Big Shoulders Ahead! Saint Laurent Takes Its Cues From ‘Dynasty’
The “flying V” statement shoulder soars again on Saint Laurent runway.
Saint Laurent, left; Joan Collins as Alexis Carrington. (Photos: Imax Tree, left; Everett Digital)
Collins’s character, Alexis Carrington, and designer Hedi Slimane embrace the taffeta shoulder.
Saint Laurent, left; Joan Collins as Alexis Carrington. (Photos: Imax Tree, left; Everett Digital)
Fur overdrive: The statement shoulder now and then are alive and well.
Saint Laurent, left; Joan Collins as Alexis Carrington. (Photos: Imax Tree, left; YouTube)
Gold taffeta never looked so menacing.
Saint Laurent, left; Joan Collins as Alexis Carrington. (Photos: Imax Tree, left; Everett Digital)
A ruffled one shoulder dress has never looked so good.
Saint Laurent, left; Joan Collins as Alexis Carrington. (Photos: Imax Tree, left; Everett Digital)
In both decades, gold appears suitable for day or night.
Saint Laurent, left; Joan Collins as Alexis Carrington. (Photos: Imax Tree, left; Everett Digital)
Hedi Slimane’s Saint Laurent collection was all about the 1980s, but even though the decade had a number of stylish women — Melanie Griffith, Madonna, etc. — Slimane seems to have been inspired by just a single muse: Dynasty’s Alexis Carrington.
Joan Collins, who played Carrington, told PBS in an interview about the fashion on the television show, “Pierre Cardin first came out with the big shoulder in 1983, and I said, ‘That is a great look’ … the shoulder pads, and then it makes the waist look smaller and your hips slimmer, and [they are] more flattering than an Italian waiter.”
Here, Carrington faces off against the Saint Laurent models. Everyone: Prepare your shoulders!
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