My ethical fall fashion picks are all about channeling your graceful inner ballerina. This is fair fashion that’s oh-so-feminine.
Feature: A Move from Modern
It’s pre-fall people! I don’t know how serious we can take it as a season that determines trends, but overall I’m sensing big (and needed) a genre shift. Style is being cast once again on a canvas of romanticism, somberness and realism – and it’s trickling over to fashion backdrops and runways. Remember last season’s over-the-top grocery isle Chanel show? Carb couture was once a thing. Ya – those days are gone as quick as Lagerfield can exclaim Fini at the end of his show.
The minimal, modern trend has been running rampant for quite a stretch. We’re long overdue for a damn floral print. It finally seems like the fashion world is following suit. The trend cropped up first in an art collaboration between Gucci and Canadian realist painter Kris Knight. The resort collection casts discernible prints on refined silhouettes for the ultimate fashion renaissance.
Pre-fall followed suit. The trend picked up momentum with designers choosing to set their models on backdrops that rivaled their clothing in visual appeal. BCBG, Erdem, Sonya Rykiel and Alice + Olivia (clockwise from top left) showcased renaissance-esque creations on backgrounds with artistic intention.
Ever noticed why some fashion photos skyrocket to glossy publication and social infamy? It all boils down to the setup. And the setup these days looks like a painting pulled right from the walls of the Louvre.
Shop the trends of pre-fall:
Upend The Trend: Laid-Back Fall Classics
Today I’m starting what will be a recurring feature on The Peahen – Upend The Trend- where I’ll help you defy trends of the moment so you don’t end up looking like a style carbon copy. May I present edition numero uno. Laid-back fall classics have taken on a minimal aesthetic lately. This is thanks in …
Fringe Benefits
Repeat after me, you can conquer this trend without staging a full-fledged psychedelic wardrobe revamp. When fringe showed up on the most covetable bucket bag of the moment – it was the resounding nod of approval that mainstream adoption is a must. This sneaky trend has cropped up before and I’m even more leery of …
Abandoned Chic
I might be in my third decade of life but I’m saying no more to being a fashion industry test dummy. I’m not throwing in my towel yet to outlandish fads, and neither should you! I’m declaring my treatise: no more steady diet of – laser cut, bias cut, zigzag cut or otherwise cut – …
Gold: The Transitional Metal
First and foremost, WELCOME TO THE PEAHEN! I hope you’ve read my mantra. If you enjoyed it, I’ve got a few more mantra-esque ideas up my sleeve when it comes to dressing. I’ll use this first post to dish out my mantra about wardrobe updating for the seasons. When it comes to making a seasonal …