Fashion an evolution of style that I have touched on before. I was given a brief to discover and research a new and upcoming designer. Hmmm… The first look was to brands I know, have heard of, or have created some connection with. But thats not fun. New. It is truly inspiring to see all the new emerging designers. A wide range of style and technique, silhouette and aesthetic. Being an art student the innovation that these new individuals are creating is an inspirational. Sure we can look at the old silhouettes of the 1960′s or going back further to the Roman and Byzantine era where clothing originates and ideas to today are sparked from. Designers can remake and create but individuals such as Nicholas K, Erin Ferthston, Peter Pilato, Swash London, to name a few and among many more, all have created a new look and feel to fa

Swash London

Fashion will always continue to replica, rework, reinterpret and incorporate new ideas and inventions. The idea is to always, be the new, be the next idea, not the old. The value of studying recent decades of historic fashion creates the understanding of newer fashions and the evolution that is scene through the eras. As new designers rise and design houses continue to send collections down the runway we see reinterpretations of historical influences everyday. Sure inspiration comes from what is around us and things we see and new inventions of innovations. But the foundation is in our history. For example we see designers like Vivvenne Westwood a inspired designer who falls in love with the streets of london her history began with street and couture, her experimentation and mix matching ideas with no rules can be seen in todays designers and in the Metropolitan Museum with a section of “Chaos to couture.” And in her work we can see the inspiration she gained form the 18th century from designers like Dior who created the english gentleman look. We see Westwood send new gentleman suits down the runway with new innovative patterns and styles.

Another designer example is Charles Worth. He began his house and collections with the use of crinoline, and bustles he would be the first to have live models displaying his clothing and the first to create tags and branding. He now has set the standard for ever designer wether it be in there branding or there 4 season runway collections viewed on the runway. As we can see fashion has reinterpreted even the simplest and most well known fashion elements. Branding a key to today’s fashion.

Not stopping there we see reinterpretation in the current high low dress. First begun by designer Balenciaga known as the trapeze hem we now know it as the high-low dress.

Reinterpretation is around us everywhere by looking to historical influences we are able to see connections and influences on todays fashion. Fashion in a re-innovation of mimicked fashion from previous eras. It is how we can make something new from the old.

Today A statement went out regarding a renown fashion company that we all know and love. The brand Burberry that we all know for that unique style and beauty in outerwear and in there awesome raincoats has taken a hit. They came out today to say profits are down. Due to demand and china production. It is hard for them to depict exactly where the hit will take place but they are feeling the demand drop. A company that has inspired us for ages is now making a scare to high end fashion.

Inspiration is around us everywhere. It is something we look at in hopes of achievement it is a reflection of our idealized self. The admiration we strive to see. We are inspired by the world around us, the nature and natural environment, the man-made and technological advancements. We see inspiration in the mixture of materials and placement and movement of building that are soon seen in furniture, fashion and jewelry. Inspiration can find us just as easily as we can go out to find us. It is a self gravitation that we find ourselves looking too. Inspiration inspires us to create, integrate and design new and innovative inventions and designs.

We can see it in furniture.

Inspiration "aviator chair" a mix of materials

And in fashion.

Paco Rabanne

In fashion we can see this mix of materials as inspiration derived from architecture. The play on metal and material. Designer Paco Rabanne is a great example of a designers who mixes unconventional materials like metal, paper and plastic for his unique designs. In both of these examples we see how the inspiration of metal has inspired these designers to integrate material.

Inspiration comes in every way. Take it and run with it.

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