There is nothing knew in fashion...
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Dpl
It's strange to see how a person's style alters within a lifetime, how each year can transform an individuals taste in clothing. You never really realise this until you dig out the old photo albums, the ones where you look at the majority of photo's ans ask yourself that same question 'What the hell was I thinking?' I t goes to say, that without a doubt fashion is constantly evolving, and each decade of the past hundred years has brought us a very different look, from pencil skirts to punk there was by far a lot more room for a fashion error that any other of the safer centuries.
But what has this century got to offer? I sit really true that we have entered the conventional, that people have lived the mistakes of the past and are not prepared to re-enter such a horrific memory? Or are we just going to revive them, mimic the past yet do it better? We have the experience and knowledge they didn't possess at the time, we can merge the looks that they were yet to create. Ideally we can make the 21st century a bigger, better and more stylish century that the last with an equal amount of seasonal transformation and stylish flexibility.
But what has this century got to offer? I sit really true that we have entered the conventional, that people have lived the mistakes of the past and are not prepared to re-enter such a horrific memory? Or are we just going to revive them, mimic the past yet do it better? We have the experience and knowledge they didn't possess at the time, we can merge the looks that they were yet to create. Ideally we can make the 21st century a bigger, better and more stylish century that the last with an equal amount of seasonal transformation and stylish flexibility.
The latter idea seems to already be in motion, it may have taken a few years to do so but of late there are definite traces of the past on both our catwalks and high streets. Take last year's printed legging's and harem pants, it was like re-living MC Hammer's 'Can't Touch This' music video without the added cringe factor, the perfect example of how we are prepared as a nation to adapt to the many style variation placed in front of us. On a larger scale there have been the constant restoration of modified trends, grunge for instance has been knocking at our doors for some time ans has become a favourite amongst the young A-list, both Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have adopted a more polished version of the trend as their signature style amongst many others. The same can be said with the 20's look of sophistication, with Chanel consistently channelling the ere and so many designers looking to them for inspiration it's an undertone never off the catwalk and consequently the red carpet.
The question is are we going to do this revitalisation of style in a more tasteful, less severe manor than before? Or is that just an illusion, are we too going to be able to look back in the same way our parents did and ask that identical question out of a similar disgust? Honestly, I hope so!
