Power Dressing Through the Years
If power dressing in 1977 was simple, sexless, and boringly steadfast, 40 years later it is wide-ranging and refreshingly individualistic. From Donna Karan’s 1992 ad campaign, which anticipated Hillary Clinton‘s presidential campaign, to today’s pinstriped jackets from Balenciaga, here’s a salute to power dressing with style.
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Power dressing takes a forceful turn (from left): Balenciaga blouse and pants; Celine sunglasses; Balenciaga earring. Mulberry shorts suit and Vetements x Comme des Garçons shirt; Oliver Goldsmith sunglasses; Ben-Amun by Isaac Manevitz Earrings.
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Mulberry suit; Magda Butrym suit.
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DKNY blazer, Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh shirt, DKNY Pure shorts; DKNY blazer, Jil Sander shirt, DKNY Pure shorts, Sies Marjan stole.
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A Céline spring 2013 look.
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A Helmut Lang fall 1995 look.
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Donna Karan’s “presidential campaign,” 1992.
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A Jil Sander fall 1990 look.
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A Giorgio Armani ad campaign from 1984.
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A power look photographed by Patrick Demarchelier in 1988.
