NEW YORK, Feb 24 — After Princess Diana, Britney Spears, Jennifer Aniston, Rihanna, and Taylor Swift, just to name a few, it’s Julia Fox, Kanye West’s ex, who was happy to show off her ‘revenge dress’ in the middle of New York Fashion Week. Over nearly three decades, this term has...
NEW YORK, Feb 24 — After Princess Diana, Britney Spears, Jennifer Aniston, Rihanna, and Taylor Swift, just to name a few, it’s Julia Fox, Kanye West’s ex, who was happy to show off her ‘revenge dress’ in the middle of New York Fashion Week. Over nearly three decades, this term has regularly shown up in public discourse. So how can a simple piece of fabric, albeit well cut and styled, carry so many messages? We’ll give you the scoop.
Clothing has always been considered a means of expression, and this is pretty much true in any culture around the world, offering a panorama of our emotions, the causes we support, as well as expressing what we want to project as an individual. This is not a new phenomenon, although it has grown in recent years.
No less than 30 seconds was needed for the Princess of Wales to make history, and transform a simple couture dress into a ‘revenge dress,’ that is a symbol of revenge, self-affirmation, and new beginnings. Because this dress is none other than the one worn by celebrities — or by ordinary people, but in those cases more difficult to recognize — for their first public appearance after a breakup.
Designed by Christina Stambolian, the little black dress with exposed shoulders worn by Princess Diana was far from the dress code imposed by the royal protocol, and the outfit did not go unnoticed by the crowd of photographers gathered in front of the Serpentine Gallery. A symbol of renewal, of a new beginning, it made a lasting impression, becoming at the same time not only a means of self-assertion, no longer as the wife of Prince Charles but as a free and independent woman.
Jennifer Aniston, Katie Holmes, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Gigi Hadid, Selena Gomez, and even Taylor Swift... All of them have been said to wear a ‘revenge dress’ at one time or another, showing their desire to turn the page, embrace their freedom, and above all show a certain pride — or should that be indifference? — in regards to the separation.
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