Since her relationship with Kanye West in 2021, Julia Fox has been known for her sartorial unpredictability. Her DIY-ing a bandeau top and matching bottoms out of a single pair of jeans using just a pair of scissors, as well as her now quintessential finger-painted black eyeliner look, have made her the enfant terrible of celebrity fashion.
Last Friday, singer-songwriter and actress FKA twigs was spotted wearing centaur-inspired leather trousers with a plunging V-crotch and a pair of black string bikini top at a show in New York City. She later took to Instagram to provide context for her outfit: “There was one hook,” she said in a video posted to her stories, “and I had to put them on and then shave, like, around it.”
Fox’s ensemble, designed by Central Saint Martins graduate Liza Kearne, is the latest in a new genre of extremist fashion. Recent fashion weeks have touted super short hem-lines (a la Miu Miu’s era-defining micro-mini skirt), risque prints (see: the revival of the trompe l’oeil), and cut-out silhouettes—and Fox seems right at home in this space. From the Alexander Wang “joots” (jean boots) she wore to a well-documented trip to the grocery store, to her bleached brows — regularly replaced with penciled-on, flapper-esque lines — the actor and influencer appears to construct her looks with provocation in mind.
Fox’s apology may have seemed sincere—but the message didn’t address her original post’s jaw-dropping claims. And while she may want to position herself as someone who defies convention, Fox has certainly enjoyed several moments of conventional fashion-world success, including landing herself a spot on the runway at both New York Fashion Week, where she modeled for LaQuan Smith and at Patou’s off-schedule show at the recent Paris Haute Couture Week.