At Miu Miu’s 57th Street boutique, actress Joey King recently curated a selection from the house’s new collection, an exercise in personal style that also offers a window into the evolving relationship between outerwear and the undergarments that shape it. For King, the highlight was an embrace of side boob—a silhouette that recalls the daring cutouts of 1990s lingerie, when brands like La Perla began pushing boundaries with architectural lace and strategic exposure. Miu Miu, founded in 1993 by Miuccia Prada as a playful, more rebellious counterpart to Prada, has long flirted with this tension between concealment and revelation. King’s choices—denim pieces that flatter without constricting, forest green suede skirts that defy her usual aversion to calf-length hemlines—speak to a broader cultural shift toward lingerie-informed dressing. The actress noted her surprise at feeling confident in a skirt that “cuts me off at the calf,” a sentiment that echoes the lingerie industry’s own journey toward inclusive fit, from the early 20th-century corset reforms to contemporary shapewear that prioritizes comfort. Her remark that “not enough clothing gives us side boob” is a nod to the cyclical return of the bustier and the bandeau, staples of 1950s boudoir and 2000s red carpets alike. As King plans for summer weddings and pool parties, her Miu Miu picks remind us that fashion, like lingerie, is ultimately about the architecture of confidence—how we choose to frame the body, and what we reveal of it.
Originally reported by WWD