SUPERWOMAN

“I WANTED A FEMININE ATTITUDE, BUT WOMEN HAVE SO MANY FACETS. A PREFIXED IDEA OF THE IDEAL WOMAN—THAT TO ME DOES NOT EXIST.” —SILVIA VENTURINI FENDI

Just a few seasons ago, the streetwear craze peaked and the pendulum swung back towards a more dressed-up sensibility, manifested as an updated take on ’80s power dressing: boxy jackets, statement shoulders, Wall Street suiting—all codes borrowed from masculine convention. Who could forget that seminal moment when the Democrats took back the US House of Representatives in 2018 and all its new female members showed up in white pantsuits for their swearing-in? For the longest time, for a woman to telegraph power and seriousness, it seemed that she had to renounce the signifiers of femininity. When was the last time a man in a position of power