What if the salvation of American fashion turned out to be American fashion? Whether at Vuitton, Balenciaga, Zegna or Gucci, it was suddenly all sneakers and hoodies, all the time. Far from liberating American designers, this had the opposite effect. Who wants to look as if he’s copying a borrowed version of himself? Somehow many in this country seemed to have lost track of their inherited legacy and of the countless innovations rung on sportswear across the decades by people like Geoffrey Beene and Ralph Lauren, Claire McCardell and stellar immigrant talents like Miguel Adrover.

Source: New York Times February 08, 2019 22:18 UTC