High heels and an icy glare: how the Trump era brought back Dynasty dressing
What would Alexis Colby wear? This autumn, fashion is embracing the style pioneered by the 80s soap opera – and emulated by the women in the White House
Once upon a time, the most talked-about family in the US was a collection of narcissists and nepotists, a flash, brash bunch with vast, brittle egos who loved to brag about their wealth and show off their designer wardrobes. They picked high-profile fights with anyone who crossed them and kept a global audience mesmerised with their provocative put-downs.
OK, so the Carringtons didn’t try to buy Greenland or muscle their way into chats with world leaders at the G20. But the lifestyle espoused in the 80s soap opera Dynasty helped create a blueprint – in tone, aesthetic and optics – for the Trump White House. Life has now imitated art.