The lightweight polyester dries quickly, especially when it’s outside in the heat, so the poncho never feels too waterlogged or heavy. The thin material also makes it the ideal travel towel ...

The American designer told Yahoo Style on Wednesday, November 2, that the 21-year-old Hadid wore a poncho in his fall 2015 fashion show because she wasn’t “quite as thin” as the other models.

Unless the fabric is exquisite or the wearer excessively thin, the poncho’s room-enough-for-two cut, rather than hiding figure flaws, makes most women look bulky and misshapen—like “loose ...

“So they put a red, white and blue poncho on her. It covered a lot of her body, unfortunately, but it received millions of hits.” Hadid was thin enough by that fall to appear in a skimpy ...