VLT Editorial
Image.
Form.
Character.
Selected visual stories from the VLT world, original productions, archival studies, and a decade-by-decade look at how fashion has always understood its moment.
VLT Originals
VLT Archive
A Century of Fashion
A decade-by-decade visual study of how fashion has understood its moment, from the Edwardian corset to the pandemic tracksuit.
THE 1900s: EDWARDIAN GHOSTS
Corsets, high collars, and the restrictive elegance of the turn of the century.
THE 1910s: WAR & SILK
The collapse of the Belle Époque. Utility meets fragile luxury.
THE 1920s: KINETIC JAZZ
Drop waists, sharp bobs, and frantic motion.
THE 1930s: DEPRESSION GLAMOUR
Bias cuts and cinematic shadows. Escapism in its purest form.
THE 1940s: AUSTERE UTILITY
Rationed fabric, broad shoulders, and uncompromising strength.
THE 1950s: SUBURBAN CLAUSTROPHOBIA
The New Look, rigid domesticity, and the underlying tension of perfection.
THE 1960s: SPACE AGE GEOMETRY
A-lines, PVC, and the cold aesthetic of the future.
THE 1970s: DECONSTRUCTED GLAMOUR
Studio 54 excess meets the grit of a bankrupt New York.
THE 1980s: POWER & EXCESS
Broad shoulders, sharp leather, and absolute financial domination.
THE 1990s: HEROIN CHIC MINIMALISM
Slip dresses, pale skin, and the rejection of 80s excess.
THE 2000s: DIGITAL CHAOS
Y2K paranoia, low-rise denim, and the dawn of the digital panopticon.
THE 2010s: ALGORITHMIC PERFECTION
Instagram face, athleisure, and the homogenization of beauty.
THE 2020s: POST-APOCALYPTIC COMFORT
Face masks, luxury sweatpants, and the collapse of the office.