If anyone wanted visual representation of fashion's response to the uncertain world we inhabit, Loewe's autumn/winter '22/'23 show would be a sound starting point. Creative director, and known bellwether, Jonathan Anderson showed an outré collection that built on the unorthodox nature of his previous range, where cracked-egg stilettos and Italian Renaissance hues took centre stage. This time round he upped the ante further with juvenile car-shaped dresses, contrasted by tied-up balloons moonlighting as ‘breasts’, and ‘lip’ bodice gowns that were likened to something more risqué. Given Anderson's penchant for eroticism, a double entendre wouldn't be out of place.
Like the rest of the world, fashion has been
