Low-rise jeans, mini skirts, butterfly prints — the recent Y2K style revival has millennials feeling like they’re in middle and high school all over again. Next up on the list of comeback trends: “popcorn tops” that have now made their way to the spring 2022 runways. 

Contemporary designers embraced the textured fabric, popular in the ’90s and early ’00s, and took it beyond shirts, showing puckered dresses, leggings, and bags. French designer Marine Serre offered a collection of printed bodysuits, dresses, and gloves adorned with prickly surfaces. While one would think that the wrinkly fabric of our youth would be enough to warrant a second look today, Serre did not stop there, mixing and matching contrasting prints and colors for maximum show-stopper effect. Then, there was Chet Lo at Fashion East, who showed mini skirt sets and halter-neck dresses with contrasting, bold colors, paired with oversized bags in a bubble-like finish and spiky sandals.

We should have expected this return. Like many other archival trends, popcorn tops have been a topic of discussion on TikTok, where Zoomers are discovering fashion staples of the ’90s and early aughts. To accommodate for this, thrift stores and online marketplaces, like Gen Z’s favorite e-commerce platform Depop, have begun to offer clothing from the era. On the home decor front, the look has also popped (ha) up in the past few years, with dimpled ceilings and walls (yes, you know the ones!) making a comeback, albeit in an updated way.

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While, back in the day, popcorn textures appeared largely on tees and tanks, this time around, the trend is making its way to other articles of clothing like dresses, gloves, and mini skirts. It’s also looking a lot more modern, if not futuristic. Take, for example, Marine Serre’s deconstructed, quilt-like numbers that blurred the line between flesh and fabric. Meanwhile, Dries Van Noten’s spring 2022 collection offered looks fit for the office with boldly-hued skirts, tops, and dresses in the ruched fabric. Diesel also incorporated the texture into its spring 2022 collection, showing an asymmetrical bolero-and-skirt combo in denim. 

As the ’90s and Y2K comebacks promise a season full of shrinking hemlines and risqué pin tops, the popcorn trend is here to provide a more modest alternative to staying on-trend. Ahead, some (new and secondhand) options to don the trend ahead of spring.

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Birkenstock and Opening Ceremony are known for coming up with creative spins on cult-favorite shoes. See: The glittery Arizona sandals and the neon-hued Zurich sandals that resulted when the two brands collaborated in 2018 and 2019, respectively. On Monday, the two companies teamed up again for a new drop. 

The two partnered with the Magritte Foundation and used the works of the late Belgian artist René Magritte as inspiration. The collection includes two new styles of the Birkenstock Boston clog, featuring Magritte’s most celebrated paintings “The Empire of Lights” (1954) and “The False Mirror” (1929). One clog features an eye observing a blue sky, while the other displays a picture-perfect sky over a dark street. 

“We founded Opening Ceremony with the goal of celebrating creativity in all forms,” said the brand’s founders Carol Lim and Humberto Leon in a press release. “As long-time admirers of René Magritte’s surrealist works, we couldn’t be more excited about reinterpreting ‘L’Empire des Lumières’ and ‘Le Faux Miroir’ for Birkenstock.” 

Although it may seem like a surprising influence, this is actually the second time the two brands used the artwork of Magritte in their designs. Back in 2014, Opening Ceremony and Birkenstock released a Boston clog featuring “The Lovers,” “Sheherazade,” and “Double Reality.” The artist, who died in 1967, has previously inspired other fashion designers like Olympia Le-Tan, who launched a capsule handbag collection inspired by the artist in 2016, and Rei Kawakubo, whose Bare Feet shoes were directly inspired by his 1935 painting “The Red Model.” For Birkenstock, this capsule collection follows other designer collaborations this year, including Jil Sander, Proenza Schouler, and Rick Owens. 

Available now, the two Boston models retail for $180 and are available online and in select Birkenstock stores. 

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On Wednesday night, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) held its first in-person Fashion Awards ceremony since the pandemic took hold. While the nominees included its usual roster of big names — Marc Jacobs, The Row, and Thom Browne — and Balenciaga’s Demna Gvasalia won the International Women’s Designer of the Year prize, it also highlighted a lot of newer fashion faces like Theophilio and Maisie Wilen.

