In soft merino cashmere combined with leather pants, with the triangular logo of the prestigious Italian brand sewn under the neckline, or artfully cut to leave a few centimeters of bare belly.
In
a macho version
like Marlon Brando of "A Tram Named Desire" or "
lesbian butch
", but also "
gender fluid
" for millennials who identify with the pronoun "they": the world of fashion has rediscovered the undershirt.
The 'New York Times' certified what it called
"a renaissance."
"of the humble garment by proletarian associations in films such as" Fronte del porto ", again with Brando, and" Rocco and his Brothers "with Renato Salvadori.
the tank tops
have periodically backfires and this season's one seems really disruptive.
So here they are
on the Prada catwalk
to open the collection for autumn 2022. Adopted by Matthieu Blazy for the first look of the designer's debut with
Bottega Veneta
.
Elliot Page on the cover of 'Esquire'
in the Ralph Lauren version.put on a
Justin Bieber
under the Balenciaga dress.
The appeal lies in versatility, according to stylist Bryant Christopher Simmons, both for how it can be combined and for the price levels: from those in fine fibers that labels like Totême and Hanro sell for a few hundred euros, to versions for all the pockets of
Hanes
, the North Carolina multinational that has been producing "all American" utility linen since 1900.
Simmons cuts them as she did, leaving her abs uncovered, the Italian-American actress and model Julia Fox who then posted a video tutorial to teach how to do the same.
Born at the dawn of the twentieth century as a humble protector of the noblest men's shirts (and for mothers around the world of the health of their favorite son), the undershirt has a varied history behind it: adopted by Hollywood since the 1950s - from Brando to Bruce Willis of "Die Hard" and Robert De Niro of "Raging Bull" - has entered the look of other subcultures, including skateboarders, eighties punk musicians and rappers,
not to mention politics (starting from Mussolini to get to Umberto Bossi and Bettino Craxi).
"It is a popular piece of clothing with a strong sexual charge and in this sense also transgressive", Valerie Steele, fashion history expert and director of the museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology, explained to the "New York Times": "Transform a look in a sexy and young way, not bourgeois, expensive and controlled ", explains Steele:" It's a garment in which you sweat: this makes it very intimate ".