Monday, July 23, 2018

Only Lauryn Hill Could Make a Big Tulle Skirt and Cowboy Hat Work Together



Lauryn Hill’s tour for the 20th anniversary of her debut solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, has proven to be a nonstop parade of colorful looks. She wore a pastel patterned Marc Jacobs ensemble (turban included) to her show at Harlem’s Apollo Theater a few months back, and just the other weekend she layered two Balenciaga pieces—a canary yellow blouse and a wraparound floral dress—underneath a massive tulle skirt. And lest you think that her admiration for the Demna Gvasalia–helmed brand needs to be made any more explicit, she added a surprisingly casual finishing touch with a hot-pink baseball cap with the label’s name printed in black font.

Hill’s latest look once again adds an unexpected twist to an otherwise girlish white tulle skirt. Performing at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago over the weekend, the singer-songwriter wore a black cowboy hat and layered a boxy striped polo shirt atop the voluminous garment. Even when Hill repeats an element of an outfit, she makes it look completely fresh—and who else could make tulle skirt look fit for the frontier?