From the Curb star’s smart-casual look to the royal’s trademark wraparound sunglasses, the concept comes up time and again – but is it a patronising assumption that their style is accidental?
in which the smart-casual clothes of the Curb Your Enthusiasm creator and star were picked over and celebrated. He was hailed as an “accidental style icon”.
This idea, of being accidentally stylish, comes up time and time again. Joe Biden has more than once recently stepped out wearing trainers by California-based Hoka, alongside his navy blue suit. The look has beenvein and it has been said that he “appears to have been taking his cue from the catwalks of Milan and Paris”.
Often these “accidental style icons” seem to be people over 60 who have tapped into a trend it is assumed they would not wilfully tap into. The real accident here, the idea seems to say, centres on Biden not knowing the gorpcore signifiers of his kicks. Princess Anne not clocking that her suiting fits neatly with cuts that have been spotted on recent Prada catwalks. Hockney not realising the cachet of Crocs, and so on. All of which is possibly true, but is often a patronising assumption.
It was the architecture behind the biggest sartorial mood of last year – the quietest of luxury is predicated on certain people – dare I venture, those that the wearer deems worthy of impressing – clocking that a garment is a $9,000 cashmere jumper by Loro Piana rather than a Uniqlo staple, despite no obvious logos signposting such. It is elitist where just happening to wear something is not.
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