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Bella Hadid is back.
It’s not just about public appearances, snapshots taken alongside her cowboy boyfriend, Adan Banuelos, or the launch of her perfume line, Orebella. The 27-year-old model is back with all her off-the-runway looks that mark the direction of today’s fashion. Now she’s embracing the mindset of a business-ready entrepreneur.
It’s not about mere copying, which is to repeat exactly what we’ve seen on the runway. That would be too boring and far too predictable. Instead, Bella Hadid in Gucci is a stylistic exercise in customizing something iconic—like the skort suit combination proposed by Sabato De Sarno—while staying true to her personal style. This outfit, curated by stylist Molly Dickinson, immediately became the epitome of contemporary luxury style.
Although she has embraced a country rodeo aesthetic since meeting Adan Banuelos and exploring her passion for horses as well, here, Bella Hadid dresses as a businesswoman. This look came just hours after Hadid launched the Orebella fragrance line and quickly became busy promoting the precious perfume bottles. To do so, Bella Hadid chose Gucci’s modern-day interpretation of the power suit. It is, in fact, a micro suit reduced to the essentials: a tailored, yet somewhat slouchy blazer and a pair of skorts in place of a skirt or trouser.
But what is a skort? Not to be confused with the pants skirt, which is more ambling and soft, the skort is a hybrid item, combining a miniskirt (in many cases, a microskirt) with a pair of shorts underneath. A ploy borrowed from the tennis world, the trending item is feminine, comfortable, and often very sexy, thanks to the super-mini hemline.
Finishing off this look is a nude-colored tank top, worn without a bra, and with a wide neckline. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Bella Hadid ensemble without a generous dose of accessories that define the contemporary luxury look: the black belt with Gucci logo, the soft red leather Ancora bucket bag featuring the iconic two-tone canvas strap, and the brand’s monogram fabric platform loafers. Her choice of footwear only upped the ante through a prominent sole that reimagines a classic from the Italian fashion house.
She differentiated the look from its runway counterpart with lots of jewelry, including multiple gold rings and a pair of very ’80s bold earrings. But what personalizes Bella Hadid’s look the most are the pair of black rectangular-framed eyeglasses, an accessory that adds a touch of oh-so librarian.
This article was originally published by ItalianVogue.
