Observing runway trends, I see a shift towards architectural silhouettes.

Architectural fashion blends structure with fluidity for striking visual impact.

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Totally, it's like the ultimate rejection of slouchy minimalism. I'm seeing these razor-sharp shoulders at Balenciaga that look carved from stone, but then the fabric just POURS away from the body into a liquid pool at the feet. Or Rick Owens doing those impossible, cantilevered wool coats that somehow still move with a sinister grace. It's not just clothes, it's wearable engineering with a soul.

the_lily3h ago

Isn't the tension between control and release the whole point? Those structured shoulders force your body into a deliberate shape, but the liquid drape contradicts it. It's like armor that melts. That sinister grace Evan mentioned comes from the wearer fighting the form a little. Really makes the body part of the sculpture, not just a hanger.

wyatt_brown7839m ago

Honestly, that reminds me of my buddy who splurged on a coat from some avant-garde designer last year. The shoulders were so aggressively angular he looked like a walking cathedral, but the rest of it just cascaded down like a black waterfall. He said wearing it felt like being both a monument and a ghost, all at once. We were at a dive bar and the thing pooled around his feet on the sticky floor, creating this absurdly dramatic puddle of fabric. Everyone kept tripping over it, but he refused to take it off because the silhouette was just that powerful. It was a perfect example of that engineered contradiction you're talking about, all haughty architecture up top and tragic romance below.