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sect appeal
September 21, 2015

Introducing Cultcore: A Caftan for Every Day of the Week

By Véronique Hyland

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Photo: Imaxtree; Courtesy of Rachel Comey

There are cult fashion items — like, for example, Margiela’s cloven-hoofed Tabi boots and Issey Miyake’s Bao bags — that have outlasted season after season of trends. And then there are cult fashion items — meaning the preponderance of drapey caftans, standard-issue jumpsuits, and vacant expressions seen on the New York runways this past week. After the Cut’s own Allison P. Davis coined the term, we saw #cultcore popping up everywhere we looked, from Rachel Comey’s blissed-out moon commune dwellers to Hood by Air’s cult-y take on Thing One and Thing Two.

Click through the slideshow to see the most-cultcore looks from New York Fashion Week.

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Ryan Roche Loose silhouettes please our intergalactic overlords. Photo: Courtesy of Ryan Roche
Rachel Comey Close your eyes and envision a more just world, one with lots of roomy jumpsuits. Photo: Courtesy of Rachel Comey
Kaelen All that's missing is the tambourine. Photo: Courtesy of Kaelen
Hood by Air Where else do people wear identical floor-length T-shirt dresses? Photo: Imaxtree
Givenchy She who wears the golden orb must be obeyed. Photo: Imaxtree
Brock Collection Communewear, pre–Labor Day edition. Photo: Courtesy of Brock
Adam Lippes For the true believer who wants to show a little leg. Photo: Courtesy of Adam Lippes
Rosetta Getty For the true believer who wanted to show a little leg, then remembered she hadn't shaved in a while.
Suno The Leader says dresses over pants are totally coming back.
Rhié For the high priestess who shops at Otte.
Creatures of Comfort Amity Faction chic. Photo: Imaxtree
Eckhaus Latta This guy. Photo: Daniele Oberrauch/Imaxtree
Baja East For the chill kind of cult that lets you leave once a year to go to Bonnaroo. Photo: ANDREA ADRIANI/andrea.adriani@gmail.com
Babyghost Commune casual. Photo: indigitalimages.com
threeASFOUR In which Bastian from The NeverEnding Story undergoes a confused adolescence.
Public School Dharma Initiative realness.
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