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Chitose Abe’s Sacai silk tank and wide trousers were actually a dress. At Acne Studios, it offered the perfect palate-cleansing companion to Jonny Johansson’s distressed knitwear and deliciously patchworked denim dresses, while at, paired with a patchworked red skirt, the garment helped bring the designer’s sexy, hippy-chic muse to life.
At Prada and Chloé, their true basic white tanks made out of a ribbed knit painted a picture of a self-assured modern woman; they simultaneously suggested pragmatism and – given the tank is often considered underwear – a sensual tone of voyeurism, pieces to be worn by a woman who’s practical, sexychic.
That is, of course, far from the only cultural narrative to which the white tank has been tied over the years. Let’s not forget the prevalence of the garment in Hollywood depictions of a flirty 20-something-year-old woman looking for love. Think of Rachel frombra-less in her tight white tees and tanks. It’s also a garment that’s charged with symbolism within the queer community and its subcultures, especially amongst lesbians and gay men.