Smile and wear it: the new fashion fixation with dressing like a dentist
The longest waiting list this season isn't for a Birkin bag, a Dyson ventilator or even an iPhone 14. It's for a dentist appointment . So it stands to reason that the fashion industry is encouraging us to start dressing like one.
Immaculate one-button lab coats with pointed lapels opened the summer catwalks at Balmain, Courrèges and were also a key look for the late designer, Issey Miyake. The neon plexiglass goggles, designed to protect the eyes from splashing water or flying scale, look alarmingly similar to oversized acetate sunglasses from Versace and Kanye West's Yeezy Gap collaboration. Even white Dansko clogs, the NHS shoe of choice, have competition in a new line of industry-approved Birkenstock 'super Birki' polyurethane clogs that are selling out steadily among non-NHS workers.
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But it was the dental term "floss" that sowed the seed. Emerging on TikTok, as these things often do, and referencing dresses, swimsuits and pants held together precariously by ultra-thin straps – or “silk” – the look has become a trademark of up-and-coming designers such as Nensi Dojaka and Supriya Lele, and is worn by actors Julia Fox, Zendaya and half the cast of Love Island.
There are sites devoted to evaluating the "dental look", according to Nurse. org, Figs is the best brand of scrubs, while YouTube has hundreds of tutorials for "scrub reviews" Figs actual sales and from the most expensive Italian brand
The longest waiting list this season isn't for a Birkin bag, a Dyson ventilator or even an iPhone 14. It's for a dentist appointment . So it stands to reason that the fashion industry is encouraging us to start dressing like one.
Immaculate one-button lab coats with pointed lapels opened the summer catwalks at Balmain, Courrèges and were also a key look for the late designer, Issey Miyake. The neon plexiglass goggles, designed to protect the eyes from splashing water or flying scale, look alarmingly similar to oversized acetate sunglasses from Versace and Kanye West's Yeezy Gap collaboration. Even white Dansko clogs, the NHS shoe of choice, have competition in a new line of industry-approved Birkenstock 'super Birki' polyurethane clogs that are selling out steadily among non-NHS workers.
>But it was the dental term "floss" that sowed the seed. Emerging on TikTok, as these things often do, and referencing dresses, swimsuits and pants held together precariously by ultra-thin straps – or “silk” – the look has become a trademark of up-and-coming designers such as Nensi Dojaka and Supriya Lele, and is worn by actors Julia Fox, Zendaya and half the cast of Love Island.
There are sites devoted to evaluating the "dental look", according to Nurse. org, Figs is the best brand of scrubs, while YouTube has hundreds of tutorials for "scrub reviews" Figs actual sales and from the most expensive Italian brand
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