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Cutaway clothes: women's S/S 2009 trend
Written by Daniel P Dykes
When it comes to 2009 fashion trends the sheer clothing trend may be the ultimate proof that throughout the year less will be more. But it's not the year's only trend doing just that.
Introducing the cutaway fashion trend where intricate missing elements of fabric work to show off glimpses of the female figure in a sexual and sensual fashion typical of women's Spring/Summer 2009 fashion.
Who Has Designed It
The cutaway trend was a big element of the Spring/Summer 2009 catwalks, in the picture above are four fantastic examples of how it can be worn.
- Chloe's interpretation of the trend is subtle, leaning somewhat towards 2009's exposed stomach look. But it goes a long way to prove that basic, classic elements such as a keyhole feature on the back or chest lend themselves perfectly to the cutaway clothing trend.
- If Chloe was subtle, then Herve Leger undoubtedly infused sex into the trend on their Herve Leger Spring/Summer 2009 catwalk. While the above picture is a perfect little black dress there are plenty more examples to be found by following that link and looking through the pictures.
- Again with a hint of the exposed stomach trend, Jean Paul Gaultier mixed the cutaway trend with variety of shapes and silhouettes. The above adds it to a long, flowing dress perfect for Summer in the Mediterranean, while you'll also find it in the collection fused onto the likes of shoulder detailing.
- If anyone has made a success of the trend then it's Preen by way of their Preen By Thornton Bregazzi Spring/Summer 2009 collection; and that success comes down to the combination of the cutaway trend with the sheer trend for some heavily sexualised elegance.
Who Has Worn It
Rihanna wears the cutaway trend
Christian Louboutin cut-out boots
Olivia Wilde wears the cutaway trend
Street style: cut-away Givenchy, Paris
Cheap Monday Spring/Summer 2010 pictures
Natalie Portman: cut-away trend in Balenciaga
Megan Fox in the cutaway trend: Elle, June 2009
Miranda Kerr at MET 2009 Costume Institute Gala
Stolen Girlfriends Club's cut-away dress
Herve Leger's cut-away bandage dress perfection
Cindy Crawford in a Preen sheer one-shoulder dress
Mandy Moore in cutaway/sheer Preen dress
On The Beach
As a perfect Spring/Summer 2009 look it should come as no surprise that the cutaway fashion trend has been transcribed into the year's bikinis. In our look at 2009's bikini trends we've devoted a whole section to cutaway bikinis, so click the link to read more about them.
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Written: 8th December 2008 at 15.10
Author
Written by Daniel P Dykes.
Traditionalist and futurist are two of the labels applied to Daniel, but he sees the two as being in perfect balance. With a keen eye on the future and his finger on the pulse he helps keep fashionisers everywhere ahead in the fashion stakes as Fashionising.com's lead fashion trend analyst. Believing that the late-2000s credit crisis will be ultimately good for fashion, Daniel sees a future for fashion where grounded in traditional values; where luxury fashion again comes to represent quality production as opposed to being solely label driven.
Currently based in Melbourne, Daniel is Fashionising.com's Editor in Chief and Chairman.