2016: The year of the physique exhibit (Rihanna, Teyana, and more)

Of the many elegance phenomena that helped define 2016, the daring physique show sits quite simply atop the list. suppose of Teyana Taylor's hypnotic turn in Kanye's "Fade" tune video: the new mother shook and shifted her surreally toned body, stealing the display at the MTV VMAs and catapulting herself to fast stardom. It recalled the manner that Gigi and Bella Hadid exploded on and off the runway this 12 months, turning the crop proper into a year-round staple with their perennially uncovered midriffs, whereas Rihanna did the same for pants-much less dressing.

In other places, a coy flash of skin came in unexpected varieties: The extraordinary upward push of the underboob on the runways at Yeezy and Fendi, then co-opted at streetlevel via the likes of woman Gaga and Kylie Jenner. For her part, Jenner spent the year pushing for freed nipples casually flashing her piercing via sheer tops a vogue that went subsequent-level at Saint Laurent when Binx Walton wore a heart-formed cluster of crystals over her left breast as excessive vogue observation. Then there have been Kim Kardashian West and Jennifer Lopez on the Met Gala, inserting their most noted assets on display in sheer sequined fabric an historical-college trick that still works each time.