If the “Free the nipple” campaign is a relatively recent phenomenon, designed to push back against Instagram’s female nipple ban, Yves Saint Laurent was playing his part long before social media. Back in 1968, he debuted what was quickly referred to by the press as the “see-through blouse”, a chiffon design worn with nothing underneath.
It’s an item that was surely on the mood board for Saint Laurent’s creative director, Anthony Vaccarello, on Tuesday night at Paris fashion week. His autumn/winter 2024 collection was dominated by see-through fabric, with the majority of models bare-breasted under translucent blouses, fitted T-shirts and sleeveless tops. Some also wore transparent pencil skirts, with high-legged knickers visible underneath.
