This season, the longest waiting list is not for a Birkin bag, a Dyson fan or even an iPhone 14. It’s for an appointment with a dentist. So it stands to reason the fashion industry is encouraging us to start dressing like one.
Crisp single-buttoned lab coats with sharp lapels opened the summer catwalks at Balmain, Courrèges and were also a key look for the late designer, Issey Miyake. Neon perspex goggles, designed to protect eyes from spraying water or flying tartar, are alarmingly similar to the oversized acetate sunglasses at Versace and Kanye West’s Yeezy Gap collaboration. Even white Dansko clogs, the NHS footwear of choice, has competition in a new line of industry-approved polyurethane “super Birki” Birkenstock clogs that routinely sell out among non-NHS workers.
