Clear the stage for the harlequin collar: How the iconic detail is now finding its way into your look

While the fashion houses are always coming up with something new for their collections and with new silhouettes andwork, many designers occasionally find inspiration in the past. This mix of exciting innovation and historical references makes fashion so exciting season after season. With thisHowever, no one from the world of theater would have expected it to be on the catwalks for autumn/winter 2024/25: TheHarlequin collarwas chosen by some labelsFashion trendintended for the coming months. Find out here how it becomes an elegant eye-catcher.

Originally it wasHarlequin collarPart of the stage clothing in the Commedia dell'Arte, a form of Italian improvisational theater in the 16th century. One of the typical roles was the Harlequin, with his colorful, patterned oneswith the signature oversized ruffle collar. In the Baroque and Rococo periods, the detail also became popular in fashion and also inspired theand clothing of Art Nouveau and Expressionism. The theatrically exaggerated element is still associated with clowns and harlequins today? but gets a pretty elegant twist in the fall/winter 2024/25 season.

During theThis autumn/winter season is already very popular, but here it gets a playful, humorous and yet elegant, historical twist. Although it remainsHarlequin collarstill theatrical today, the dramatic look on the catwalks of labels like Giambattista Valli and Richard Quinn did not appear overloaded, but just exciting enough. Despite some elaborate details in the rest of the look, the focus was on the ruffled collar because it was so wonderfully surprising. The perfect balance of theatricality andwas seen at Valentino: here the harlequin collar adorned a little black dress with matching ruffled sleeves.

The new one is used on both dresses and blousesFashion trendworn in the fall/winter 2024/25 season and also proves to be a clever combination partner for layering looks, such as those discovered on the runway by Giambattista Valli. Here the voluminous ruffles shine under narrow onesout. At Altuzarra, among other things, there were knitted sweaters with the trendy onesand seen with ruffled trumpet sleeves that fall underneath longpeeked out. A successful wayHarlequin collarfrom the historical theater stage into the fashionable here and now? and can also be styled for cold days.