Is fashion's eternal optimism waning? Not for many years has the colour - or lack thereof - black been so prevalent in fashion month's autumn/winter collections.
The past few seasons have been full of headache-inducing brights, attempting to convince us that this will be the year the economic climate improves. "You'll be spending your money on me before the season's out!", screamed the yellow Versace mini dress. "Distract yourself from your money woes with our highlighter hues!", came the cry from Christopher Kane's neon army. Even this season's pastels are encouraging us to overindulge on their sickly sweetness, like when you've eaten an entire bag of Haribo Starmix in under a minute and you fear to move in case you see them again (... just me then?).
This autumn/winter show season designers have realised that escaping the recession will be a long, hard slog, after the Bank of England predicted a "slow and uncertain" 2012 (The Guardian, 2012). Almost every collection contained at least one all-black outfit - from Prada's uncharacteristic sombre silhouettes, to Versace's return to their former vampy glory, and Alexander McQueen's hairy mammoths.
One thing is for certain: the textures are varied, and the textiles are luxurious. These designers are not playing it entirely safe, not just yet.
Collage by me, images from style.com
Brilliant post... witty and very interesting.... wonder will they lower their prices too so we can all have a bit of highend??
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Brilliant post... witty and very interesting.... wonder will they lower their prices too so we can all have a bit of highend??
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Didn't mean to hit anonymous in the first comment.. love your blog by the way :-)
ReplyDeleteThis post is so funny! I love your writing style. "Alexander McQueen's hairy mammoths" is gold!
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Love the collage. Mad skills yo. I detest black though, I know it's tres un-fashiony of me but it's just soooo dark and it has evil connotations.
ReplyDeletePlus my hair is black, so it's too much.
I love this summer's tropical brights.
What's your stance on black?
Very well written post. REBLOG!!!! Xxxxx
Really great post, and that collage is awesome!
ReplyDeleteI do love a bit of black, and I do love seeing all black on girls, it can be so striking!
Drea xo
Thanks all!
ReplyDeleteI completely failed to mention MY opinion on black! I realise for many people it's a staple, but I can take or leave it. I am partial to black leather clothing, however, and black in varying textures.
Marian, highly doubt there will be any price lowering, but we can dream!
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