“There hasn’t been anything new in fashion, music and art in general during the last ten years. The latest trends are only modified copies of old ideas. We are done!” argued a friend of mine who is an art student a few days ago. We ended up in a quite heated discussion. I just couldn’t agree on this statement even though I am usually a critical and rather pessimist person.
On the other hand, I could understand her point. If I describe clothes I often relate to cities (“That is so Berlin…that is so Stockholm…”) or I associate them with former trends. At the moment for instance fashion is strongly influenced by the 1980s. Looking at the latest collections of great designers such as Marc Jacobs but also H&M’s current line, it is striking that typical 80s elements like shoulder pads, leather, fur or high heels are back.
My mom is always kind of amused when I show her my new clothes. “I should have kept my old clothes for you. I had exactly the same dress when I was at your age”, she usually says. I also remember that my friends and I were talking about the comeback of the neon rave look of the 1990s two years ago. At that time I didn’t reflect about it so much but today I am wondering if it isn’t a little bit desperate to talk about a comeback just 10 years after the first appearance of a trend?
Maybe there have been so many trends and changes in fashion during the last 100 years that people need to take a break and look back now. Every fashion decade has its particular features. The 70s were the years of flower power, the 80s were characterised by consumption or punk and the 90s were the decade of neon colours and rave music. I suggest the 2000s are the years of taking a break and enjoy all beautiful clothes that have been designed so far. I mean the good thing is that you can’t do anything wrong in fashion at the moment because everything goes.
However, I am sure that we are not done! There will be something new soon. Something that we have never seen before! Don’t they say that people become more productive and creative after short breaks?!
Fashion, music and art in general? Sounds like a Douglas Adams book. And mentioning a few anecdotes about clothing choices does not in any way….. ah well. Never mind, So long, and thanks for all the fish.
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