Leather, Lace, and Serious Sleeves: Saint Laurent’s Eighties Flashback

The collection felt oh-so-eighties with highly exaggerated sleeves, lots of leg, and dramatic sweetheart necklines. There was loads of black leather—in bustier’s, boy’s jackets, minis, and more. Pulling from a cornerstone of the fashion house vocabulary, Vaccarello played with the tuxedo, going wide, cropping coats, and slouching pants.

As we’ve seen in other collections this season, a lot of attention was given to the shoulder, whether in angular voluminous outcroppings, one-shoulder tops, or overall sheen, lace, or sequins.