The ceremony arrived after the CFDA has been criticized for its lack of diversity and the same been-there-done-that lineup of designers. Last year, some improvements were made. Christopher John Rogers won the American Emerging Designer of the Year award, Telfar Clemens became American Accessories Designer of the Year (after losing the previous year to The Row), and Pyer Moss’ Kerby Jean-Raymond took home the American Menswear Designer of the Year statue. This year’s awards picked up where last year left off. 

For one, Telfar Clemens and Christopher John Rogers won once again. While the former designer was honored for the same category, the latter took home the American Womenswear Designer of the Year award. It makes sense: In the last year, the two designers have seen some major career milestones. Telfar Clemens’ namesake company partnered with brands like UGG, Converse, and White Castle on collaborations, as well as the Liberian team on uniforms for this year’s Olympics. Meanwhile, John Rogers dressed Vice President Kamala Harris for the Inauguration ceremony, collaborated with Target, staged a fictional show on Gossip Girl, and created costumes for the New York City Ballet. (Another nominee to make the leap from the American Emerging Designer of the Year to American Womenswear Designer of the Year category this year was Vietnamese-born designer Peter Do, whose latest collection was the most anticipated show during New York Fashion Week Spring 2022 season.) 

This year, the American Emerging Designer of the Year category was a particular highlight with some of the industry’s most exciting up-and-coming names recognized, including Kenneth Nicholson, Jameel Mohammed of Khiry, Maisie Schloss of Maisie Wilen, Eli Russell Linnetz of ERL, and Edvin Thompson of Theophilio. 

After becoming a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist this year, Thompson ended up with the big prize at the end of the night. Launched in 2016, Theophilio is inspired by memories of Thompson’s childhood years in Kingston. His New York Fashion Week debut collection, titled Air Jamaica, included references to the Jamaican and Rastafarian flags, as well as apparel in a brightly-hued palette that resembled the Caribbean landscape of his youth. In his acceptance speech on Wednesday, Thompson noted: “Theophilio is so much bigger than myself. I’m speaking to you all as still this young boy from the dirt roads, blue lagoons, sunny skies, and yard food, in Kingston, Jamaica.” If American fashion is to live up to its full creative potential, stories like this should become the norm. 

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“I’m happy to be among a group of peers who are approaching business on their own terms and pushing boundaries as artists,” Jameel Mohammed tells Refinery29. The founder of Khiry also experienced a career high this year when his brand of Afrofuturist accessories, launched in 2016, partnered with De Beers Group, one of the world’s biggest diamond miners and sellers. The collection of jewelry, made from ethically sourced diamonds and titled “Black Power International,” debuted at this year’s Met Gala red carpet on actress Kiki Layne.

Like Mohammed, Nicholson is also excited to see his peers be recognized for their “variety of voices and views” in an industry that has long shut people out. “I think with this crop of nominees now, we’ve had to learn to shapeshift a lot,” Nicholson tells Refinery29, referencing the political and social upheavals that have happened parallel to their success. “It seems fitting, it’s almost like we’ve been groomed to rise above.” 

The inclusion of Maisie Wilen also came at a fitting time for the industry. Since getting Kanye West’s stamp of approval and launching her own brand, Schloss has become known for her bold use of prints and colors and playful silhouettes — loud, experimental designs that many are embracing after a year of sweatsuits. Meanwhile, Eli Russell Linnetz’s ERL scored its first nomination, after amassing a cult following with its California-cool brand of skater-ready T-shirts and jeans rather than designer wares.

This year’s awards also highlighted Brother Vellies designer Aurora James and the founder of the 15 Percent Pledge, an initiative born out of the racial reckoning of 2020 that invites companies and brands to dedicate 15% of their shelves to Black designers and entrepreneurs. On Wednesday night James, who was given the Founder’s Awards, became the first Black female designer to be honored at the CFDA Fashion Awards. Meanwhile, Harlem designer Dapper Dan received the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award, an honor that seems long overdue given his many contributions to the fashion industry. 

