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August 14th 2006 09:57
Not many common folk have the sway to start a fashion trend. It generally takes a big-name fashion house or celebrity to really start something that sweeps a demographic. However, I often see totally stylin' gals and guys on the street wearing something I really like, and then a couple of months later - wham, it's in fashion and everyone has it! Here are a few examples of garments, outfits or styles that aren't necessarily trends per se, but I can see them becoming so in the future, once fashion houses and eventually chain stores catch on and begin churning them out.
The English have interesting style - I love the fluoro green shoes pictured here! I'm totally in love with fluoro colours a la the 80's, particularly for shoes, but can never find them anywhere. I think this will change though, as the 80's fashion revival becomes ever more popular.
House music is peaking in popularity right now in Italy, and a new style of "house fashion" has emerged to complement it. It's most prevalent in Milan clubs, where patrons dress in neon colours and bright patterns. It's reminiscent of the punk/electro look, but has been refashioned to include the currently popular bug eye sunnies, which are ALWAYS worn, even indoors and at night time. The style also features a lot of childish accessories, such as the tiara and star-spangled necklace pictured here. I haven't seen this exact look on the runway yet but it's definitely something to look out for.
Love this man's outfit on the right! The grandpa cardigan is great, and the eclectic way he's teamed it with a shirt/tie and skinny jeans is just so individual. I'm not sure whether this will make it as a mainstream trend, but it's certainly a stylish look that will at least turn some heads.
Stureplan is said to be the centre of Swedish fashion, a statement I'm not well-informed enough to confirm. However, being a big fan of the country bumpkin-style checked/flannel shirt, I will at least give this chickadee a bit thumbs up for her outfit and the best accessory she could have chosen - a megawatt smile. Ruralwear will be in one day...I feel it in my bones.
I think more guys should wear scarves - I don't understand why it's restricted to homo-/metrosexual men. It doesn't appear at all feminine to me and it has a great practical purpose in cooler weather too. Admittedly, this is a common accessory on menswear runways already, so my guess as to why it hasn't taken off with men on the street is that most guys are either too afraid to break out of the menswear mould that society has made, are satisfied just conforming to what others are wearing, or simply don't care. Each to their own I guess! I think it'll become more widespread once boys begin to push their boundaries a bit more.
Image sources: London Street Fashion, due.zero, ThreeThousand, and Stureplan.se.
Shoreditch (London Street Fashion)
Milan house fashion (due.zero)
Melbourne (ThreeThousand)
Stureplan (Stureplan.se)
Melbourne (ThreeThousand)
Image sources: London Street Fashion, due.zero, ThreeThousand, and Stureplan.se.
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jon I agree, it probably has a lot to do with the colder weather in the UK. But it gets pretty cold over here in the dead of winter too! Except some guys seem to prefer to expose their rugged manly necks to the biting wind rather than wear a snuggly scarf!
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