The new sleeve cuts through the white noise of endless versions of clothes we already have
I really, really love sleeves. With the caveat that this is fashion, so don’t hold me to it next year. Right now, they are a newfound passion. Some weeks I wear the things that demand our attention because they are on trend, and I smile in the photos but then I write rude things about why you shouldn’t wear them. But today I feel unadulterated love for the interesting sleeve.
There is an uncomplicated joy in a trend that pulls focus away from the body on to the actual clothes. My least favourite type of fashion is the kind that is talking in code about being thin. A crop top is technically a fashion statement, but really you’re talking about your abs. This is as treacherous and tedious as clean eating posing as something to do with vitamin intake. The statement sleeve is free of sneaky body-related agenda.
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