As Adele’s reunion continues with a one-of-a-kind punch in an interview with Oprah Winfrey and a “One Night Only” concert at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles in front of a starry crowd – it’s all prelude to Friday’s album release – so is her mastery of the visual arts; Her message of post-divorce strength and freedom is as spoken through every performance tool at her disposal. Including her lyrics, her interview and (yes) her clothes.
Not the black taffeta mermaid Schiaparelli dress she wore to take to the stage for her concert but the long white ensemble she wore to confront Oprah.
For example, the long white dress she wears when she talks about leaving her marriage “and finding her own happiness”, about the joy of lifting weights, about stopping drinking, about feeling safe with the new self, about owning one’s own body and don’t care what other people think.
The white tunic: It is increasingly becoming the single garment most associated with the emancipation and empowerment of women on the public stage. At this point, it is a symbol like a costume.
Adele is simply taking politics and reminding the world that it’s also personal.
If one thinks this shirt is a relic of Trump’s rebellion, this has spread to its echoes instead.
The emergence of the white tunic as a cultural shorthand dates back to the 2016 election, when Hillary Clinton took the stage at the Democratic National Convention to accept the party’s nomination. she for the position of white president Ralph Lauren, drawing a direct connection from her position to the history of those fighting for the suffering (one of whom is officially skin color). white) and women’s fight to have their voices heard.
It was then used as a voting uniform by the very women who were called to #wearwhitetovote. Next, it became a sign of protest in President Donald Trump’s First State of the Union to his more paradoxical ideas about gender (even Melania Trump wore a white ensemble in first appearance after the Stormy Daniels case became public, in what many speculated was a clear rebuke of her husband). Nancy Pelosi wore a long white gown as she stood in the hallways of Congress to announce that the House would begin drafting articles of impeachment against Trump; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her Vanity Fair cover; Kamala Harris, when she became vice president-elect.
(The white suit also featured heavily at the end of the 1996 film “The First Wives Club,” in which Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, and Bette Midler played women who teamed up to get revenge on their exes and execute them. a funky finale version of “You Don’t Own Me” wearing a white suit.)
Maybe Adele simply liked the idea of wearing white, with its connotation of starting fresh and wiping the stone clean, or thought it would look good against the greenery of the garden where she sat down. with Oprah – although she may not be thinking about history at all. But it was also true that the look she chose was that of young black designer Christopher John Rogers, who just days before the show had been named a fashion designer by the Council of Fashion Designers of America. page of the year, originally… a dress. . It’s Look 39 from his resort 2022 collection, also known as Collection 008, and the only white style in the collection is notable for its use of bright colors.
Adele customized it to be a long piece of clothing. Given the theme of her album, called “30,” and her conversation with Oprah, it seems a bit off-putting. (So much so that Oprah herself actually decided at the last minute to change her outfit from a bright dreamy Sally LaPointe to a neutral Brunello Cucinelli.)
Especially, as Adele told Oprah, she “never wore white before. I’m wearing it for you”.
And as a result, this symbol of solidarity has spread from Washington to the world.
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