Grin and Bare It: The Humor and Horror of Faux-Naked Fashion
It seems everyone is leaning into naked dressing. What does it mean?
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From resale flurries over archival Comme Des Garçons t-shirts printed with bare torsos to celebrities like Aubrey O’Day sporting furry, merkin-adjacent bikinis on Instagram, the fake naked moment in fashion has hit the mainstream, as Emily Fitzpatrick of I <3 Mess noted over a year ago in a report on the trend of “aggressive sexuality” (i.e. “naked cosplay”) that first cropped up in celebrity stylings and has since trickled down to commercial ventures. The latest collection from Jean Paul Gaultier features pieces as graphically “nude” as garments can appear while covering the wearer’s actual genitalia.