Photo: Emmanuel Monsalve / Courtesy of Christopher John RogersOld mentalities would say that backless dresses, revealing from shoulder blade to hip bone, were the exclusive purview of nights on the town. Historical evidence surely suggests it: Hailey Bieber in Alexander Wang at the 2019 Met gala, Hilary Swank in Guy Laroche at the 2005 Oscars, even Donyale Luna’s apple green Rudi Gernreich in 1968’swhile worn indoors, is for a woman flaunting it.
It surely comes as a surprise, then, that amid a year of staying home, staying alone, and staying in sweats, some of fashion’s most influential and buzzed-about designers slashed away the backs of theirIt might not look it, but this Alexander McQueen spring 2021 menswear suit features a triangular cutout across the back.
Beyond Zoom dressing, there are also plenty of elegant options that will make you yearn to be seen in 360 degrees. Both Miu Miu and Alexander McQueen menswear—yes, backless suits for men!—offered more traditional evening options that showed off a little spine. That taking it in from all angles idea—dressing beyond the selfie—is something we sort of took for granted in The Before and would be right to appreciate again in 2021 when, hopefully, we can meet up and revel in the round.
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