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Initially power dressing consisted in a conservative style recalling directly the male wardrobe including tailored suits, jackets with padded shoulders, roll-neck sweaters and knee length skirts. With the power dressing uniform, the female body was divided in two parts: The upper part covered by a jacket to de-emphasize breasts, the bottom ...
Now, so-called power dressing — a style popularized in the ’80s for businesswomen trying to assert their power through menswear-inspired looks — is about creatively fusing styles and ...
Burch’s brand has long been associated with simple, preppy Americana style, but she’s figured out a marketing and design vision that encompasses the vast complexities of women and their un ...
Among the most prominent shoulder pad and power dress designers was Claude Montana, who was also known as "the King of the Shoulder Pad." [62] [63] Montana's shoulder pad style was credited with defining the "power dressing" era of the 1980s. [62] Another prominent shoulder pad designer of the 1980s power dressing era was Thierry Mugler. [64]
LONDON — After a year of dressing from the waist up and swapping tailoring for hoodies, joggers and tracksuits, are professionals ready to ditch the loungewear, put on a suit and return to the ...
As the decade wore on, exaggerated shoulder pads became the defining fashion statement of the era, known as power dressing (a term that had previously been applied to the more sensibly proportioned business blazers of the mid-seventies) [179] and bestowing the perception of status and position onto those who wore them. Some of the exaggerated ...
For much of the early and mid 1990s, power dressing was the norm for women in the workplace: [45] navy blue, grey or pastel colored skirt suits with shoulder pads, [46] pussy bow blouses, silk scarves, pointed shoes, stretchy miniskirts, [47] polka dot blouses, and brightly colored short dresses worn with a dark brocade blazer, bare legs and ...
Photographed against a city skyline in a bright, high-rise office, Monica Lewinsky stands in an ankle-length black dress, cinched at her waist with a leather belt, and cheetah-print pumps. She ...