Designers Are Really Trying to Bring Back the Fanny Pack
You just might be wearing a fanny pack before you know it if a number of high fashion brands have anything to do with it. Sure, designers have tried over the past few seasons to bring back the fanny pack (remember the ones that Chanel showed as part of its January 2014 couture collection or the dare I say ... enticing ones that Hermès showed not too long ago?) to no avail. Despite their best efforts and reinvention of this tried-and-true accessory, consumers simply have not taken the bait en masse. But on the heels of the recent Spring/Summer 2017 mens shows, publications are asking: Could this time around be different?
After Valentino, Lemaire and Carven showing the 90's staple for S/S 2016, brands followed suit this season, as well. During the S/S 2017 menswear fashion month, brands in Milan, such as Salvatore Ferragamo, Canali, and Versace, as well as Andrea Crews in London, among others, put forth upscale versions of this '90s staple that, in some cases, looked different enough from the original (or was styled differently enough, such as the worn over-the-shoulder look of Crews' version) that they may do a better job of persuading male shoppers that it's a forward-looking accessory.
This season, almost every men’s runway collection either focused or lent itself to travel: Prada had technicolored hikers, Missoni went to the Wild West, the Louis Vuitton man to Africa, and Gucci’s collection took us on a journey of fantastic world adventures. The appearance of fanny packs is arguably a logical next step: When you are traveling, you need to carry things, right?
