man on the Upper West Side wearing a triangular wire structure around his body, complete with a T-shirt that read “Social Distance.” As it turns out, a high fashion approximation of that look has been percolating on the runway for several seasons now in the form of bodacious pannier dresses. During the lockdown, memes referencing Balenciaga’s XXL Spring 2020 cakeified dresses spliced with images of 18th century women in ginormous petticoats started to make the rounds. The styles all communicated the same message: Stay away.Curious as to how such a look would work in real life, I considered trying it out myself.
Clearly, these sort of extreme social distancing looks aren’t the easiest things to move in, and trust me, they are just as difficult to get into. The day I was supposed to wear the jumpsuit, I had to slip into the pannier, a design, which resembled the rib cage of a prehistoric mammal, separately. I eventually got into it, but going about my daily activities was hardly a walk in the park. In order to sit, I had to fold the pannier up like an accordion. It was also difficult to, well, pee.
As extreme as this all may sound, the idea of socially-distanced fashion could soon become the norm. A few weeks ago, a former colleague Insta-storied an image of a woman wearing “a wearable pod,” a contraption that looked like a plastic hamper with armholes created by
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