Fall 2013 Trend
Carolina Herrera Oscar de la Renta
Dolce & Gabbana Christian Dior
As
I devour this month’s latest issue of Preview
magazine, womenswear designer Dax Bayani said that “Fashion is all about
reinventing the classics and breathing new life into the clothes”. His
assertion lead me back to the recent Fall 2013 collections given that some of the
designers (from New York, Paris, and Milan) executed various silhouettes
from the 40’s. Why did they carry out such thing? Maybe because some of the 40’s elements
can still be incorporated into a modern wardrobe or the answer might be on what
Dax Bayani just stated: remaking what’s old.
Marc Jacobs Lanvin
But
of course it was a full-of-fun-invention the designers have accomplished just
like what Raf Simons did on Christian
Dior. The “New Look” or the classic Bar suit, introduced in 1947,
corresponded with wide-leg pants this time around. There were also knee-length
and mid-calf dresses that would bring you back on the emerging of legs in the
40’s and nipped waist suits in Oscar de
la Renta and Dolce & Gabbana,
the puffed shoulders in Carolina Herrera,
Lanvin, and Ralph Lauren, the double-breasted fastening on coats and zipped
overcoats on Miu Miu, and the feline
slip dresses at Marc Jacobs.
Miu Miu Ralph Lauren
From
here, you would realize that reinvention comes with ingenuity, imagination, and
creativity of one’s mind to integrate it into contemporary clothing. That, of
course, also approaches the women’s style for the upcoming season. The only
point that a lady must remember is that she have many options to pick to have a
dash of 40’s look into her wardrobe. And the technique to construct it into fresher
look is just adding up the perfect accessories like a statement heel or chunky
platform; horn rimmed glasses or if you want it to be more classy, a “cat’s eye”
shape is not to be faulted.
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