Saturday, 26 March 2011

50's Glamour & Rockabilly - Fall 2010 Trend

An array of classic looks emerged with glamourous results in fall collections of 2010. Designers like Nina Ricci, Christina Hendricks, Louis Vuitton, Dolce & Gabbana, Prada and Christian Dior sent 1950’s glamour down their runways, featuring feminine, hour-glass silhouettes, full skirts and occasionally the garments were paired with edgy, rockabilly elements. The presence of this feminine, ‘voluptuous-body-embracing’ trend was made highly recognizable through Louis Vuitton’s campaign which has been embraced by high-fashion magazines for many months leading up to and during the peak of this trend. This new look also encouraged full-bodied models, like Dutch model, Lara Stone, to present a strong rebuttal toward the ‘stick-skinny’ models featured in previous seasons. 



The 50's glamour/rockabilly trend can be seen in this look through the full, checked skirt, taken from the classic hour-glass silhouette, with a lace bodice on top which adds a rockabilly look. The creeper shoes also add to the rockabilly twist on the classic, 50's glamour look. 

Light And White - Spring 2011 Trend

Leaving the blacks which were strong and what seemed to be unassailable back in fall of 2008, spring 2011 is fostering the induction of the optimistic, feminine and minimalistic nature of whites and pastels to the trend colour palette. This trend supports a fresh and positive outlook in light of the Great Financial Crisis which devastated the fashion industry.
Such designers as; Ann Demeulemeester, Celine, Pedro Lourenço and Ralph Lauren encompassed the look into their 2011 collections. Whilst, very surpisingly, Alexander Wang and Rick Owens, dropped their trademark dark tone colour palette for this fresh and youthful new trend in their spring ready-to-wear 2011 collections.


The crisp and soft long gown shows the trend very clearly, with help from the soft, apricot-pink slip underneath. 

Experimental Prints - Spring 2011 Trend

Experimental prints made a bold entrance, spring 2011. The trend was highly distinct in a wide array of spring collections from large designers, such as; Prada, Givenchy, Roberto Cavalli, Moschino, Mary Katrantzou and Marco Zanini. Christopher Kane and Australian designer, Karla Spetic, exhibited experimentation of print before the explosion of this trend, with the use of digital print in Kane’s resort 2010 collection and Spetic’s summer 2010 collection. 
As we all know, in fashion, trends must always contradict the previous seasons to create new and innovative looks. Experimental print acted as a revolt toward the minimalist nature of fall 2010. Spring 2011 called for fun and positivity to alleviate the depression and negativity the fashion world felt due to the GFC, this was made extremely evident through this trend. 




This skirt, from Karla Spetic's resort 2010 collection (as mentioned above) incorporates the experimental trend through digital print. 





Bibliography 

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