{"id":257927,"date":"2026-01-29T16:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/257927\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T16:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:41:10","slug":"dua-lipa-and-a-new-era-of-boom-boom-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/257927\/","title":{"rendered":"Dua Lipa and a new era of Boom Boom fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n EDITOR\u2019S NOTE:\u00a0 Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, \u2018Look of the Week\u2019<\/a> is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days.\n<\/p>\n

\n This week, a pack has been circling. It began at the Schiaparelli haute couture show in Paris on Monday, when Demi Moore arrived in a cheetah print catsuit and matching coat designed by the house\u2019s creative director Daniel Roseberry.\n <\/p>\n

\n Then at the Chanel show on Tuesday, a scene-stealing look from VIP guest Dua Lipa as she seemingly channeled Fran Fine in a brash, tailored skirt suit and 2.55 flap bag. Every inch of the pop star was covered in a mesmeric yellow, black and red swirl that looked like animal print on acid.\n <\/p>\n

\n By Wednesday, it was clear the memo had spread from the city of lights all the way to New York when Kendall Jenner promptly stepped out in a beaded tiger stripe midi dress. Both outfits were from Chanel\u2019s M\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art 2026 collection, presented in December last year<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n It\u2019s the \u201880s staple, but with a twist.\n <\/p>\n

\"Lipa's<\/p>\n

\"Kendall<\/p>\n

\n Since his debut last October, Mattieu Blazy is steadily making a name for himself, gently reinventing what once felt static \u2014 tweed, twin sets and pearls, dress coats \u2014 into clothes that are new, exciting and fluid. It makes sense, then, that something as familiar as animal print looks fresh and singular through his perspective. Lipa and Jenner\u2019s looks are far from your typical mob-wife costumes. There is no coiffed hair, no stacks of gold jewelry, no Soprano\u2019s styling. Instead Blazy\u2019s take is more playful \u2014 brighter, brasher and, in the case of Jenner\u2019s tiger dress, in textiles that look like toy pieces.\n <\/p>\n

\n While Moore kept her front row look more conservative, Schiaparelli has long been experimenting with the boundaries of animal-inspired fashion (remember Kylie Jenner\u2019s lifesize lionhead?<\/a>) This season, Roseberry continued his mission with a haute couture collection that featured replica reptilian textures, protruding tusk breasts, scorpion bustiers and a translucent two-piece skirt suit rendered in hyperreal blowfish scales.\n <\/p>\n

\"Demi<\/p>\n

\"On<\/p>\n

\n According to trend analyst @databutmakeitfashion, standard leopard print is already on the rise<\/a>. Some are calling it the Boom Boom era of fashion \u2014 where the \u201880s doctrine of fur, clashing prints and a greedy, more-is-more approach to dressing feels like a fun cosplay opportunity during an otherwise bleak economic, political and social reality.\n <\/p>\n

\n But maybe this time around, designers understand that to stop us doomscrolling the animal prints of 2026 need to be louder and more outrageous than ever. A new species entirely.\n <\/p>\n