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In yet another win for the future of sustainable fashion, Emily Adams Bode took home the American Menswear Designer of the Year. Bode, whose eponymous brand creates garments from antique fabrics, Victorian quilts, and bed linens, won the same award last year, which should encourage more brands to embrace circularity in their designers. (The CFDA also honored Patagonia with its Environmental Sustainability Awards.)

With all these wins, the hope is that American fashion continues to evolve, embracing a vision for an inclusive, experimental, and conscious industry. 

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Since first entering the fashion lexicon in the 1920s, thanks to Chanel, the skirt suit underwent little change over the years. In fact, it wasn’t until the ‘90s that the two-piece set, long seen as the epitome of ladylike fashion, got its first makeover when Chanel (this time with Karl Lagerfeld at the helm) revitalized the look for the MTV era. For the spring 1993 collection, the designer sent out tweed looks styled with belted chains, fishnets, and leather gloves. At the same time, celebrities like Princess Diana and model Naomi Campbell modernized the style by pairing it with cinched waist belts, over-the-knee socks, and black stockings.

But if the spring 2022 runways are any indication, the skirt suit is now undergoing yet another transformation. This time the makeover is marked by shorter-than-ever-before hemlines and risqué slits that would make ladies who lunch clutch their pearls. 

This season, contemporary brands took liberties with what has often been considered a conservative style. New York’s Sandy Liang showed a light pink neoprene version with a lopsided hemline, which the recent Target collaborator delightfully paired with sneakers. Meanwhile, Versace offered a black patent leather version, with a mini skirt so short the jacket might as well have been styled as a dress. As if the choice of fabric and cut weren’t daring enough, the look was paired with Bratz-like platforms more suited for a nightclub than a social luncheon. Then, there’s Miu Miu, which showed a lineup of Y2K-era micro-mini, midriff-baring skirts with unfinished hemlines alongside preppy blazers that only the students at Constance Billard would dare to wear past the school entrance. 

This movement follows other dress code-busting trends that have emerged, like the blazer, which is also undergoing a NSFW transformation of its own. The trend is also in line with the great shrinkage in fashion, where no hemlines are safe from scissors. But whereas the barely-there pieces of fabric disguised as skirts with equally revealing tops (a la Kim Shui) may not be for everyone, the suit offers a more wearable alternative with blazers that cover the arms.

So, where do you wear this trend?

While in the past, the skirt suit might have been a staple of afternoon tea get-togethers and fundraising committee meetings (see: Gilmore Girls’ Emily Gilmore or Sex and the City’s Bunny MacDougal), spring 2022’s version can be worn anywhere from a night out to a weekend brunch. For more modern styling, look to designers who showed skirt suits with bralettes and crop tops, a look that’s perfect for transforming the mini skirt suit from daywear to night attire. Or a two-piece in a less formal fabric, like neoprene or leather, paired with a casual shoe, like a sneaker or a flat boot, for a Saturday brunch with friends. 

No matter where you choose to wear the modern skirt suit, it’s a guarantee it’ll be short and a little inappropriate for office dress codes. But who wants to be there anyway?

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Warning: Minor spoilers ahead for Spencer.

While Jacqueline Durran has worked on a myriad of high-profile projects like Little Women and Anna Karenina, the award-winning costume designer says that dressing Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana for Pablo Larraín’s Spencer was unlike anything else she has done in her impressive 22-year career. Instead of using her creativity within the constraints of a historical time period (see: Little Women‘s and Anna Karenina‘s 19th-century costumes), to stay true to the late Princess of Wales’ style, Durran had to draw from the vast library of images and then narrow it down to select looks.

“There is just a picture that tells you exactly what she wore on each day,” Durran tells Refinery29. “It’s quite overwhelming that there is that much information about her.” Keeping “how much she was photographed and what that must have felt like,” in mind, Durran created looks that don’t just stand out visually but support the film’s plot.

Set in 1991 at the Queen’s annual Christmas retreat at Sandringham, Spencer follows Princess Diana through the three-day festivities, just as she’s coming to terms with the effects that royal life, her marriage to Prince Charles, and global celebrity had on her, including depression, anxiety, and bulimia. (Diana and Charles separated the following year.) As with any royal outing, the events at Sandringham called for a formal dress code, which the film explores, pinning Diana’s personal style preferences against that of the Windsor family.

