Michelle Obama’s boots: the unabashedly feminine decadence that fashion needed

Published December 24, 2018 2:17pm ET



Fashion is having an intersectional crisis as of late.

Bitter online mobs bloviate over Stefano Gabbana’s love of Melania Trump and insistence that Dolce & Gabbana dress the first lady. They melt down over the lack of trans and plus-size models in the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Dragging Kendall Jenner for various brushes with cultural appropriation seems like a weekly occurrence. American Apparel, the iconic fast fashion brand that oozed raw sensuality and shamelessness, has been replaced by the boring, style-free brands like Universal Standard, which seems to think that “inclusivity” is an excuse to forgo fashion. Vogue, once the bible of style, now swears that “modest fashion” is taking over the market (yawn!).

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