If you have scrolled through festival fashion photos, street style snaps, your Instagram feed or simply walked down the street recently, you’ll have noticed a recurring garment when it comes to women’s clothing – and it may have caught you by surprise.
Waistcoats are the unexpected fashion hero of the moment - they’re everywhere. While the style has been around since King Charles II in the 17th century and found itself front and centre in the 90s, it is having a major resurgence in 2022 - and that is no doubt inspired by the popularity of the latter decade’s fashion comeback. John Lewis reports on an increase of 53 per cent in searches for the item versus this time last year.
