Soooo,
RAFW has just finished, and of course I've been front row watching every show...on podcasts. Thank you style.com and vogue.com! (this is where you can cringe at how pathetic I am)
And I was thinking, where does Aussie fashion sit with the big four? (I know, this has been asked before...alot)
One that I always hear is that style down under is very laid back, like the people and unfortunately that's all I hear. Just one word to some up the Aussie fashion scene? in the words of Lleyton Hewitt...C'moooon
The thing with Australian fashion is, it's just budding, we have heritage labels, but no home grown big fahsion houses. but that's not necessarily a bad thing, perhaps that's also our plus. With fashion being so competitive, so scrupulous, so constantly criticized, there's only a little bit of room for crappy roadkill-esque things to get through.
One thing I noticed in the RAFW shows were, how there was a lot of minimalism, a lot of monochrome and simple, CASUAL, pieces. I liked this, it both reflected Australia's fashion scene and our response to our economic climate.
I think Australian fashion, in its relaxed and laid-back nature, gives way into a very eclectic and unique fashion scene. It reminds me very much of the LA fashion culture, Boho yet yet not over-the -top, it holds the perfect balance.
I think our lax appraoch allows for eccentricity to blossom tastefully. We have icons of Australian style, Anna&Boy, Zimmerman, Sass and Bide, Kit Willow, Akira Isogawa. But we also have our renegades, Ksubi, Antipodium and Romance Was Born. Theatricality and eccentricity, I think is allowed to grow constructively, flamboyant is flamboyant and not vulgar, there's no Pocahontas show here. (fingers crossed!)
Aussie fashion reflects it's people and it's culture, in a very obvious way. But who says that's bad? Our swim wear is one of the most diverse in the whole industry. Beach culture is addressed from all perspectives and caters to a wide range of aesthetics. As I mentioned before, Our swimwear is world renowned and are held as icons of Aussie fashion. However what I love most about Australian fashion is that our shows hold looks for both men and women, not seperate shows, just the one show, for everyone.
I do admit, previously I was very gloomy about our fashion future, but after perving at the TAFE runway show (private schools kids can buy talent) I considered the future not being so bleak after all. Devons-nous voir?
i think with australia is that we're not artistic enough. it's like dancing. SYTYCD australia is nothing compared to the american version. it's coz there's so much more variety and diversity and more styles in the american version because you've got people coming from all walks of life coz it's so large.
ReplyDeletewith australia its pretty much only hip hop/jazz/contemporary...
that's the best example i could use
but with fashion...biggest labels are french or italian...italy = the centre of music, where it all began (well classical anyways). france&italy: part of the renaissance. renaissance = art revolution...i guess that's sorta why their designs differ so much from casual australian designs?
i wonder if all that made any sense at all o.o
yeh totally! (yay someone got what I was getting at!)france, Italy,London and New York have been around for much longer than Australia has, and therefore has this rich, strong, signiature heritage, which is seen in all apects of their culutre. It's not that austrlia isn't artistic(you forget aboriginal art), we have a most unique art scene, our indigenous art scene. And it is revered globally. I think combining Aboriginal art with fashion culutre and giving it time (a decade or two) to blossom, we'll be up there with the big four.
ReplyDeleteyeh aboriginal art, but we shouldnt we labelled just for that. we should be known for other stuffs. its like saying the only known designer french brand is LV when there's heaps of other brands like chanel, ysl, cd etc.
ReplyDeletebut i totally agree though XD
I am thrilled! The designs are awesome!!
ReplyDeleteI am not a fan of neon colors but I find them very trendy now after seeing these photos. The clothes are pretty casual that's why it is not a waste to buy them. I can wear them anytime.
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