My Favorite Fashion Era

If you would've asked me what my favorite era for fashion was about 6 months ago, I definitely would've said the 90's, but recently my answer has changed. Now I would say my favorite era for fashion was the 70's. I'm too in love with the mom jean look to choose any other decade. The thin wide frame glasses, striped sweaters, the beginning of graphic tees. Just graphic tees, like band tees. Classic rock greatly influenced the fashion industry and fueled rebellious clothing in general. Greater fashion risks were taken and more and more celebrities were beginning to use fashion as a statement, whether it be social or political. Big contributors were gems like Prince and David Bowie. Their music and their fashion will always be what shaped the 70's and all decades previous and proceeding. 

Mood Boards

What are mood boards you ask? Well they are boards that portray a mood.

Pretty much it, that's what they are. But what do they do? Mood boards set the mood for a collection you are creating. Like the vibe you're going for. The aesthetic. The feeling you want your audience to feel. And depending on the images, swatches, etc, you put on it will make the viewer understand what the collection is going to be about. What it's going to look like, etc. 

For example, there are two groups in my fashion design class, with very different aesthetics, and here are images of what their mood boards sort of looked like

                       Group 1                                                      Group  2

Complete opposites right? But because they are completely different, you the audience knows that they're collections are going to look nothing alike as well.

The mood boards help the designers to stick with their ideas, to remind them of the vibe they initially created, and allowing that to inspire the collection.

Paris Fashion Week FW 2017

     The Paris Fashion Week FW 2017 show I viewed was Balenciaga. Not a new designer to me because the name was always so fun to say, so I never would forget it. Here is the link to all of the fashion week shows, and Balenciaga caught my eye because the thumbnail showcased this garment

(pictured below).

So of course I had to watch it.

     After viewing the show, I definitely go the vibe of a professional and powerful woman, but she still likes experimenting with fashion. 

     A lot of playing with silhouettes was evident, and towards the end, the looks can best be described as "poofy". The image to the left is an example of that.

     Neutral tones for coats, with mostly faded pigments and pastels, but they were paired with bold colors and prints in the skirts and shoes. When there was a beige coat, there was a neon yellow knee high boot sort of thing. The skirts with the long shirt overlapping it then a heavy coat and knee length boots/socks kind of reminds me of Scottish kilts. Especially because sometimes the skirts were plaid. I also noticed that the tops were usually structured, but the skirts had a lot of movement on the catwalk. Turtle necks were everything in this line. Knit turtle necks, oversize turtle necks, coats with a turtle neck. Turtle necks with pencil skirts, flowy skirts, etc. Just turtle necks.

     

     The feel was very masculine and androgynous in the clothing but then a belt was used to define the shape of the body, acting like a corset. Most of the outfits were paired with a purse, and all of them were either small hand purses, some plain and some unique, or the had very over-sized tote bags