So having been sent a rather wordy email last week regarding a summer project on folds which will contribute to our second design/manufacturing module entitled drapes, for my second year when I go back to uni in September, I though I'd get a head start and have a quick look at what the first module project will be although I already had a rough idea, and was pleasantly surprised when I came across a tailoring module. Now tailoring has always been something that I've wanted to try my hand at, I was suppose to design and create a tailored jacket in my second year at college but unfortunately thanks to the only teacher in the school who knew anything remotely about tailoring, and fashion for that matter, leaving, I didn't get the chance too.
So I'm super excited to get back and throw myself fully into this project come September and it just so happens that it fits perfectly in with one of this Autumn/winter trends which is all over Vogue's style pages for next season entitled "Borrowing from the boys".
Now as you may well know if your a fashion follower and lover like me tailoring in terms of women's fashion, has been around for as long as I can remember and is effortlessly fashionable as lets face facts we tend to pull tailoring off better than men do anyway, as long as it's done right! Now women first started wearing trousers in the 1920's thanks to perhaps one of the most influential fashion designers that this world has seen to date, Coco Chanel. Chanel changed the way that women dressed when she wore a pair of sailors pants instead of a bathing suit to a society beach resort in Deauville, from then on Chanel accelerated the popularity of women wearing trousers and it became yet another stamp in fashion history that we owed to her.
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| Chanel herself wearing the iconic Sailor's trousers which had everyone's heads turning in the early 1920's. |
From women wearing trousers rather than just dresses and skirts, then came the tailored suit for women, this is yet again something else that was a revolutionary statement within fashion history and Chanel was very much involved within. The Chanel suit was created also in the decade of the 1920's and Chanel was one of the first designers to borrow from menswear and make it work for the female silhouette. Chanel suits consisted of a collarless boxy wool jacket with braid trim, fitted sleeves and metallic embellished buttons with accompanying slimline skirt, the outfit was the perfect look for the post-war working women and it's a look alike the little black dress, another of Chanel's creations, that continues to grow and change with today's fashion.
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| Coco Chanel wearing her own invention, The Chanel Suit. |
So from way back in the 1920's were the "borrowing from the boys" look began, the women's tailored suit look is still very much in full swing and is as popular as ever with working women today as it was after the first World War, so here are just a few statement pieces off of the catwalks for next seasons "borrowing from the boys" look/trend to give you some idea as to what to keep your eye out for on the high street next season.
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| Coco Chanel, A/W 2014/2015 highlights the traditional Chanel suit look adding a more feminine essence to the term "Borrowing from the boys". |
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| Coco Chanel, Haute Couture, A/W 14/15. |
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| Vera Wang really taking the "borrowed from the boys" trend to a whole new level with popular print next season Tartan and Checks. |
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| Karen Walker keeping the pastel colours shining through with this tailored number for her A/W collection 14/15. |
I hope this has given you some insight into what to keep your eye out for as next season quickly approaches and remember you don't have to go for a completely tailored look you can make the look more casual by wearing a tailored jacked with a pair of jeans and so forth, don't be scared to try out this trend even if it isn't the whole ensemble.
Jess xo
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