Originally published in ‘The Oxford Student' by Olivia Sung For those of us who pine for the glory days of a bygone era, when fashion was unashamedly devoted to the cause of celebrating and flattering the female figure, Lena Hoschek’s latest collection feels like a refreshingly nostalgic gem tossed into a vastly modern pool. She causes a stir – she demands a second look. Sending her models down the catwalk in the kind of fluid-but-structured tailoring that might have earned her a position as one of Christian Dior’s top ateliers during those legendary New Look years, Hoschek is daring to do what many of her contemporaries shy away from: manipulating the silhouettes of 1940s and 1950s sirens into a 21st century context, with a playful confidence that illuminates her gift – she knows that women want to turn heads, and she knows how to help them do it. With so much emphasis on innovation these days, returning to form seems like a cop-out. A cli...
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