profile pic

Isha Mayer

bio of the auhtpr

Safety Pins & Paper Clips Are Having A Fashion Moment On And Off The Runway

From pinning up a sari to fastening your shirt when a button breaks, safety pins come to your rescue with any wardrobe malfunction you face. Off late though, fashion designers are incorporating this handy tool into clothing and accessories. Take Versace’s Milan Fashion Week SS22 collection for instance, which featured safety pins in almost every piece. But if one were to trace the history, Versace originally popularised the OG safety pin dress. Throwing it back to 1994, the dress was modelled by Helena Christensen in Versace’s Spring/Summer runway show. That same year, Elizabeth Hurley rose to fame as she donned the black Versace dress held together with gold safety pins at the premiere of her then boyfriend Hugh Grant’s film Four Weddings and a Funeral. Later, Lady Gaga wore it in 2012, and Donatella Versace gave the original one its own spin with an asymmetrical black dress and others for the pre-fall 2019 collection. Dua Lipa also gave Elizabeth’s gown a 2019 reboot at the Grammy Awards.

Untitled design (4)
Group 16479
Mask Group 16
2@2x
ID white@2x
Copyright 2022 Elle | Crafted by Togglehead
Mask Group 16
Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content