Fe Noel launches "Dre$$" couture to highlight 30% retirement savings gap between men and women
In fashion, there are trendy dresses and there are dresses that cause a stir.< /p>
In the case of Fe Noel's tie-up for her Spring 2023 collection, dubbed "Dre$$" , it was most certainly both.
The blouse? A corseted strapless gown with a ruffled petticoat, topped off with a signature Fe Noel dress with voluminous sleeves and a 16ft cathedral train – and it's all made of (artificial) silver – $1.6 million to be exact .
The message? Because women are still underpaid on men's dollars, that leaves them with 30% less in retirement savings, or $1.6 million to be exact.
Related GalleriesThe stat and the dress should make people gasp, according to the clothing brand's eponymous designer for women.
"When you first see the dress, it's like this ridiculous piece of art and massive. And the reason I use the word 'ridiculous' is because when I found out about the statistics and the disparity between retired men and women, I gasped and I was like "If it was crazy, it's ridiculous. Why didn't I know this before? Why are we only learning this? And I wanted to post this information where people can really understand how crazy it is." Noel, one of this year's CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists, told WWD ahead of Friday night's show. "When people see the dress - that's why we made it so massive - I want they gasp. I want them to first understand the details and what happened there, and then to understand how important the message is. We took the time to make this dress from couture to delivery. »
The "money dress", as she calls it, is Noel's first couture creation, which emerged as the latest standout piece after her traditional spring collection.
And the details of the dress have been carefully considered to convey the message adequately.
"It's made with silver that looks real so we basically work with paper, but I wanted the base of the dress to look like a traditional corset, like a restraint, like when women had to tie and bind, I wanted the base to be solid,” Noel said. first started with fabric [and then] a traditional corset, so there are bonings, there are ties, there are eyelets, there are all these details. And then on top of that, every ticket is sewn and that's $1.6 million in tickets."
The Cathedral Train wasn't just for show, either.
"This is by far the largest and most elaborate dress I have ever made of my whole life. He's got a 16 foot long train and it feels like we've got a long road ahead of us, but we're still gonna carry it, we're still gonna walk it, we're still gonna do whatever we can to continue to bridge this gap and educate women about this information and what they can do to essentially create a life for themselves, create wealth for themselves…
"You have to think how crazy it is, how we worked around the clock for even present this, she said.
In fashion, there are trendy dresses and there are dresses that cause a stir.< /p>
In the case of Fe Noel's tie-up for her Spring 2023 collection, dubbed "Dre$$" , it was most certainly both.
The blouse? A corseted strapless gown with a ruffled petticoat, topped off with a signature Fe Noel dress with voluminous sleeves and a 16ft cathedral train – and it's all made of (artificial) silver – $1.6 million to be exact .
The message? Because women are still underpaid on men's dollars, that leaves them with 30% less in retirement savings, or $1.6 million to be exact.
Related GalleriesThe stat and the dress should make people gasp, according to the clothing brand's eponymous designer for women.
"When you first see the dress, it's like this ridiculous piece of art and massive. And the reason I use the word 'ridiculous' is because when I found out about the statistics and the disparity between retired men and women, I gasped and I was like "If it was crazy, it's ridiculous. Why didn't I know this before? Why are we only learning this? And I wanted to post this information where people can really understand how crazy it is." Noel, one of this year's CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists, told WWD ahead of Friday night's show. "When people see the dress - that's why we made it so massive - I want they gasp. I want them to first understand the details and what happened there, and then to understand how important the message is. We took the time to make this dress from couture to delivery. »
The "money dress", as she calls it, is Noel's first couture creation, which emerged as the latest standout piece after her traditional spring collection.
And the details of the dress have been carefully considered to convey the message adequately.
"It's made with silver that looks real so we basically work with paper, but I wanted the base of the dress to look like a traditional corset, like a restraint, like when women had to tie and bind, I wanted the base to be solid,” Noel said. first started with fabric [and then] a traditional corset, so there are bonings, there are ties, there are eyelets, there are all these details. And then on top of that, every ticket is sewn and that's $1.6 million in tickets."
The Cathedral Train wasn't just for show, either.
"This is by far the largest and most elaborate dress I have ever made of my whole life. He's got a 16 foot long train and it feels like we've got a long road ahead of us, but we're still gonna carry it, we're still gonna walk it, we're still gonna do whatever we can to continue to bridge this gap and educate women about this information and what they can do to essentially create a life for themselves, create wealth for themselves…
"You have to think how crazy it is, how we worked around the clock for even present this, she said.
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