Fashion fix.
Find your uniqueness
London Fashion Week has been upon us! Collections were just as sophisticated and glamorous as ever. But what more can we really say about the chaotic hysteria that such an event causes. Well apart from its new and improved designers, I’m left thinking; just what else can they really come up with that is original. For many generations we have seen the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Twiggy be our fashion and style icons, creating new trends, but now there is more female supermodels than there are stars! Ok well not quite but really what else have they got to offer? Fashion has to be new, has to keep on challenging the previous and persuading us that we want something else, something different, and as winter approaches all things winter wonderland flood the shopping rails.
Fashion today is covered left, right and centre by journalist, designers, and stylists. But what else can we possible learn from them about clothes, styles and shoes?
I believe that there is much more to fashion than just models strutting down catwalks. I believe that real fashion is out there in the real world, created by everyday people. I believe fashion should be unique not something that everyone can copy! Just how many times have you walked down the street and witnessed the dreaded horror of your new top staring back at you on the bodies of several other girls? So much of everything today is un-original. The number of times that high street buyers end up with the same clothes and even the number of times celebrities are plastered all over magazines on the page ‘Who wore it better’, as everyone is just trying to fit in with the trends. I say we ditch trying to look like celebrities and their newest trends and start making our own individual trends. No I’m not talking about making your own clothes, or at least not if you don’t want to but, make a change, be adventurous…and try shopping in those blessed vintage shops.
I believe the true icons of fashion are those that can make their clothes show who they are, not just how much money they can spend on designer brands. If you like fashion just as much as me, then what is it you really like about fashion? Personally I find that fashion can be used as a way of expressing art, a way of expressing who you are whether that be an emo, indie, hippy, skater, rocker. Whoever you are use your individuality to determine your sense of style and wear what you really want to wear. The famous Domenico Dolce, the founder of Dolce and Gabbana along with Stefano Gabbana once said, "We think of a story and we design the clothes to go with it." They claim to be more concerned about creating the best, most flattering clothes than sparking trends, once admitting that they wouldn't mind if their only contribution to fashion history was a black bra. I believe that this is what fashion is all about; finding what works for you. Of course sometimes we need a little helping hand as to what fashion is all about and how we can determine what is fashionable and what’s not. Well that’s where fashion blogs step in to give us a helping hand. Our inspirations can be taken off everyday women and incorporated with our own sense of what’s fashion. Of course you can always take a look at the latest fashion blogs to give yourself some inspiration. As after all even vintage shops have had their trends come from somewhere, but it’s the beauty of their uniqueness that stands above all the other high street shops. One blog in particular that has been noted for it’s out of the ordinary fashion talent. Tavi Gevinson the creator of the fashion blog Style Rookie, which she founded at the young age of just eleven in 2008. She is known for her creative style and her talented skills in writing, which could be mistaken as the professional writings of an experienced journalist. She has been criticized for her writing not being her own, and that someone else was behind the infamous blog. Of course she knew how to prove them wrong, as after all why wouldn’t any journalist, who had been in the business for over 20 years not be jealous of her garnered recognition at just the young age of 11.
Another of my favourite blogs and a source of my inspiration is lookbook.nu/#more. It is a simple but stylish blog full of fashion ideas from all around the world. Also its genius is that ordinary men and women using high street and vintage styles create its trends and give inspiration to everyone. Each individual person is different and unique. Check it out, and see where your inspiration will take you.
By Kim Stanworth
