We are nearing the end of our runway styling hacks series, in which Vogue Runway’s Laia Garcia-Furtado and José Criales-Unzueta circle back to our spring 2024 trend reports to test the street-cred of several runway trends.
Last time, we gave the double polo shirt trend a try to, it must be said, little success. Up next: sheer clothes. Everyone loves a naked dress (just ask our SEO team), and yes, billowy fabrics and gossamer layers sound just right for the summer—but not everyone wants to be so easily…seen. Let’s see how we fare this time around.
José Criales-Unzueta: I love this. It’s so chic. I think what makes it is the nonchalance of the shirt untucked. It’s equal parts dressy and risqué, which is what I think makes it work too. That and the shirt buttoned all the way up. Lots of great choices!
Laia Garcia-Furtado: Back in the day, I used to have a sheer mesh button-down shirt from American Apparel that I bought on a whim and ended up wearing all the time—it became my closet essential. Then I, um, outgrew it, and I was mourning it until I found this Acne version. This one is slinkier and made of a surprisingly sturdy pantyhose-ish material, but I think the best thing about it is that it has that sort of double layered panel around the bust so it’s sheer but also modest.
LGF: This feels very you. It’s so easy breezy beautiful. I mean, the truth is you can’t ever go wrong with a beautiful white shirt and a cool pair of jeans. They’re classics for a reason.
JCU: I wholeheartedly agree. This is a go-to fit for me, here with a sheer twist. It felt comfortable, and the tank top underneath makes it a little easier for everyday. The heftiness of the very wide jeans also plays up the sheerness, which seems like a good contrast.
JCU: I have one thing to say: Brat summer! You ate this.
LGF: BRAT SUMMER! This one’s definitely the “day to night” transformation that fashion magazines used to love back in the day—I guess since everyone’s working from home now they don’t really need to transform their outfits in a pinch, haha. I think the exposed underwear—another trend I had never tried before—works here because it’s just a panel of color, no waistbands or seams or anything that outwardly screams UNDERWEAR. And also because… brat summer.
LGF: This is it for me. Diva. Also these little flats of yours are really working with every outfit. Let’s hear a round of applause for them.
JCU: These flats are getting lots of play this summer. Thank you for appreciating them! I love your take on the exposed underwear, Mrs. Prada would be proud. I tested out this Christopher John Rogers rainbow sheer caftan moment to see what it would look like and I love it. I paired it with mesh shorts to play up the sheerness. It definitely looks better without the tank underneath…but that’s between me and my non-Vogue.com friends.
LGF: We can’t just give everything away!
