In fashion terms, however, the flag’s biggest starring role recently was during Dua Lipa‘s victory performance at the Brits. The singer had an Amy Winehouse beehive hairdo and wore a Vivienne Westwood union jack suit jacket, decorated with chains and worn as a dress. Later, in her Future Nostalgia medley performance, she ripped it off to reveal a similarly patterned skirt. On the surface, it was a cleverly knowing performance: a postmodern sartorial pop-culture bomb that connected the eras of the Who to Ginger Spice. A V for victory for sure, but, in 2021, after Brexit, the increasing momentum in Scotland for independence and a legacy of far-right associations, can it really be worn with only one context and meaning?
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Maybe she likes to be patriotic. I know that is not allowed any more.
