US Vogue reports a supposed trend in women’s apparel: long skirt lengths for day wear, short skirt lengths for evening.

The events they have for this imaginary woman:

11 am “Meet the Clients”
“Ann Demeulemeester’s lean, lanky whites would command respect at, say, a SF architect’s draft presentation.”

9pm “Curtain Up”
“Opening night at the Tribeca Film Festival”

11pm “The Boom Boom Room”
“pint size party girls” enjoying “Hudson River views from a cozy leather banquette”

2pm “Weekend Poetry Reading”
“offbeat romance” “unexpectedly revealing or concealing underthings”

10am “The White House”
“Easter lawn party”

7pm “Table for Two”
“sharing usuzukuri sashimi with your date in South Beach”

3am “Chateau Marmont”
“roof deck of the hush-hush penthouse suite”

9am “Dotting Yourts”
“Impress your new editor”

3pm “Fielding Pitches”
“authority of the creative director at a marketing agency”

My favorite look in the entire magazine:  head to toe Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière.

dress $5455 belt $375 brass bracelet $465 tights $70 suede platform wedges $1495

6pm “Private Preview”
“Working the Chicago crowd at the ‘Next’ emerging-art fair”

5pm “Coachella”
“Vampire Weekend playing”

8pm “Grand Entrance”
“New Museum’s Brazilian-themed spring benefit”

As always, these women are art/music/literature enthusiasts who work in creative/media/marketing.  They travel between LA, NYC, Chicago and Miami.

I don’t imagine most women in the suggested industries (in the real world) could afford these looks.  Are they simply creating appeal for women who wish they could live like this?   and who can afford it?