Although the film is set in a specific year, Spencer is a fictional depiction of the events that took place — the film opens with this line: “A fable from a true story” — which is why Durran was likewise able to play around with Diana’s costumes, pulling references from both her style as a royal and her post-divorce wardrobe. “You can see that it’s not at all exact,” she says. 

When preparing for the film, Durran, who grew up in England at the time that Princess Diana entered the Royal Family, looked at Diana’s style with new eyes, researching images from her 15 years as Princess of Wales. “I think that in itself can become slightly overwhelming because there’s so much reference,” she says. To avoid that, Durran didn’t copy the exact outfits Diana wore during that weekend and, instead, pulled inspiration from her style more generally. With the help of Chanel, for which Stewart is an ambassador, Durran was able to go through the house’s archive for originals of pieces worn by Diana, as well as modern jewelry, handbags, and accessories. 

One example is the look seen in the movie’s poster, in which Stewart wears a red coat (top photo) that Durran sourced from the Chanel archives. For this scene, Durran nodded to a similar look that the late Princess wore to Christmas Day service at Sandringham, but in 1993, as well as another red coat that she wore in 1998. Other referential outfits include the sailor-like yellow skirt suit, also seen in the movie’s trailer, which mimics a pleated skirt and suit combo that Diana wore in 1992 and a navy blazer-and-jeans combo, paired with ballet flats and Chanel flap bag, a combination that Diana often repeated throughout the ‘90s. 

But the movie’s most symbolic piece is a pearl necklace, a nod to a similar single-strand style that Diana wore throughout the ‘80s, including to events like a 1983 tour of Canada. “It’s such a pivotal part of the movie,” says Durran. The costume designer worked with jewelry company Mouawad, the brand behind the Miss Universe crown, to sort through several sizes of pearls, settling for a medium-sized set with a gold enclosure. 

The pearl necklace is introduced early in the film, when Stewart’s character starts to feel haunted by the history of Anne Boleyn. The second of Henry VIII’s wives, Boleyn was famously depicted in portraits wearing a B-lettered pearl necklace. In the film, the royal sees Boleyn’s death, at the hands of her husband, as a premonition of what could happen to her if the upper echelons of society ever turned on her. Throughout the film, Stewart wears the necklace — gifted by Prince Charles — for family occasions, questioning whether the piece is similar to the one he gave Camilla Parker-Bowles and even offering it to one of the estate’s maids. In one of most dramatic scenes, Diana breaks the necklace, symbolizing her setting herself free from her gilded cage.

In the same scene, she wears a cream-and-gold strapless gown with a tulle skirt, which Durran considers “the key dress” in the film. Sourced from the Chanel archive images, the dress was remade by the house from a Karl Lagerfeld design. The dress bears a resemblance to several of Diana’s real-life outfits, specifically a white-and-gold Emanuel dress the Princess wore in the 1980s. 

During one scene, Diana sees Boleyn’s ghost dressed in a Tudor-style gown, which Durran sourced from the London-based costume house Sands Films. The costume designer pulled the look — modeled after the outfit seen in portraits of Boleyn, on display at the National Portrait Gallery in London — out of existing pieces. “It’s strange when you have one very period thing in the context of a modern film because your head is so totally in the ‘80s,” says Durran of the challenges this scene presented for her. 

While the clothing in Spencer comes loaded with meaning, Durran says she wanted the costumes to serve Stewart’s performance, rather than steal the spotlight. “I think what people should take from the movie is what an amazing performance Kristen gives,” she says. “It was a liberating look at Diana.”

Spencer hits theaters on November 5.

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Today’s trends are anything but straightforward, with belly chains, sporty gym shorts, and upside-down bikinis all making waves. Ensuring that your wardrobe is up to date can often mean searching for shoppable items in a sea of puzzling options. Where does one actually buy a belly chain? What differentiates regular gym shorts from fashionable gym shorts? Is shopping for an upside-down bikini as difficult as wearing one? Our new column Sourced answers all your market-related questions, as well as offer you an endless source of styles that will make snagging today’s top trends easy, so you can spend your precious time learning about the next wave of trends. 

