Lastest Street trend fashion

Personally, I have always been fascinated with Hong Kong street style. When I saw these two girls, I would have never thought of combining an oversized vest jersey and all-monotone-look with gladiator sandals or flat shoes; they definitely rocked it!

However, when I take closely look in the runway spring2009, I saw the oversized vest in the collections of these designers such as Alexander Wang, DKNY and Reyes.

Lastest Street trend fashion

Balloon

I has seen many people in Thailand and Hong Kong are wearing these balloon pants, dress and blouses. I think it's somehow could be the new trend that the designers has inspired into their collection.

As I seen, many designers such as Christian Dior, Antonio Berardi, Giambatista Valli, John Galliano, Chloe, Louis Vuitton (clockwise from top left) from fall 2009 fashion week used the idea of balloon pants to adapt into their collections. From the picture, you can see the knee-length tulips and micro mini bubbles to floor-length bell shapes and mini lampshades the skirts. It all had one defining factor to me "voluminous hips"

Tedy boys and high fashion

This runway outfit from Costume National spring 2006 is clearly influenced by the '50s, the style of England's Teddy boys because it's similar in these ways: a long, tailored drape jacket over a waistcoat, collar, and tie and a pair of narrow, striped trousers.

Another picture is from John Galliano spring 2007 that he had inspired by hell-bound Teddy Boys. It's similar in these ways: the frock coats, sequined denims, leopard-print shirts.

Zoot suit and high fashion

This runway outfits from John Galliano spring 2002 RTW is clearly inspiration from zoot suit look because it's similar with an imposing checkered snakeskin and denim into zoot suit.

Here's another inspiration from baggy and flowing pants in the style of 30’s ‘zoot suits’. It were present in Dior Homme fall/winter 2008.

Beatniks and high fashion

Betsey Johnson celebrated 30 years into this runway show that aimed for a "beatnik chic," She seemed to find much inspiration in the '60s and '70s, with a mod A-line minidress, hot pants, and a few off-the-shoulder founcy peasant blouses and dresses.

Another picture is from NY Fashion Week: Marc by Marc Jacobs F/W '08. The Beatnik collection was full of loveable oversized houdstooths, girly dresses and skirts, and berets.

Mods and high fashion

This runway outfit from Kenneth Cole, NY fall 2003 was clearly inspired by early-'60s mods. It's similarly because mini-dresses and skirts were worn with flat silver boots. The clean, simple collection was based around a few basic shapes.

Ben Sherman is another designer that is clearly influenced by Mods look. His new collection for Spring/Summer 2009 celebrating the brand's links with youth fashion and music, which began with the original button down, candy stripe shirts that made Ben Sherman's name with the Mod movement in the 1960s.
It's similar to Mods looks because the model is wearing the classic Mod deck chair stripe blazer. However, it has a new twist with epaulets and a button down breast pocket. It has one button, instead of the classic three. His button down shirt is a sixties style classic with wide stripes.

Hippies and high fashion runway

In this picture, Designer Julia “Lady J” Gerard 70s inspired hippies dresses with peace sign accessories at 2009’s Downtown LA Fashion Week. Her style is iconoclastic and symbolic to the Peace Movement and she prides on displaying that in each detail of her designs.

Another designer is Diane von Furstenberg. She has an inspiration from 70s hippie fashion. It's similar because the model silk flowers and feathers strung from leather cords in her loose hair, and there were all manner of sixties standbys and short tunics.

Disco and high fashion

L.A.M.B. Spring 2008 RTW had really embraced the new electro disco movement with checked mini-dress, metallic dress and black dress.

Gucci Spring 2007 is also clearly influenced by Disco. It's similar when Frida Giannin had inspired by the seventies disco : short black coats and dresses piped in purple, orange, and red and that was grounded with block-heeled flats.

Punk and high fashion runway

When I see this Empire-line in a print of dancing skeletons with the stud high heels, I think it's like high fashion meets punk rock. The runway outfit from Giles s2007 RTW is influenced by a punk fashion to me.

D&G Fall 2003 RTW was about Romantic/punk combinations with huge, dripping-off-the-shoulder blouses, miniskirts, pants and legging.

Hip Hop and high Fashion runway

Hip hop fashion has changed significantly during its history, and today it is a prominent part of popular fashion as a whole across the world and for all ethnicities.

Tommy Hilfiger was one of the most prominent brand in 1990s sportswear, though, Polo Rarph Laren, Calvin Klein, Nautica, and DKNY were also popular. When Snoop Doggy Dogg wore a Hilfiger sweatshirt during an appearance on Saturday Night Live, it sold out of New York City stores the next day. Hilfiger’s popularity was due to its perceived waspiness, which made it seem exclusive and aspirational. Moreover, Hilfiger courted the new hip hop market: black models featured prominently in the company’s advertising campaigns, and rappers like Puffy and Coolio walked during its runways shows.

