This past summer will be remembered, among many more pressing subjects, for the much-anticipated Oasis reunion, which came with its own rejiggering of Britpop-era garb — retro sportswear, polo shirts galore, and fishtail parkas included.
Two of the models at Tuesday’s Iceberg show strutted down the runway with their arms crossed, others holding ladylike slingbacks in their hands, traded for comfier flat-soled sneakers. They all channeled the carefree attitude of ’90s youth, clad in buttoned-up mac coats or modernized — and slightly more bourgeois — takes on the parka jacket that became synonymous with the Gallagher brothers, here cropped just above the knee.
Sure, let the Brits be Brit and close out the show with the all-time banger “Champagne Supernova.” But when it comes to creative director James Long, there’s also a distinctly Milanese ethos he has come to master.
Celebrating his 10-year tenure at Iceberg this year, Long let his British heritage — and teenage memories — run wild and free for spring, while nodding to the kind of retro aesthetic, à la Miu Miu, that have won TikTok netizens over.
Cue the ladylike pencil skirts paired with rib-knit-sleeved, shrunken jackets; the belted oversized pants in heritage checks and pinstripes, styled with bon ton knitted polos and cropped jackets featuring exaggerated shirt collars, and frilled miniskirts with peplum-like hemlines peeking out from beneath elongated, waist-cinching blazers, paired in menswear with Bermuda shorts. Leatherwork provided some of the best ensembles, including a cognac-hued skirt suit.
Save for the few pops of red, the muted color palette of browns, beiges, and grays helped set the nostalgic mood.
In this trip down memory lane, Long made sure to bring along some currency.