Balaclavas are quickly becoming one of this season's biggest accessories.

We should have seen this coming: During the summer (yes, summer), Kim Kardashian sported a full face covering, courtesy of Balenciaga, to one of Kanye West’s Donda listening parties. A few weeks later, the Skims founder traded the style for a leather "face mask" to step out in New York (when it was still hot out, no less!). In September, she attended the Met Gala in a full face covering and dress that launched a thousand memes, accompanied by Balenciaga designer Demna Gvasalia in a similar mask. (Gossip Girl actor Evan Mock also wore a full face mask, paired with a shorts suit, to the American-themed red carpet.)

Since then, similar accessories have been trending online, with people on TikTok recreating Kardashian’s outfit to see just how hard it is to pull off the no-face look. Others are opting for more wearable (and winter-proof!) option: balaclavas. In the past two weeks, searches for the cold-weather accessory rose by 64% on Lyst, prompting the global search website to name balaclavas "fall's most wanted accessory." It's a good thing then that designers like Miu Miu, Tod’s, and Bevza included ski masks and balaclavas in their fall 2021 newest collections.

It’s still early in the season, but you can get ahead of the cold drafts with the options ahead. 
 
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For decades, the blazer has been synonymous with workwear, from the power-shoulder look of the ‘80s to the oversized, menswear-inspired silhouettes of the last few years. But having spent time away from the office as a result of the pandemic, the work staple has undergone a transformation of sorts. At least that’s the memo coming from Fashion Month’s fall 2021 and spring 2022 runways. From deep, plunging necklines and no-shirt suits, the blazer has become unabashedly risqué and NSFW. 

Take, for example, Mugler’s fall 2021 collection that offered a taupe blazer cut to expose the midriff and back. As if that wasn’t enough, the brand paired it with a sheer mini skirt. Then there was the Gucci 100th anniversary show in May, which featured blazers with Gucci and Balenciaga logos emblazoned over them, as well as jackets with feathered cuffs, sequins, and plunging necklines. For the fall 2021 lineup, New York Fashion Week’s most buzzy designer Peter Do ushered in the new era of The Blazer with deep-V necklines and dramatic, feather brooches that seemed more suited for a cocktail party than the conference room, while the spring 2022 collection ditched the buttoned blazer for an open, shirtless option. Fendi’s spring 2022 lineup also got rid of the button-down shirt in favor of a sheer bralette. Most recently, The Row’s pre-fall 2022 collection suggested their customers wear the blazer backward. (To be fair, I’d also look for additional ways to wear a $1,000 blazer, if given the chance).

What’s inspiring this style makeover?

Like employers, designers have had to get flexible with norms that were in place before the pandemic took hold. Gone are the days of strict 9-to-5 jobs — and, with them, conservative office dress codes. Instead, people are looking for wardrobes that can be worn anywhere from their at-home desk and the occasional in-person office day to the nearby park outing, dinner with friends, or a night out. Still, while recent office dress codes might be welcoming of feathers or logos, it’s hard to believe that the corporate world would ever embrace the riskier workwear styles. The question then becomes: Where will you wear these new blazers? 

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Designers offered some tips. LaPointe’s spring 2022 collection was shown in New York City at a makeshift store-front-turned-rave venue, complete with neon lights and a DJ set. The party scene included trousers with a feather trim and harnesses worn over neon blazers. Gucci’s fall 2021 release was accompanied by a video that showed blazer-clad outfits on the runway hidden inside a club. Meanwhile, Peter Do’s NYFW debut suggested that blazers are best worn by a seaside setting. 

As the future remains unknown, it’s nice to know a familiar friend — the blazer — will be there, even if it looks a little different. But after 18 months in a pandemic, don’t we all? 

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Ever stand in front of your jam-packed closet, staring at more than enough clothing options, and think: I have nothing to wear? Same. But perhaps the issue isn’t that you’re out of viable outfit choices. You just need a fresh dose of inspiration to help you see your wardrobe in a new way. That’s where Outfit Dump comes in. On the first of the month, every month, we supply you with enough ideas to fuel your style until the next drop comes along.
 
