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Laver's Law

Signe Kassow — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:18:27 +0000

I honestly feel a bit confused about trends. How can something you wore many years ago, (and swore that you would never wear again after seeing an old photo of yourself wearing it, looking ridiculous), return and be “in fashion” again?

James Laver can tell you exactly why. He was an author, art historian and museum curator for Victoria & Albert Museum. He’s also known for being an important and pioneering fashion historian.

He created a model known as “Laver’s Law“. Laver’s Law says that fashions have a timeline, and are considered to be:

So in 20 years when I see a photo of how I look today, I will think I look ridiculous again, but then after 150 years I would find myself looking beautiful.

Tie that bow

Signe Kassow — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:39:48 +0000

Bows are still alive in the A/W 09 trends. This is a few selected bows from the catwalks.

Gianfranco Ferre:

Chanel:

Jean-Paul Gaultier:

Christian Lacroix:

Dip/Tie Dye

Signe Kassow — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:02:27 +0000

We have seen the dip-dye trend at many catwalks for the Spring 2009 collections, and I also think tie-dye will be a new trend in the Spring/Summer 2009.

The Bare Midriff

Signe Kassow — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:56:08 +0000

I was inspired by thefashionspot.com when they pointed out the tendency about the Spring 2009 collections where you don´t cover the mid-section of the body.

I´m very skeptical about this trend because I don´t think I would feel so comfortable wearing it, but it also fascinates me how a trend from the nineties can emerge yet again. And I must admit that these girls look amazing. (pictures from catwalking.com)

Roberto Cavalli:

Chloe:

YSL:

Catwalking.com

Signe Kassow — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:56:20 +0000

I’m now so privileged to have the access to catwalking.com. This is the site fashionjournalists use to get pictures from every fashionshow and to see the trends in the different seasons. So I will be posting about some of the trends in my future blogs.

Here´s one of my favorite trends in A/W 08:

Fringies & Tassels:

Haider Ackermann:

Giorgio Armani:

Salvatore Ferragamo:

Todd Lynn:

Miss Sixty:

Li Edelkoort

Signe Kassow — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:17:04 +0000

She is one of my idols. She knows what´s going to happen before everybody else. Li Edelkoort. Really inspiring.

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The Sartorialist

Signe Kassow — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:44:53 +0000

The Sartorialist has been my inspiration for over 2 years now. So if you don’t know him yet, you have to check out his blog.

Here’s some stylish people from his blog:

Isabella Blow tribute

Signe Kassow — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:40:55 +0000

I love this womans big personality and I think she have been a huge influence of the way we look at fashion and she wasn’t afraid to be different and make a statement with her clothes and not to forget how to wear a hat!

Click here to view the embedded video.

The new marketing in fashion

Signe Kassow — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:14:40 +0000

I have to mention the fashion blogs, a new kind of media, that have affected – in my oppinion – the way we learn about new fashion trends.

A fashion blog is defined at Wikipedia as:

“Solely or primarily dedicated to coverage of fashions in clothing and accessories.”

Fashion blogs provide a new way to follow fashion trends, and will therefore be likely to have a considerable long-term influence on the fashion industry.

An example of a fashion blog is facehunter.blogspot.com made by Yvan Rodic. The purpose is to show how the trendy young people dress in every big city in the world. Each day you’ll se a new picture of a trendy guy/girl and I allready have gained a lot of inspiration from – for instance – how girls in london dresses. See the picture from the blog.