University of Style

Fashion is a terrific time-travel machine and one of its paradoxes is the way in which it can remix the past to create visions of the future. The batwing sleeve, also known as Dolman or Magyar, is a style statement spinning gently out of time. The sleeve can be traced back to the Middle Ages, where it was used in a loose cape-like robe — cut wide at the shoulder with deep armholes, as well as tapered wrists that give the silhouette a billowing appearance.