Amy Winehouse, this is why she is still a queen of style today

Universally loved, often criticized, and undoubtedly revolutionary in its intimate eccentricity. Amy Winehouse marked a before and an after in the history of music, even more so by making hers hers style idiosyncratic a perfect transfiguration of his voice.

Having (unfortunately) fully entered the fateful Club 27, if we think of her today, it almost seems like we are citing a sort of mythological creature, whose devastated image, abundantly martyred by the merciless schadenfreude of the tabloids, is immediately synonymous with that scruffy mix and glossyhatched among the human fauna of Camden Town’s mystical undergrowth in its heyday.

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A bit of a rockabilly pin-up, a bit of a trailblazer for the so-called Indie SleazeAmy has bewitched the fashion system, and beyond, with her vintage-contemporary aesthetic, being elected the muse of stylists, celebrities and directors. From the Spring/Summer 2012 Couture collection by Jean Paul Gaultier, entirely dedicated to her, until the new biopic Back to Black coming out in 2024. Eavesdropping on its echo among fashion trends, we celebrate it today with some statement of her fashion-legacyvery current today.

The dancers

We open the dance with the iconic ballerinas, worn by the singer in the classic pink satin model from the super stages to the pavements of London, almost as if they were part of her. A must have à la Winehouse which, having surpassed the golden age in the early 1910s thanks to figures such as Kate Moss and Alexa Chung, has now been brought back up to date under the blessed wing of Balletcore, regaining his coolness lost. Reconfirmed as a trend for this autumn-winter, among others we mention the Miu Miu ballet flats and the netted version of Alaïa, which we have seen literally everywhere this summer.

The lingerie

Another cornerstone of Amy’s styling is the inevitable exposed lingerie: today a diktat, whether between stars or mere mortals. Already at the first Brit Awards in 2004, Winehouse experimented with a sexy ruby ​​red corseted sheath dress, from which she peeked out much of her daring black lace bra.

The bright yellow Preen cocktail dress remains iconic with, It goes without sayinglingerie in evidence, combined with the bag custom made Moschino (immediately Lovecore) for the red carpet of the Brit Awards in 2007. One put also honored by Dua Lipa’s Vivienne Westwood outfit at the 2021 Brits.

We cannot fail to mention the exquisite mélange of lace overlapping in the nuances of the red, yellow and green of her look hyper-casual on stage at the Glastonbury Festival in 2007.

The shorts

Among the very current ones we (re)find his beloved ones shorts in denim, often combined with a simple white tank top and accessorized with the inevitable belt. Yet another nostalgic retromania resurrected today by TikTok from the early 2000s, then exploded in the Tumbrl era in all possible and imaginable versions.

The polo shirt

Let’s move on to the timeless polo shirts, and in particular to those Fred Perry in all of them britishness. Because, in addition to elevating them as an identifying item in her outfits, in 2010 Winehouse collaborated with the British brand for a collection with a retro-street touch. Which will be a source of inspiration for some of Perry’s capsules years later. And here, it is natural to underline the forceful return of polo shirts in recent times, especially starting from Miu Miu’s Autumn/Winter 2022-2023 collection, and thanks to the complicity of the couple Rihanna and Hailey Bieber, paparazzi spotted showing off the same Loewe model to establish the trend.

The hood

Last but not least, Amy Winehouse wouldn’t have been Amy Winehouse without her legendary “bonnet” hairstyle à la Bardot, revisited complete with bandanas and potpourri of fresh roses. Although we cannot say that anyone has ever attempted the arduous task of recreating it in detail, some examples that wink at the hair hive can be found on the Miu Miu Autumn/Winter 2018-19 catwalk, or in the backcombed compositions adorned with jewels and flower crowns by Lana Del Rey.

Time passes, but the dessert losing game of his ballads and his style signature they are, now as then, in our hearts. MerciAmy.