Main SQUEEZE

CINCHED WAISTS are all over the runways, but the silhouette is less about cutting an HOURGLASS FIGURE (and appealing to the male gaze) than FEELING a sense of POWER and CONTROL

TEXT BY LIANA SATENSTEIN

LATELY, I’VE BEEN ruthlessly cinching my waist. The obsession started with a leather jacket from Phoebe Philo’s rabidly awaited first collection; the coat takes a viciously sharp turn at the drop waist, creating a 90 degree angle at the midsection. Inspired, I found a butter-soft double-breasted vintage leather jacket with a belt on eBay. When I tied the belt at my midsection, using a grip so tight that I launched my spleen into my esophagus, the bottom portion branched out into a severe peplum and I cut a Coke-bottle figure. For the record, I’ve never felt better. I don’t feel constricted when my waist is tightly cinched. The jacket’s clutch around my torso transforms my most banal tasks into militant missions. I feel a glimmer of Grace Jones in her waist-sculpting…

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Harper's Bazaar (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024

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