Some people own the same pair of trousers in multiple colors. Perhaps multiple versions of that knit sweater, too. Addison Rae, on the other hand, considers a skin-tight latex dress to be an essential part of her capsule wardrobe.
At the Variety Hitmakers event in Los Angeles on Friday, Rae wore a blush Atsuko Kudo dress—making it her second dress in this exact design. Although constructed in a fabric as subversive as latex, the silhouette was almost trad wife-ian in vibe. The dress featured an ankle-length flare skirt and retro-style puff sleeves. Rae leaned even further into her outfit’s contradiction with the styling. She paired her dress with matching finger-less gloves in latex—short enough to show off her black nail polish, no less—and slipped on a pair of white grandma heels to complete the look.
Rae wore her first version of this Atsuko Kudo number (which the London-based label has dubbed as the “Alejandra” dress) during a performance at the Grammy Museum in October. On that occasion, she opted for an all-black version, which she paired with nude Louboutin heels and a black blindfold.
With Rae’s penchant for fashion risk-taking in mind, it shouldn’t be too striking that her idea of a wardrobe “basic” is something as subversive as a latex dress.
