Once, back in the early 2000s, I owned a black Helmut Lang pantsuit.
That was a time when even the word “pantsuit” kind of made me cringe, but there was something about how this one was cut — three-button, single-breasted jacket and flat-front (but louche) pants — that skewed all its establishment implications.
I wore it until I wore it out, and have been in mourning for it ever since.
When I talk about it, which I still do, there is almost always another person who will come up to me with a story of their Helmut Lang.
Mr. Lang wanted to go first, so he hopscotched to early September, and the entire city went with him.
Persons:
Helmut Lang pantsuit, Helmut Lang, Lang
Organizations:
New York, Paris ., Mr, Retailing
Locations:
New, Paris, Paris . New York