Another picture is the DSquared2 Hip-Hop fashion show Spring /Summer 2009 collection in Milan. The designer has inspired from hip hop street wear trend to his collection. In this picture, you will see he's wearing the polo shirt, short pants, glasses, wristband and gold chain necklaces that are all symbolize of hip hop fashion

Zoot Suits

In the early 1940s, traditional fabrics such as silk and wool were rationed to be used for World War II soldiers uniforms and blankets. As a result, women's hemlines rose, clothes fit closer to the body, and embellishments such as pleats and cuffs were no longer found in both men's and women's clothing.

During the 1940’s, zoot suits were a favorite men’s fashion statement particularly with Mexican-Americans, African-Americans, Italian-Americans, and Filipino-Americans. Back then, it was the shock value equivalent of men wearing long hair in the mid-1960s.


zoot suit consist of

• A suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers.
  
• A long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders.
• A tailored jacket that fit body
• Shoes with rounded toes for both men and women

Teddy Boys

Traditionally 1950s' Fashion Teddy Boys or Neo-Edwardians inspired the styles of the Edwardian period. Teddy Boys made it acceptable for young people to care about what one looked like all the time and dress purely for show, instead of just having one's work or school clothes or Sunday best. This trend arose as young people's disposable income increased during the post-war years.

Teddy Boy clothing consisted of

• The "Drape" a long knee length,
  
• Single breasted wool jacket with narrow contrasting lapels and cuffs either of velvet or satin and plenty of pockets.
  
• They wore contrast or matching narrow drainpipe trousers, brocade waistcoats, stiff shirts and shoestring ties or bootlace slim Jim ties topped off with suede shoes.

Beatniks

Beatniks are part of a sociocultural movement in the 1950s and early 1960s that subscribed to an anti-materialistic lifestyle in the wake of World War II.

1960's Beatniks fashion tend to use monochrmes color and optical patterns. A 60's beatnik was all about simplicity. Retro jewelry could include some dark simple beads or tiny stud earrings. comfortable shoes with a rounded toe.

Mods

The term "Mod" comes from the word modernist. The subculture originated in London (from the beatnik lifestyle) of the 1950s. The major elements of a mod lifestyle are fashion and music. The mod scene developed in England when youths began to reject the typical British culture around them. The mod goals are to be sharp, hip, fashionable, neat and smart.

• Male mods adopted a smooth, sophisticated look that emphasized tailor-made Italian suits (sometimes white) with narrow lapels, mohair clothes, thin ties, button-down collar shirts, wool or cashmere sweaters.
  
• Female mods dressed androgynously, with short haircuts, men's trousers or shirts (sometimes their boyfriend's), flat shoes, and little makeup — often just pale foundation, brown eyeshadow, white or pale lipstick and false eyelashes.

Hippie

1960's Hippies Fashion
The handmade, natural look of the hippie movement is perfect for the counter-culture. Hippies fashion is unique to the 1960’s. The fashion line defined self-expression from across the continents. The youth indulged in apparel and accessories that made them a part of daily adventure. The presence of rock music and citizen awareness enabled the fashion to promote individualism.

The common elements of Hippie fashion

• Hipsters and bell-bottom jeans,
  
• Ankle fringes, flower patches and peasant blouses.
  
• Tie dyed T-shirts and skimpy halter-neck tops were part of everyday wear.
• Fashion jewelry and accessories included long earrings, bandanas and other head gear, scarves and bracelets and rings that flaunted the peace symbols.

Disco

In the 1970's disco era, platform shoes, leisure suits, wide-collared shirts, tight bell bottom jeans, Afros and pompadours hair style for men, Long, straight hair or very tightly permed hair for women will always be associated with 70's disco fashion.

1970s' Men fashion

• The white leisure suit much like the one worn by John Travolta in the popular movie Saturday Night Fever, is typically regarded as the iconic version.
  
• Leisure suits were usually accompanied by white belts and white dress shoes.

1970s' Women fashion

• Bellbottoms jeans
  
• Peasant tops: loose fittigng blouse which came in a vast array of colors and prints.
• Platform wedges, most averaged around four inches high.

As see in this picture, they are wearing print leisure suit with belt and peasant tops loose fitting blouse with metallic boots.

Punk

The original punk fashions of the 1970s was the styles of clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, jewelry, and body modifications of the punk subculture. Punk fashion has likewise influenced the styles of rock, mods as well as those of popular culture. There are many common element of Punk fashion such as ripped jeans, t-shirt, safety pins, combat boots, cargo pants, jeans, piercing, chain, necklaces, mini-skirt dyed hair and heavy makeup for men and women.

Hip Hop

Hip Hop fashion refers to a distinctive style of dress, originating primarily with African-American and Latino young people around the world that goes hand-in-hand with the expressions and attitudes of the rest of the culture. During the 1990s,clothing items such as sportwear, oversized t-shirt, large glasses, Kangol hats, multi-finger rings, bling blings and sneakers were prominently worn by the big-name hip-hop stars of the day. Also fashions and hairstyles symbolizing the Black Pride movement, including Africa chains, dreadlocks, and red-black-and-green clothing became popular as well.