2 New Street Trends
The Japanese street trends are pretty hot and inspired for spring 2010 runway. The designers got the ideas from youth’s street outfit in Harajuku and Shibuya in Tokyo and filter them in their own design.
Pattern Play
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
New Street Trends
Important 8 Street Trends
The 20th Century Street Trends
Zoot Suits
Zoot Suit is a man’s suit, which characterizes by a long loose jacket with big padded shoulder and high-waisted tapering trousers, wide-leggged, and tight-cuffed. This style was popular in 1930s and 1940s by African Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Italian Americans and Filipino Americans. It usually wears with felt hat with a long feather and French style shoes. The zoot suiter wear in special occasions, such as a dance or a birthday party. The oversized suit was an extravagant personal style and a declaration of freedom and auto-determination, although retired servicemen and the middle class viewed it as a rebellious garment for the era.
North East R&R Society, 1973, www.oldmemorieslosangeles.us
John Paul Gautier, RTW fall 2009, style.com
Teddy Boys
Portrait of Some London "Teddy Boys" , 1954S, Bettmann/CORBIS
The Teddyboy emerged in the 1950s as Britain was coming to the end of post-war austerity and represented the first face of British youth culture..Teddy Boys are an English youth subculture that created a distinctive style by wearing clothes inspired by the Edwardian period that the tailors of Savile Row attempted to reintroduce after world war two. The Teddy Boys came about as a result of a newspaper headline that shortened Edward to Teddy and subsequently to Teddy Boys. The clothing that the Teddy Boys wore was designed to shock their parents' generation. It consisted of an Edwardian style drape jacket, much too 'camp' for a working class man, suede Gibson shoes with thick crepe soles, narrow 'drainpipe' trousers, a smart shirt and a loud tie - usually of the 'Slim Jim' or bootlace type.
Louis Vuitton, spring 2010, style.com
Topshop, spring 2009 RTW, style.com
Beatniks
Beatniks are part of a sociocultural movement in the 1950s and early 1960s that subscribed to an anti-materialistic lifestyle in the wake of World War II. The typical beatnik look characterized by loose-fitting hooped T-shirt, black beret, goatee beard, sunglasses, poetry book in hand; for chicks, subtract the beard and add deep fringe and heavy eye make-up. (Retrogalaxy) Fashions for women included black leotards and wearing their hair long, straight and unadorned in a rebellion against the middle-class culture of beauty salons. (Wikipedia)
The style of dress included lots of black and white, turtleneck tops, peddle-pushers for girls, tight, straight-leg trousers for men, berets, ballet pumps for girls, and dark sunglasses.
Betsey Johnson, RTW fall 2008, style.com
Mui Mui, RTW fall 2005, style.com
Mods
Young Women in Mod London Fashions
On a London street, one young woman defies fashion by continuing to wear the miniskirwhile two other young women wear the newer maxiskirt in 1967, December 20,1967,CORBIS.com
Mod is a subculture that originated in London in the late 1950s and became popular in the early 1960s. Mod characterized by tailor-made Italian suits, mohair clothes, thin ties, button-down collar shirts, wool sweaters, and pointed-toe leather shoes.Female mods dressed in men’s trousers or shirts, flat shoes, put on little make-up and had short haircuts. They pushed the boundaries with miniskirts which got progressively shorter between the early and mid-1960’s. As the female mod fashion became more commercialized, slender model Twiggy beganwearing the high-fashion mod look in the 1960's. (Wikipedia)
Lacoste, RTW spring 2009, style.com
Abaete, Fall 2007 RTW, style.com
Meditating Hippie, Cape Town, South Africa, 1967
Hippie is a subculture that originally began in United Stated during 1960s by a youth movement. Hippie culture spread worldwide through a fusion of rock music, folk, blues, and psychedelic rock. Hippies often chose brightly color clothing and the styles for the most part were loose and non-constricting. Styles are bell-bottom pants, vests, tie-dyed garments, dashikis, peasant blouses, and long, full skirts with nature-inspired patchwork, African and Latin American prints, and several other accessories.
Dries Van Noten, spring 2008 RTW, style.com
Rich Hippie, NY fashion week spring 2009, instyle.com
Matthew Williamson (far left), Diane von Furstenberg (center), Anna Sui (right).
