Fashion
February 9th, 2023
Author
Maria Stanchieri

There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks

There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks

Fortunately, before Blanco ruined his reputation by vandalizing the stage of the Ariston, we had time to admire his all-white Dolce & Gabbana look: an unbuttoned organza shirt, silk trousers and a waist band halfway between a corset and a sash. From Achille Lauro to Rosa Chemical, the Sanremo Festival under the artistic direction of Amadeus has certainly given space to a revolution in men's wardrobe that is struggling to catch on in Italy. But with the advent of unisex fashion, androgynous and post-gender aesthetics, women's clothes are invading men's clothes and vice versa, so that the boundaries between the two are disappearing. A man no longer has to call himself queer to wear a corset, the garment manifest of this invasion of the field and the absolute protagonist of men's fashion during the last Milan Fashion Week, from Charles Jeffrey Lover Boy to Magliano and D&G. But are we really sure that the corset belongs exclusively to the tradition of women's fashion and that it is a revolutionary act for a man to wear a corset?

There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 438995
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 438998
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 439007
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 439004
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 439003
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 439012
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 439011
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 439005
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 439006
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 439013
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 439014
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 439009
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 438992
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 439002
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 439001
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 439000
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 438997
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 438993
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 438994
There is nothing more traditional than a man wearing a corset History of men's corsets, from military clothing to the Dolce & Gabbana catwalks | Image 438996

From the bustier armour of Alexander McQueen in FW09 to the new masculinity of John Galliano and the dandyism of Thom Browne, corsets have earned their way onto the catwalks in menswear over the years. Brands that pioneered genderless fashion have explored their boundaries in a variety of forms: navy ribbons for Philosophy by Lorenzo Serafini, tube tops for Ludovic di Saint Sernin, leather for Gucci by Alessandro Michele, goth for Balenciaga under Demna. Then there are emerging brands that bring to the fore a vision of the male wardrobe that is much less static than in the past and represents a new generation of consumers: No Sesso, ACT N1, Head of State, Charles Jeffrey Lover Boy, to name a few. On the red carpets, Evan Mock's unforgettable looks in a lemon yellow corset and Cartier necklace for the Met Gala in 2022, the same year Lenny Kravitz caused a stir with a fetish bustier and all-black organza outfits. In Italy, the pioneers of the genre are Maneskin, Achille Lauro, now Blanco and, a while ago, his colleague Mahmood, who posted a look of himself in a corset and cargo jeans by Diesel via Instagram Stories. With peace of mind for traditionalists, because if we wanted to follow tradition, even the military would wear a corset.

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