You could call it the “haute hoodie”. Or at a stretch, fashion’s response to the energy crisis. Either way, in the latest crossover between catwalk glamour and high street practicality, the hooded dress has been dubbed the “warmdrobe look” of winter 2022.
No two hooded gowns are the same, of course, and at the higher end of things they come sheer and tight. On a chilly night in New York last week, the model Kate Moss presented an award wearing a sheer olive-green silk jersey dress whose only warmth came from a built-in hood. Earlier in the month, Beyonce wore one by Saint Laurent in aubergine, which she paired with sunglasses. Completing the triumvirate, the British actor Michaela Coel went for a floor-length Ferragamo gown with matching hood, in sheer chocolate fabric dotted with crystals, to the LA premiere of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
