Designers such as Dolce & Gabbana, Proenza Schouler, as well as Parada, have found a way to bring your average undergarments to the streets of couture fashion. How they pulled it off is beyond me, but the question is can and will this lingerie-inspired look take off? Is this a trend that would even be consider "socially acceptable" anywhere besides the runway or did the world of couture fashion just run out of ideas? I know for a fact that if anyone, including Dolce or Gabbana themselves, tried to rock this through the streets of Grand Rapids, heads would turn. Everyone knows when it comes to Grand Rapids, or Michigan for that matter, people contain little knowledge of couture fashion. Corsets and bralets, otherwise known as a bando, still have yet to take off regardless of the fact they have been sitting upon every other store's shelves since summer of 2010. Even the cutest cropped shirt can be considered pushing it. A Vogue Daily artical states, "As for bralets that bare the midriff, sporty fabrics and shapes reduce the association with lingerie". A bra is a bra no matter what way you twist it. Running in a sports bra, wearing a bra-like bathing suit to the beach, or simply walking around in a standard bra amongst your closest friends creates a shock factor. Like most high end fashion designs, very few garments appeal to the common person, bralets with sheer layered tops being one of them. Most women anywhere from 25 and up wouldn't be caught dead in any of what Vogue considers, spring's new lingerie-inspired dressing. For it is only a woman of 110 pounds at a height of 6'1, that could pull off this look and still be judged.
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