Disco
Set of Sergent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in Disco Fashion
September 1978, Michael Childers/Sygma,
www.Corbis.com
Disco looks began in the 1970s and was memorable for its hot pants look and Spandex tops. Shiny clinging Lycra stretch disco pants in hot strident shiny colours with stretch sequin bandeau tops were often adaptations of professional modern dance wear that found itself making an impact in discos as disco dancing became serious. Gold lame, leopard skin and stretch halter jumpsuits and white clothes that glowed in Ultra Violet lights capture the 70s Disco fashion perfectly. (Fashion-era)
Balmian, spring 2010 RTW, style.com
Punk
Mana-sama Punk Style Cosplay by Fallen Angle, www.deviantart.com
Punk first emerged in the mid 1970s in London as an anarchic and aggressive movement. Street punks usually have the most colorful of outfits, out of all forms of punk. Usually street punks wear leather jackets or denim jackets with studs and band logos or beliefs either painted or sewn on. Street punks also usually wear plaid pants, or tight stretch jeans, along with boots like doc martens. "Mohawks" and "Liberty Spikes" are among the many hair styles worn, as well as hair dyed radical colors.
Vivienne Westwood, spring 2010, style.com
Hip Hop
Hip hop clothes were originated with African American youth in Los Angles, New York, Chicago, and Philidelphia. Hip hop clothes firstly worn by big hip hop stars like Run-DMC and LL Cool J in the 1980s. They were wearing big glasses, many rings, sneakers with ‘phat’ shoelaces, Big gold necklaces, and jewellery.. The haircut was another symbol of the hip hop trend: some singers were having Jheri curls; others had hi-top fade. But the Black Pride movement was the most powerful trend of the hip hop culture in the ‘80s. It was symbolized by dreadlocks, Africa chains and black-green-and-red hip hop clothes.
Alexander Wang, fall 2007 RTW, style.com
Missoni, Fall 2009 RTW, style.com
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Historical & Artisitic styles
1. American Underdress
American Underdress, ca. 1827. White cotton and broderie anglaise trim. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
This underdress is poised between a period of classicism, with its columnar silhouette, and eclectic romanticism, with its burgeoning skirt forms. Made of plain white cotton with an applied hem of broderie anglaise, the dress has been trimmed with fine self-piping along the seamlines of its bodice. Originally catalogued as a finished dress because of its fully constructed sleeves and the fineness of its detailed workmanship, it was more likely intended to be worn under another dress of some transparency.
2. Memento Mori Necklace
Simon Costin. “Memento Mori” Necklace, 1986. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
The necklace is a black synthetic tulle with jet-bead and rock-crystal embroidery, two bird claws, carved black wood beads, and three rabbit skulls with hematite eyes. Simon Costin inspired by decadent literature of the late nineteenth century. His used of taxidermy, seemingly retrieved from some obsessional collector’s cabinet, and his incorporation of materials evocative of the late Victorian cult of mourning are poised between poetic morbidity and necromantic glamour.
3. Chinese Garden
Designer-Philip Treacy for Alexander Macqueen, Spring 2005, Chinese Garden.
Philip Treacy’s hat is exquisite sculptures. His work is characterized by the virtuosity of his technique and imagination. This Chinese garden refers to the popularity of Chinoiserie in the eighteenth century and to the 1770s fashion for elaborate landscapes constructed in the topography of a woman’s heroically sculpted hair.
4. Crorodile Rock
Red silk tulle with crocodile appliqué. In this garment, from his ready-to-wear collection at Christian Dior, Galliano inspired by the late 1920s, when the knee-baring chemise was transitioning into the bias cut languor of the 1930s.
5. YSL dress
Designer- Yves Saint Laurant, 2002 collection, Mondrain's artwork 1960s.Yves Saint Laurant sack dress was inspired by Mondrain's artwork. He created the ideal field of color blocked. He was a master colorist, able to mix green, blue, rose and yellow in one outfit to achieve an effect that was artistic and never garish.
6. YSL dress
Yves Saint Laurent fashion headquarters, Paris in 2004. Photograph: JEAN-PIERRE MULLER/AFP/Getty Images
Yves Saint Laurent inspired this dress by Andy Warhol art, which is colorful and focusing on pop art. The dress is mix of violet contrasting with women shape in pink color like the Andy Warhol art.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Geneology Of Heels
1970s
Platform shoes become popular in 1970s and the era of John Travolta’s Cuban-heeled. The 1970s in general were a time of experimentation of drugs, sex and, of course, fashion. Cynicism abounded as various cultures and subcultures vied for public attention. Men as well as women would dress to shock, often wearing platform shoes reminiscent of the ancient kothorni.
The late 18th century
Trend toward lower heels had much to do with the French Revolution. During the revolution, high heels became acquainted with the luxury. As a result, most people wished to avoid a symbol of wealth, which was remarkable in the elimination of heels from the common market for both men and women. In the French Revolution heels become lower than at any time in the 18th century.
