On the Hunt for Hair-Matching Earmuffs à la Hunter Schafer

This winter, fashion’s most adventurous heads are getting a little more imaginative with their cold-weather accessories—and Hunter Schafer has made her statement headgear a part of her excellent press tour fashions.

The actor, currently promoting her forthcoming sci-fi series Blade Runner 2099, has been having plenty of fun with the futuristic, otherworldly aesthetic of the franchise. For a recent press junket, she and stylist Dara dipped into the archives for a look from Undercover’s fall 2007 collection: a ribbed, patchwork knit with tiny cable-knit shorts, gray thigh-high socks, and a pair of fuzzy blonde-brown earmuffs that matched her hair.

Back in 2007, Undercover’s Jun Takahashi was thinking about the unpredictability of the climate crisis, and how to dress for a world of increasingly extreme and erratic weather. “You can’t tell whether a winter’s going to be warm or freezing,” he told Vogue’s Sarah Mower at the time. His answer was NASA-derived technology incorporated into temperature-responsive coat linings and waterproofing techniques applied to knitwear and wool. The collection was full of deceptively practical innovations hidden within the designs, from abbreviated shorts worn over woolly tights to elaborate knitwear and those off-beat earmuffs. Nearly two decades later, the concept feels even more prescient. And for Schafer and Allen, currently exploring the dystopian, environmentally ravaged world of Blade Runner, it adds to their expansive sartorial storytelling.

Photo: Dara

Photo: Dara