The farther I progress in my degree, the more I notice about clothing, trends, and overall fashion and style. I guess this means I'm learning stuff, right? While looking at the trend report on style.com for Spring of 2009, I noticed some of the influences that designers had and expressed in their collection. Style.com names these trends as the following:
Depression Chic
Geometry Lessons
Goddess Worship
Marrakech Express
Sporting Goods
Trash and Vaudeville
Right off hand, I was biased after looking at the first few showcase pieces for Geometry Lessons, Sporting Goods, and Trash and Vaudeville. Seen it before, overly done, or just not plain interested. All-American, despite who the designers may be, came to my head with some of them, and that's just not what grabs my attention in clothing. Goddess Worship I can deal with because I'm hoping it means maxi dresses will still be in style (although I doubt it, I've already read that they weren't going to be... sadly), but it was Marrakech Express and Depression Chic that really grabbed my attention.
I'm glad to see that the ongoing wars dealing with Iraq, Iran, and neighboring countries has began to influence more than just our television. The Marrakech Express is full of vibrant, flowing fabrics that would made Aladdin go in for a makeover. While style.com more emphasised on the Moroccan and "Ali Baba meets Ralph Lauren" side of it, it was the model wrapped in a turban that sold me. The women of those waring countries are just as beautiful as any other, and just to know that they're being noticed enough to have even the slightest influence on a runway made me kind of smile. Why shouldn't we be exploring other cultural dress, even if it of a restricted religious type?
Now, my personal favorite and the one I think everyone should take special notice of this season is the 20's and 30's inspired Depression Chic. I'll admit, when I first saw the title I assumed that more of those annoying Emo-goth-chic trends were continuing (and worse, taking the runway), but after taking a closer look I was glad to see that I was wrong. These peices are heavily influced by the very similar economic age of our nation's history, the Great Depression, and showcase the flapper look alongside the modest, almost reclusive, rebuilding of the 1930's. Sound similar to anything happening in our country right now? The image displayed is from Burberry Prorsum, and accurately displays what our Nation is going through right now.
I could go on and on about why that is, but maybe I'll save it for a later post.
Information and image from Style.com.
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