Trend toward lower heels had much to do with the French Revolution. During the revolution, high heels became acquainted with the luxury. As a result, most people wished to avoid a symbol of wealth, which was remarkable in the elimination of heels from the common market for both men and women. In the French Revolution heels become lower than at any time in the 18th century.
1660
In the early 1700s, the heels represented wealth and symbol status for both men and women. France's King Louis XIV (The Sun King) would often wear intricate heels decorated with miniature battle scenes. Called “Louis heels,” they were often as tall as five inches. The king decreed that only nobility could wear heels that were colored red and that no one's heels could be higher than his own.
1533
In 1533, the first women's heel designed to lengthen the legs. They were most notably worn by Catherine d'Medici for her wedding, at age 14, to make her appear two inches taller. Also around this time Mary Tudor began to wear high heels.The high heel may have been invented by Leonardo da Vinci.
Approximate 200 BC
In 200 BC the heel made the way into the world of fashion among Roman actors with the arrival of wood and cork platform soles called kothorni. The kothorni give the advantage of height.
Approximated 4,000 BC, Ancient Egyptian
Some of the earliest pictures of shoes were seen on ancient Egyptian around 4,000 BC. These were pieces of leather laced onto the feet or sandals made of woven rushes. It is thought that Egyptian butchers would wear a heeled shoe to keep their feet away from the gore involved in their job.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Compilation of Historical Styles
Classical Revival
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Alexander Macqueen, Fall 2008, ParisThis dress was inspired by Ancient Greek. The dress was low cut neck with the high waist, and long dress.
Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck and his family, 1801-1802, Classical Revival Period-1895-1950
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Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck and his family, 1801-1802, Classical Revival Period-1895-1950 The women wore thin gauzy outer dresses. The dresses were high waist with the loow cut neck and long skirt reaching the floor inspired by Greek in Empire Gown.
Thai costume for Rocket Festival, May 16, 2005, Yasothon Thailand
Folklore
Thai costume for Rocket Festival, May 16, 2005, Yasothon ThailandThe dresses use for celebrating Rocket Festival, which is a merit-making ceremony traditionally practiced throughout Northeast Thailand by many villages near the beginning of rainy season.
Hippie,San Francisco, Ancient Period-early 1960s
The hippie was originally a youth movement that began in the United Stated during the early 1960s and spread around the world. The word hippie come from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. The hippie garment is worn by a group of people, who has a culture as a myriad forms such as health foods, music festivals and contemporary sexual mores.
Ethnic
Christian Dior, Spring 2008, Paris
The exquisite geometric dress was look like Kimono. The Japanese hair style also blend with the dress give the feeling of modern Japanese garments. John Galliano used the characteristic of Kimono dress for Western fashion.
Alexander Macqueen, Fall 2008, Paris.
This dress from Alexander Macqueen inspired by Medieval garment. It's a long
The kimono is the traditional clothing of Japan. Kimono styles have changed significantly from one period of history to another, with many different types of kimonos worn by men, women and children in Japan today. The cut, color, fabric and decorations of a kimono may vary according to the sex, age and marital status of the wearer, the season of the year and the occasion for which the kimono is worn.Today, a Japanese woman usually owns only one kimono, which she wears for her coming of age ceremony on her 20th birthday. For weddings, a complete bridal kimono and accompanying apparel are usually rented.
Classical Garments
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Alexander Macqueen, Fall 2008, Paris.This dress inspired by Classical Greek garment. It's very feminine by long sheer dress and draping.
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The Classical garment of Ancient Greek clothing consisted of lengths of wool or linen, generally rectangular and secured at the shoulders with ornamented pins called fibulae and belted with a sash. Typical garments were the peplos, a loose robe worn by women; the chlamys, a cloak worn by men; and the chiton, a tunic worn by both men and women. Men’s chitons hung to the knees, whereas women’s chitons fell to their ankles. A long cloak called a himation was worn over the peplos or chlamys.
Medieval Garments
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Alexander Macqueen, Fall 2007, Paris
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Charles d'Orleans (1394-1465) and Mary of Cleves (1426-1487) under a canopy. Tapestry from a Brussels workshop. 1470.Location :Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France. Ancient Period-11th-13th centuries.
Medieval clothing varied according to the social status of the people. The clothing worn by nobility and upper classes was clearly different than the lower class. Early medieval women's clothing consisted of "kirtles", which were tunics worn to their ankles. These tunics were often worn over a shirt. When the women were in public, they often topped the tunics with an even shorter "kirtle." Of course the more affluent women wore more luxurious clothing than those of the less affluent lifestyle. Women, especially those who were married, wore tight-fitting caps and nets over their hair, which was wound in a "bun" on their heads. Other women wore veils over their hair, which was left either hanging loosely, or braided tightly.
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