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Click on the arrows to change the translation direction. Follow us. Choose a dictionary. Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English. Usage explanations of natural written and spoken English. Grammar Thesaurus. Word Lists. I am quite a bit older than you and I have watched these phrases that mean nothing pop up everywhere.
Kind of like the 'spin' that poloticians use so no one knows where they stand and what it means. It is a bit like "the Emperor's new clothes", no one wants to be the one to say it means nothing.
Like 'Tasha' I say personal style is what catches my eye. Let us all enjoy fashion, style and sewing and not worry about fashion forward! Like Phyllis said, I know "fashion forward" when I see it. When I see someone that I think is very stylish, I say to myself, "Wow!
I love what she's wearing! What in the world is she wearing?! And for me, fashion forward boils down to how it is styled. This is the first time I heard the phrase "fashion forward". I had to look it up! In the dictionary it says "more modern than things that are fashionable now". I guess it basically means - the next thing in fashion.
I think fashion is quite silly. I mean, of course there's inspiring work by designers. Some of it has changed our lives as women and as a society. But wearing what is fashionable, regardless of your age and body type and personal preference is just stupid. It's also a way to keep the money flowing into the stores, and is not good for the environment lots of waste.
I prefer to create my own style. Not that I'm the most stylish person on this earth. Sometimes my style is just "I don't care about any of you, this is what's comfortable for me right now". Sometimes it's "I made this myself and I love that". Good luck with the competition. I love your style!!
You know that feeling when you've been bundled in coats and sweaters all winter, and you see the first store window display of breezy spring dresses? That longing for something you wouldn't wear now, but is just around the corner and the perfect antidote to the fashion you've grown tired of? To me, anything truly fashion-forward has that feeling, but multiple seasons in advance.
It scratches an itch you didn't even know you had. It doesn't matter if the silhouette is new or old, classic or avant garde. It's different from what's "now" and what was "last year", and that difference is refreshing and intriguing.
But it's also wholly subjective. Like McQueen's "Bumster" pants, for example. I bet they looked downright silly to most people in , but then 10 years later every other lady was running around with half her buttcrack exposed. Maybe fashion forward is doing something totally strange, and then doing it so well, that everybody wants to wear it anyway I love this question and really enjoyed reading the comments today.
I agree with those who are groping toward a definition centered around fashion which is "in advance" of what we are wearing, or even imagining we might wear in the near future. It's an idea of clothing that is a paradigm shift. As a few people said here, it's easy to identify in hindsight; harder to identify now. I think "fashion forward" plays out at the highest level--runway shows, designer studios and magazines--and filters down to the rest of us.
So unless they center their whole lives around fashion analysis, have a lot of disposable income, OR unusually imaginative and risk-taking dressers, most people are not going to be, or create, "fashion forward. I tend to think of "fashion forward" as a prompt to come up with a justification for why your work will create trends in the future. In other words, it's not, to my mind, a thing in its own right so much as it is the world of fashion's demand that you come up with a marketing claim that describes your approach in a way that will catch the attention of a fickle marketplace.
There are early adopters, impervious people and in-between. Interesting question… I'm never exactly sure what 'fashion forward' means either except it it often seems to fit in sentences with 'aspirational' and 'edgy'.
I see it as a purely commercial phrase used by fashion biz folk who need to worry about the next best thing. It means "Can we convince them to chuck out all the clothes they just bought and buy these instead? To me, 'fashion forward' means to create fashion that advances fashion to new realms. Original fashion does that- in menswear, Rick Owens and Boris Saberi are 'fashion forward' designers. I have normally heard the term in the same context that Jen O explained--within retail and the fashion industry, fashion that is thinking of future trends not so much avant garde.
I think the term has been around a long time but I wonder if it's useful anymore. Back in the 80s we didn't have as much accessibility to magazine or trendy fashion--it was just the mall and I sewed, too, but that was unusual.
There was still the "trickle down" thing where what one saw in mags or ads or whatever would take some, even years, to show up in a store version. Well, for me, anytime I see something prominent on the runway that I'm not sure I would ever wear its usually a great sign that about to be the next big thing. What I've learnt over the years is that the "new" in fashion, scares the heck out of most people, then as time goes by the media warms us up to it and retail stores makes it wearable for the average person, for example skinny jeans or pants, OMG, that was so controversial, now its more excepted.
Fashion Forward when I was younger meant pouring over magazines and running out an getting the latest looks or sitting at the sewing machine and being the first to dare wear a new look. Today it means looking over magazines for the new seasons fashion decided what colors I like, styles that work for me and fit my lifestyle then sitting at my sewing machine.
However if I was trying to design a look and asked the question I would probably have a deer in the head light look! I love your design by the way the capelett is marvelous! All I can say is I prefer your authentic style to the 'fashion forward'. It's a meaningless term that allows the judges to go with what they like regardless of the rules.
I never feel very "fashion forward", my style is very classic. I feel like I am being fashion forward if I choose a print instead of a solid I know it's sad, but black really works and makes me feel polished.
To me, fashion forward can mean reinventing a classic look to make it something completely new, or create an iconic piece. I would be more inclined to go for reinventing, because how many of us can really create an iconic look?
Oh dear - I read the comments this morning and agreed with most of you - but for a laugh check this out - news in Australia this evening. Since I sew primarily historical costumes and my own vintage-inspired clothing, I hope you'll let me adopt the moniker "fashion backward" and wear it proudly. Honesty I feel like "fashion forward" is a buzz term used by the sewing world but it doesn't have much meaning because it can mean almost anything depending on the people critiquing maybe that means it mean everything?
I find it much more important to know what I want and what my audience wants and to stay true to that. Gertie, your sewing is just what I want! Gertie, I saw you at the Expo. You passed by, I had no idea who you were at the time. I loved the outfit that you did at the expo. All of the fashions were gorgeous! I love your blog and all the other blogs that you have linked.
I used to spend all my time papercrafting or looking at papercrafting blogs and threads. I have found a new love. I hope that you are enjoying your new sewing machine!!! Congratulations at ASE! Your runway look looks great I like your dress too!!
And your adorable clogs, of course! It sounds like you learned a lot! Fashion forwardness is about reinvention, authenticity, voice and communicating a mood through a unique point of view. You can always look to the past to move forward--many designers do.
Great conversations happening here! Woohoo, commenting on old blog posts. I've been restraining myself from commenting on every other post as I read through your backlog, by the way.
But right now, I HAVE to say that for me "fashion forward" is pretty synonymous with "aesthetically corrupt," to the extent where I would never even register for a competition like this despite any other benefits. Gertie Gertie! I read this post a few months ago and have replayed it in my mind repeatedly as I teach myself to sew.
I think "fashion forward" must include something other than a showcase for razor-sharp thighs. Don't get me wrong, that kind of fashion is great if you can carry it off, but sadly at 42 I can't anymore, and I am not alone. Last I checked we all age every year and get dressed every day. There must be a way "forward" for the rest of us!!! Firstly, I have to comment on those shoes at the beginning of this post - I think they look very similar to the small shoes worn by Chinese ladies with bound feet - ouch!
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Perhaps this is what Becky was on about - the finished product opportunities for production and sales, as opposed to the meditative and thoughtful creative process you were on as an artist. Thanks for your comments; I read each and every one! Pages Home Australia Workshops. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Labels: ruminations. Rosesred September 27, at AM.
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