The time has arrived to give up the skull-themed decor and embrace the chiller weather with cozy essentials (unless you practice spooky dressing year-round). Think: knitted blankets, fluffy slippers, and hot chocolate. It’s also the season to swap those thong sandals and micro-mini skirts for some on-trend sweaters and knee-high boots. It might sound like the season’s temperatures extract all the fun out of fall dressing, but some outfit recipes are sure-fire ways to keep your styling in check.  
 
Just open Instagram to find some of the season’s best outfit formulas, including leather dresses, chunky loafers, and colorful jackets to brighten up the darker days (yes, daylight savings is ending on November 7, so get ready). 
 
To make it easy, we’ve rounded up 20 fall-appropriate and cozy fashion outfits to get you through November in style. 

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Today’s trends are anything but straightforward, with belly chains, sporty gym shorts, and upside-down bikinis all making waves. Ensuring that your wardrobe is up to date can often mean searching for shoppable items in a sea of puzzling options. Where does one actually buy a belly chain? What differentiates regular gym shorts from fashionable gym shorts? Is shopping for an upside-down bikini as difficult as wearing one? Our new column Sourced answers all your market-related questions, as well as offers you an endless source of styles that will make snagging today’s top trends easy, so you can spend your precious time learning about the next wave of trends. 

"Red light, green light."

By now, most of the Internet is familiar with the fear-inducing phrase, thanks to the worldwide success of Squid Game. As a result of the Netflix series, viewers are also aware of one of fall’s most popular items: the tracksuit. 

Following the release of the South Korean drama — in which players must survive a series of deadly games to win a million-dollar prize — global fashion search site Lyst reported an increase of  97% in searches for retro-inspired matching sets. (The site also reported a 35% increase in searches for white slip-on sneakers, which the characters also wear on the series, as well as a 35% rise in searches for white numbered T-shirts.)

Before the series made the green uniform a must-have item, tracksuits already had a strong grip on fashion. Over the past year and a half, heritage brands like Adidas, as well as Instagram-favorite names like Skims, have seen success with sweatsuits, as lockdowns have brought activewear to the forefront. 

Ahead, options that will have you game-ready for fall. 

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Last month, the fashion world was caught by surprise when Fendi partnered with Versace for a cross-pollination runway show Fendace. Now, the former is partnering with yet another brand for one of this year’s most unexpected collaborations: Kim Kardashian’s undergarment brand Skims. On Tuesday, the two brands confirmed the release of a joint collection, which will include an assortment of dresses, outerwear, loungewear, shapewear, and lingerie, out on November 9. 

“Both Fendi and Skims have a cultural power very different from each other, but equally as strong,” said Kardashian in the press release. “We share a desire to push boundaries, think differently and challenge convention.” According to the release, the idea for a collab came when Fendi creative director, Kim Jones, realized his coworkers were all waiting for a Skims drop in the middle of a meeting: “I thought: let’s do something together.”

Adorned with the Fendi and Skims logos, the collection includes gloves, leggings, and sports bras in bright colorways, like orange and bright pink, as well as skin-tight dresses in flesh-colored tones that highlight both brands’ knack for body-enhancing silhouettes. The collection also features puffer coats in white and military green, as well as Fendi x Skims-logo tights, bodysuits, and underwear. 

Unlike past Skims drops, this collection will come with a price tag more in line with Fendi’s luxury offering, with leggings going for $1,100, puffer jackets at $2,950, and dresses at $4,200, according to the Wall Street Journal. 

Since launching in 2019, Skims has become a lingerie power player, expanding into the loungewear and activewear space over the last two years. Most recently, the brand partnered with the United States Olympic Team to provide undergarments, loungewear, and accessories for women athletes, as well as celebrities like Kate Moss and Megan Fox for its campaigns. Its viral loungewear slip dress managed to capture TikTok’s attention, selling out constantly and growing a waitlist of over 40,000 people. 

While the collaboration may be unexpected, with comfort wear continuing to dominate fashion, Fendi's decision to bet on Skims to expand its reach makes sense. The Fendi x Skims collection will drop on November 9 at 9 am EST, with prices ranging from $100 to $4,200.

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