From politics to royalty, all influential women have one day adopted it. This fashion play steeped in history, seen on Elizabeth II, Lady Di or even Letizia from Spain will be everywhere this year.
Fashion is not just a fabric case … clothes convey a message that often requires being read. Like verbal language, they whisper something about the individual who wears them, his values, his experience. Over the years, some fashion pieces have accumulated adventures which give them a more heavy symbolism than others. This secular piece, which belongs to the locker room and the clothing vocabulary of many of our sisters, in fact also part.
Golden youth, nobility, politics, royalty: she is wooded with pride by personalities from the high spheres of society. The last American presidential campaign and the trendy fashion houses will have allowed him to return to the light. This clothing which operates a smashing return is none other than the Lavallière collar or shirt.
Our counterparts of Vogue France have detected the trend in advance; The Spring-Summer 2025 parades of Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Chloé, Balenciaga will therefore have confirmed his resurgence. It is within the framework of the movement LADY LIKE May the Lavallière collar register: in the collective imagination, it is a flagship piece of the wardrobe of the women of the bourgeoisie. In 2025, “doing rich” is more than ever on the side of the modosphere.
In addition to this statutory and economic power, the Lavalière pass also claims a feminist power: this is the reason why influential women of all countries carry it and instrumentalize it as they please. Elizabeth II, Lady Di, Kate Middleton, Brigitte Macron, Kamala Harris: all wear her during official outings in public – and not only for aesthetic reasons.
According to a stylist questioned by Cnnthe Lavallière pass evokes professionalism and sweetness at the same time. Carry it “It is a way of saying: ‘I am a professional’ and to soften it (…) if you are too ‘male’, then you are considered a threat”she analyzes. In a company tinged with patriarchy, he therefore allowed these influential women, notably Margaret Thatcher, to make their place without a component of a threat, to enjoy a respectable authority while remaining “sufficiently appreciable”.
Fortunately, fashion is no longer as arbitrary as yesterday and each is free to make its own choices: number of fashionistas choose to wear the Lavallière pass with a subversion which is not to displease. Rather than putting on the classic association to stick to the expectations of the public, they accompany their Lavallic collar of a flare jeans, a faux fur coat, Maxi Sola de Solar, from Boots in Sweden for a resolutely pace Boho chic.
Others play the sensuality card by sporting a transparent blouse to break the too wise side of a “secretary” pencil skirt. Finally, those who want to stay in the classic carry the Lavallière collar like Letizia of Spain, with a set of costume and moccasins like office.