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Roxy Jacenko Stuns Sydney Wearing $1,400 Balenciaga Towel Skirt at Lunch

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On a bustling Wednesday in Sydney’s city center, I opted for an unconventional yet playful ensemble: a cozy terrycloth bath towel draped casually around my waist.

44-year-old fashion icon donned the black adaptation of Balenciaga’s AUD 1,400 “beach towel skirt,” a piece that garnered unwanted attention when it debuted on the catwalk during Paris Fashion Week in 2023.

As a devoted follower, I matched my sleek, compact black bath towel with a snug, cropped black top, and completed the ensemble with timeless high heels.

She typically wore a sparkling head full of golden highlights and a newly applied sun-kissed glow, carrying her laptop and car keys in one hand while pausing to capture the moment with a selfie inside the elevator.

She labeled the images with the phrase “‘the towel skirt,'” accompanied by a combination of laughter and tears emojis, playfully mocking this peculiar fashion trend.

Despite being known as Sydney’s top PR expert, she dared to wear a towel skirt in the bustling city during lunchtime, treating her social media agency team to a midweek meal at the revamped Golden Century restaurant, on this particular Wednesday.

The Towel Skirt debuted in Balenciaga’s Spring 2024 collection.

This particular design, made from terry cotton fabric, is a stylish knee-length piece with two waistline fasteners and an internal, adjustable belt for comfort.

At Vogue’s London office, staff member Julia Hobbs tested out the first ‘towel skirt’ for an entire day and enthusiastically expressed her less-than-favorable opinion about what seemed to be an absurd fashion piece.

If interpreting the towel skirt symbolically, it seems to suggest a contemporary yearning to prolong the transitional stage of our daily routine – those quiet moments before we’re hit with the onslaught of news, emails, and other distractions.

‘Swaddled in a bath towel, we get to suspend the outside world a while longer.’

From a devoted admirer’s perspective, if you were to strip it down to the essentials, removing the flexible internal belt and the dual waistline fasteners, it mirrors nothing more than an everyday bath towel you’d find nestled in your linen closet.

Pondering on the aesthetics, Roxy titled a detailed photo of her skirt, accompanied by a face-palm emoji, revealing a delicate designer label gracefully positioned on her slender legs.

The creator of Sweaty Betty has a reputation for lavishly spending on high-end clothing and extravagant accessories.

At Balenciaga.com, the item is marked as “dry clean only,” which could potentially surprise some staff members at your local dry cleaning service.

This item is also referred to as a ‘standard fit’, and it will conform closely to your body just like the towels you have at home.

The well-known Spanish fashion brand has often playfully poked fun at the fashion world, becoming notorious for designs such as the Croc high heel, the purse shaped like a bag of Lays chips, and shoes that appear to be ‘damaged’ (meaning they are intentionally made to look broken).

It might not have been surprising to add a clasp to a bath towel and set a high price, but surprisingly enough, it instantly gained worldwide attention.

If there’s anything Roxy loves more than a pricey accessory, it’s creating a noteworthy occasion.

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2025-03-20 03:35

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