15 Times the Tiger—and Its Stripes—Has Inspired Fashion Designers
Brandon Maxwell, Resort 2022
2022 is the Year of the Tiger, a fact you’ll have noticed by all of the Lunar New Year collections designers are dropping. Of course, it’s not the first time fashion has fallen for these magnificent big cats.
Like leopard spots, tiger stripes are a recurring motif. They’ve been knit into sweaters, woven into jacquards, and printed every which way. Some designers, like Fausto Puglisi at Roberto Cavalli, have gone further, depicting the face and body of the beast in their motifs. And then there are the couturiers, including Daniel Roseberry at Schiaparelli and Alexandre Vauthier, who have conjured them with hand-applied sequins.
To mark the Lunar New Year we’ve collected some of the moments the tiger has burned most brightly (to borrow from William Blake’s famous poem) in fashion.
Valentino, Pre-Fall 2018
Celine Homme, Spring 2021
Tom Ford, Spring 2021
Christian Cowan, Pre-Fall 2019
MM6 Maison Margiela, Fall 2020
Proenza Schouler, Spring 2022
Leanord Paris, Pre-Fall 2018
MM6 Maison Margiela, Fall 2020
Schiaparelli Couture, Spring 2021
Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini, Pre-Fall 2019
Brandon Maxwell, Resort 2022
Balenciaga, Resort 2018
Palm Angels, 2017
Koche, Fall 2021
Gucci, Pre-Fall 2019
Originally published in Vogue.com