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 Fashion is a very changeable woman and as any woman it repeats itself.
Big discoveries are too rare in
fashion and all the trends so demanded these days are nothing but replication
of the things that have been all invented, created and built earlier.
Retro style
in fashion is one of the key tendencies and with the lapse of time only
time
changes though designers still refer to the old collections and
replicate
stylish solution representing the new trends in new interpretation. It
is good
that with the time passing the retro style never outdates but becomes
more
trendy. This is partly thanks to combination of the vintage style
elements with
the current designer solutions.
The brilliant 80s is still accentuated
upon in
collections of the reputed fashion designers and brands with easily
recognizable distinctive features with those high shoulders, square
silhouettes
that create the image of a bossy and strong-willed woman. However, the
style of
80s is the implementation of the retro style of 40s but to the highest
extent. Marc Jacobs is one of the pioneers whoputattempts to replicate
retro style. He launched the nostalgic atmosphere of New YorkAntonio
Berardi
and Frida Giannini who are the chief designers for Gucci. They built
the latest
collection for the Fashion House on the fresh interpretation of the
style of
80s with the legendary high platforms, bell-bottom jeans, short
sparkling
dresses studded with spangles and brilliant crystals.
The new trend was
so catching
that Donatella Versace could not resist the temptation and represent
the line
of incredibly sexual evening dresses with retro style elements. The
French Fashion
House Balmain found the style of 80s to be another chance to
rehabilitate their
collections with the high shoulder pads which became the signature
style by Christophe
Decarnin. The high shoulder dresses along with military-styled jackets
won the
hearts of fashionmongers when appeared on catwalks and later on
celebrities
appeared on the red carpets showing off in Decarnin models. The stylish
jackets
with decorative epaulettes studded with glittering crystals and
must-have
shoulder pads appeared in the wardrobe of the largest Hollywood
trendsetters as Rihanna and Beyonce. These two Hollywood
divas set an example for other celebrities and soon the stylish
glittering
dresses by Balmain with the erected shoulders were seen on Kate Moss,
Diana
Kruger, Penélope
Cruz, Sarah
Jessica Parker and Victoria Beckham.
The high shoulder trend set by
Balmain House is must-have indicator of the style of 80s reincarnated
in the
plenty of collections by the reputed fashion designers as Donna Karan,
Marc
Jacobs, Givenchy and Dolce & Gabbana. High shoulder pads matched
with the strict
square lines as the recognizable feature of the style of 80s, the
unique symbol
of the epoch of the iconic «Dynasty» which was on air in the 80s with
all the
attributes of the epoch. The rigorous female suits with high shoulders
as
must-have detail were presented in most of latest collections. night
clubs in his
last collection with plenty of leather, brilliance of metal tinges and
denim
aged artificially. The disco fever was seen in the collections by
The obvious
proof of the fact that the retro style of the 80s is not going to yield the
field to new trends is the shooting site for the Sex and the City. And Patricia
field, the permanent stylist of the iconic series and movie that was followed
the soap opera, created various costumes styled 80s for the characters of the
movie. Carrie Bradshaw starred by Sarah Jessica Parker showed off wearing vintage dresses in the second
part of the Sex and the City form the collections of the fashion brand Halston
from the 80s. The stylists of the series chose more provocative and drastic solution
for Kim
Cattrall presented in punk chic, aged jeans with lots of zips and metal clasps,
drastic mini skirts matched with unusual patterned tights and must-have massive
sole.
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