What the F! Fashion and politics collide
- Stine Marie
- Feb 16, 2017
- 2 min read
It's that time off year, fashion week is here. Sorry not sorry for riming.
This spring we got our fashion trends with a side of politics. On runways from Copenhagen to New York the shows and fashion portrayed subtle and not so subtle comments to the political situation the world is currently facing.
Fashion and trends have always been highly affected by cultural trends, music, economy and politics. Traditionally these influences are illustrated in colors, materials or silhouettes.
During periods of economic growth and generel positivity in the minds of the consumers, fashion is moving away from minimalist styles and silhouettes to styles that flaunts the wealth such as sequins, vibrant colors and less practical styles. Luxury apparel sales tend to boom and consumers want to treat themselves and show off.
As we all are well aware of, the white house got a new permanent resident in January and everybody has comments on Donald Trumps new position of power.
Statements like "grab them by the P*$$*" and that he likes his female staff "to dress like women" have caused women to march together for equality in cities all over the world. Designers have used their creative spaces to comment on politics and the new president elect this season.
Starting in Copenhagen, Denmark. The creative director of Ganni, Ditte Reffstrup stated:
“I was in New York shortly after the election and I was feeling very depressed. It was a sad time even for me who is not from there—I wanted to make my Fall collection all about love.”
The result is the Love Society collection, which was all about love and sticking together!
In New York Prabal Gurung, Christian Siriano and Public School also had political statements on the runway. Christian Siriano kept it simpte with t-shirts stating: “People Are People”. At Prabal Gurung models stepped out in statement T-shirt with phrases like "I am an immigrant" and "Femininity with a bite"-
At The Public School models stomped down the runway to "This Land Is Your Land" wearing the signature red caps saying " Make America New York” and “We Need Leaders”.
Dao-Yi Chow of The Public School said the collection started off with a conversation about borders. “We felt like we needed to make some commentary about nationalism, isolationism and xenophobia.” Why New York? “Because it’s made up of people of all different cultures, of immigrants,”. he said.
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