Back to the good old days

As a society that consumes trends in a ravenous manner, I am not surprised that recently I have been noticing people reverting back to the “classics”. What these classics are I’m sure many people would like to dicate to you. However my personal view is that they vary from person to person.

The classics of your wardrobe are the staple garments and shoes that you would wear consistently (and love) regardless of whether they are “in” at the present moment. They probably contribute the most overall to your personal style.

But I do wonder, since I have read about classic pieces several times, whether in fact wearing classic pieces is going to turn into some kind of trend. Regardless, people choosing their classic garments as opposed to something trend driven is something I’ve been noticing on the rise recently.

Vintage bandwagon losing it’s wheels?

Well, I’m back! Whether that pleases you or not I have no idea.

There was an interesting post on Style Bubble today about a Times article on vintage clothing. (on a side note: I do love the way Susie presents things on her blog - you can tell she is genuinely interested and a true blogger because she updates often with useful things)

It’s a bit tricky really, because I’m not about to deny that I am unfortunately one of those people who probably only really got into “vintage” when it became a more mainstream craze. I am only (almost) 16 so you know. In all honesty, if it hadn’t been some sort of craze, it probably would have clicked eventually. I mean I used to buy things from charity shops to alter when I was 12 anyway, so it’s not as if I’m being one of those vintage thrill seekers as it were.

So in that sense, I would be a complete hypocrite if I started saying that it really annoyed me that it became a trend to own vintage clothing. And a hypocrite I do not wish to be. But I would like to clarify, I have never once thought that vintage clothing was the pathway to individuality.

Sure, vintage clothes can contribute to personal style, but it’s always HOW you where the clothes not what the clothes are. That’s probably why I don’t buy fancy designers. Although the quality may well be amazing (it should be), to me, it sometimes seems a bit extortionate to charge so much money for a single garment - it’s not the clothes themselves that give someone style, it’s the way the person wears them.

I agree with Susie in that sense, but in favour of the Time article, I do wish that vintage as a trend would go away. I can only imagine how much money vintage shops have made over the past few years. I’m not surprised if many people have jumped on the bandwagon and bought into the trend. I’m sure the number of websites/ebay stores selling vintage has increased over the past year alone, not mentioning actual shops. The thing is although I do wish the trend would go away, it seems to be one of those situations that as soon as it’s been introduced to people, it’ll be difficult to erase it. Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem whatsoever with “vintage” clothes or with people who genuinely love to wear “vintage” - I myself have found that the clothes I always seem to turn to are things I’ve robbed from my mother (if she’s planning on throwing them out, I see no problem in this) as opposed to things I’ve purchased from a shop.

I suppose it’s just a question of what people want. As long as there is demand, it’ll be a trend. However, trends come and go like the blink of an eye and soon enough there will be something new. Maybe it’ll be the complete opposite - futuristic anyone?

Quick note

Just a quick note to say that I know I haven’t updated for a while and I’ll try my best to update at the weekend. I’ve got my art exam coming up on thursday & friday, so I’ve been busy trying to get all my prep work done in time. Anyway, I will update later on in the week if I can.

P.S. I’m having a bit of a sort out of all the links, so if anyone would like to swap links (have theirs added to the list and send a link coming this way) then please let me know through the power of commenting.

Jelly jelly jelly jelly jelly

A year ago, my friend and I had a discussion about jelly shoes. I say discussion, but it was more exclamations about how wonderous these shoes were in our childhood and how we wished they made them is bigger sizes. The people surrounding us just looked at us as if we’d lost our minds, but neither one of us cared. Jelly shoes were the most amazing things when we were children - they had the ability to allow your feet to get completely soaked at the seaside, but still protect you from pointy rocks and stones etc. That day we both agreed that we would try and hunt some down and of course we had no luck. We even laughed about how in a year’s time, jelly shoes would be back.

Sure enough, we were right and whilst I am not going to start claiming we were the ones who started it or the ones who were there first (because people like that have a tendency to annoy me), I can excitedly pronounce, WE WERE RIGHT!!

And with shoe shops around the UK going jelly shoe mad, I am going to embrace this trend and buy myself a pair. It’ll take me back to times gone by and that makes me happy.

Photos from Office

Memory Lane

The holidays can be dull sometimes. And on one of those dull days where you just sort of amble around the house a bit, a trip through the archives of Foto Decadent is in order.

Of course, that’s exactly what I did to cure my boredom and all I can really say is wow. Some of the dress are absolutely amazing and the photographs are equally stunning. For some reason, I found myself drawn more toward the black and white photographs. Maybe it’s just the mood of the images (or the mood I’m in). Regardless they’re enough to spark some form of fashion interest, even in someone who claims they don’t follow fashion.

Designers meet technology

So as many celebrites are trying their hand at fashion design, the designers are moving toward technology.

I’m sure everyone knows about the Prada/LG mobile phone by now. I was reading the fortnightly Computer Active my auntie gets today and it had a short review of the phone.

The only thing that really bugged me was this bit - ”For dedicated followers of fashion, there’ll be no cooler mobile than the LG Prada till Apple’s iPhone arrives in the autumn.”

Now, I won’t go as far as to say I was a dedicated follower of fashion, but I do follow fashion and personally I wouldn’t get the phone. It just doesn’t appeal to me. I mean, there is a nice big screen, which would be handy, but I just think it’s not a hugely attractive phone. Anyway, I’m not going to go off on a rant because I’m sure it will appeal to many fashion followers.

Photo from carphone warehouse