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Part II
“Fashion anticipates, and elegance is a state of mind ... a mirror of the time in which we live, a translation of the future, and should never be static.”
Oleg Cassini
I already wrote a little about the first part of this quote that is so captivating to me that now I´m going to tell you what the rest of this quote means to me.
When I see people on the street, mannequins in stores, models in magazines, and many more, I can see how the time in which we live in is reflected in fashion, in the colors we wear, the designs and shapes, the way we wear those clothes. In the Fashion of the 1920s you could see everywhere women with short hair, cloche hats and dresses that made a very nice silhouette and were long right under the knee. When you take a look at the 1960s Fashion Styles you could find our so beloved mini-skirt and the pillbox hat, which is the kind of hat that Jackie Kennedy introduced us to, there were also many others like the "space look" and, of course, the hippie look. Later on in the the beginning of the new century we could find so many different fashion styles such as: hip hop styles with baggy pants, sneakers and gold or silver bling; the skater look with dreadlocks and baggy pants; the goth and rave look wearing black leather jackets and shaved heads; also the indie and emo look with vintage clothing and black or purple hoodies; there also were, and still are a lot of Alternative Fashion Styles. You see, there were, are and will be many different styles, and depending in which time we live in, there will be different kinds of styles you will be able to find. Fashion truly is a mirror of the time.
I just finished the last paragraph writing that there ALWAYS WILL BE different kinds of styles. FASHION and all the STYLES we have seen over the years, are very much
since we don´t know exactly what we can expect will be a new trend, we can only imagine and just try to figure it out with the progress we have seen over the last decades and centuries, and use it as our own translation of fashion and sense of styling that will surprise and inspire us in the future. Fashion does always anticipate and there are minds already working on new trends for next year and the year after, so, EXPECT the UNEXPECTED!!
STATIC is defined as lack of movement or change, and also it´s being described as uninteresting. Well this CAN most definitely NOT BE a word to describe FASHION! As Mr. Cassini said
and it won´t!! I believe that nothing is impossible and I believe that Fashion will always be changing, moving, always will be dynamic, full of variety, and it will be continuous, it will have a little bit of everything, always be uninterrupted because there´s no way people will stop having Fashion in their lives. No matter what type, no matter what colors and shapes you like, there will always be Fashion everywhere for everyone and if you don´t like it, Create Your Own Style!!
"... a mirror of the time in which we live,..."
When I see people on the street, mannequins in stores, models in magazines, and many more, I can see how the time in which we live in is reflected in fashion, in the colors we wear, the designs and shapes, the way we wear those clothes. In the Fashion of the 1920s you could see everywhere women with short hair, cloche hats and dresses that made a very nice silhouette and were long right under the knee. When you take a look at the 1960s Fashion Styles you could find our so beloved mini-skirt and the pillbox hat, which is the kind of hat that Jackie Kennedy introduced us to, there were also many others like the "space look" and, of course, the hippie look. Later on in the the beginning of the new century we could find so many different fashion styles such as: hip hop styles with baggy pants, sneakers and gold or silver bling; the skater look with dreadlocks and baggy pants; the goth and rave look wearing black leather jackets and shaved heads; also the indie and emo look with vintage clothing and black or purple hoodies; there also were, and still are a lot of Alternative Fashion Styles. You see, there were, are and will be many different styles, and depending in which time we live in, there will be different kinds of styles you will be able to find. Fashion truly is a mirror of the time.
I just finished the last paragraph writing that there ALWAYS WILL BE different kinds of styles. FASHION and all the STYLES we have seen over the years, are very much
"a translation of the future..."
STATIC is defined as lack of movement or change, and also it´s being described as uninteresting. Well this CAN most definitely NOT BE a word to describe FASHION! As Mr. Cassini said
"Fashion... should never be static"
and it won´t!! I believe that nothing is impossible and I believe that Fashion will always be changing, moving, always will be dynamic, full of variety, and it will be continuous, it will have a little bit of everything, always be uninterrupted because there´s no way people will stop having Fashion in their lives. No matter what type, no matter what colors and shapes you like, there will always be Fashion everywhere for everyone and if you don´t like it, Create Your Own Style!!
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Saturday, December 8, 2012
“Fashion anticipates, and elegance is a state of mind ... a mirror of the time in which we live, a translation of the future, and should never be static.”
Oleg Cassini
Isn´t it so very true that Fashion is always ahead of what people think of when it comes to clothing combinations, colors, forms and shapes?
It is the future but already in the present. It is what we wouldn´t have thought of but someone did. It is the unexpected in form of the newest trend! Yes, FASHION is what others see as unthinkable but in the end it becomes the most wanted style ever, such as skinny jeans, fake leather leggings, flower patterns that might look like my grandma´s quilt, biker boots, combat boots, multicolored hair, neon colored pants and shoes, etc. I could go on and on with trends that 10, 20, or even 50 years ago would have been considered insane and not have been accepted as Fashion, but those styles, became trends. So...
Mr. Cassini also states that elegance is a state of mind. In my opinion, one of the most elegant personalities was Audrey Hepburn throughout her whole life. One of my favorite outfits is though, when she played Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany´s and appears in a beautiful, very classy and elegant black dress with a pearl necklace and her hair up, wearing big black sunglasses and just walking around in that outfit so smoothly, like it´s no big deal. Even though it was a role she played, in real life she always combined elegance and uniqueness so well that there is no doubt for me, that ELEGANCE for her, wasn´t just in her clothing, but in her attitude, it was a STATE OF MIND more than anything else. That is what we should reflect every single time we walk out of our house/apartment in any outfit we are wearing, because we have the right attitude about ourselves, about our outfit and we enjoy looking the way we do!!
Be CONFIDENT about the trends that surround us, maybe even CREATE a new one!!
Show off your STATE OF MIND regarding FASHION and STYLE, and since a state of mind, by definition, changes, it´s no big deal, fashion and styles do too, so we can just start fresh again and find our new state of mind about the FASHION that surrounds us.
Another time I would like to continue writing about this quote by Mr. Cassini.
...I can only say, EXPECT the UNEXPECTED!!
Mr. Cassini also states that elegance is a state of mind. In my opinion, one of the most elegant personalities was Audrey Hepburn throughout her whole life. One of my favorite outfits is though, when she played Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany´s and appears in a beautiful, very classy and elegant black dress with a pearl necklace and her hair up, wearing big black sunglasses and just walking around in that outfit so smoothly, like it´s no big deal. Even though it was a role she played, in real life she always combined elegance and uniqueness so well that there is no doubt for me, that ELEGANCE for her, wasn´t just in her clothing, but in her attitude, it was a STATE OF MIND more than anything else. That is what we should reflect every single time we walk out of our house/apartment in any outfit we are wearing, because we have the right attitude about ourselves, about our outfit and we enjoy looking the way we do!!
Be CONFIDENT about the trends that surround us, maybe even CREATE a new one!!
Show off your STATE OF MIND regarding FASHION and STYLE, and since a state of mind, by definition, changes, it´s no big deal, fashion and styles do too, so we can just start fresh again and find our new state of mind about the FASHION that surrounds us.
Another time I would like to continue writing about this quote by Mr. Cassini.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
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