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Fashion Observed


Trend observations with a sociological eye from afar...

by Darryl S. Warren  

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  D ear readers,   As of Monday, this blog officially migrates to it's new home: fashionobserved.com (you can find the link in the heading; clicking it will bring you to the new site). You will find the blog along with images, external articles and a whole slew of activity. You can...

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What Are We Toasting To?

B efore we begin, please note that the next round of articles will arrive after Fall Winter 2021 winds down. Also, if you're looking for articles on modular fashion, covid fashion or part one of the two part series on what we can do to survive and thrive in the midst of this upheaval, check the ...

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VR's Second Chance

W e have grown a lot while navigating through the Covid 19 pandemic and so has the fashion industry. The lockdowns have forced companies to rethink their approaches, their manners of production and even what kind of garments they create. Designers and their teams have had to learn new ways of wo...

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Artificial Influencer

T echnology is the big buzz these days. Strategic management company McKinsey & Co. itself found that our adoption towards digital was huge. It was expected to take us years to switch over to a more digitally-focused landscape and, instead, it took us months to become more digitally aligned....

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Aesthetic Armour

T hose who have read this blog know that our moods inform our fashion collections, with ample evidence upholding the observation. As fashion gets its juice from art and art is the language that finds expression where words fail us, it's a given. Yes, fashion has a fickle quality and it is a prod...

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Rerun Recap

H ow nice to see you all again. This blog did let you know that the changes in the fashion calendar meant that the dissemination of blog articles would be affected while on hiatus mode, and your patience is now rewarded. First, a general recap on fashion. In the past, this blog has brought atten...

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T he world has changed plenty since the pandemic and the economic disruption that accompanied it arrived. We know that it's far from over and yet history also has shown that it will eventually pass. When that happens, people will repeat history. They have so far; look at the resistance to protec...

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W ould you believe that this article was going to be originally titled "Black lives Matter, Inc." ? Before making any snap judgements, there's a few valid reasons for playing with fire to make a point. For the longest time, we thought that we were among many who felt these issues, first confront...

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Something Beneath

M uch of what fashion has showed in Fall Winter 2020 has been written about in earlier articles. This blog would be amiss if we didn't talk about what we think is coming. Now, the "good" news. As we approach eight billion people, there will always be people who shop. There will always be subcult...

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Digital Diversion

O ne of the newest conundrums that have occurred from the Covid 19 pandemic is the acceleration of change in fashion. Not just in retail and collection creation, but the calendar and the presentation of fashion itself. No more can we have the traditional runway show for now at least, lest we set...

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A h, yes, the economy. There is no escaping the ramification of this sudden global upheaval. This blog has, along with many within the various financial sectors, anticipated a grave downturn but you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who could have predicted the reach, scope and suddenness of such...

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I hope this finds you well. I know. This whole upheaval has gripped many in fear and uncertainty. You must remember that we have been down these roads before and that we have knowledge and history on our side to inform us on what to do. Plus, we have the most incredible collaborative tool that b...

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T he world is in a fascinating place in a time period like no other. Unlike previous generations, we have a level of technology to document with great detail a major shift in our global culture, with the cumulative effects of social advancement along with its failures and consequences piling up....

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Modular Magic

N ow that fashion is more on board with measures to reduce consumption as well as the carbon footprint, the challenge then becomes one of how to attract the public to invest in a garment that does more than merely become a versatile staple. After all, fashion is inundated with those already, and...

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T he fashion industry is facing a climate change of its own, as it were. Gone is the rigid season adherence, although many labels still show their respective collections within the same calendar frame. Some labels are blurring lines by releasing fall winter and prefall into the fashion mediasphe...

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I f you have ever watched 20th century film or television programming, it's fascinating to see what is valued and appreciated versus what is upheld as normal. This is not just with behaviour, but also with what is accepted as a standard of life, such as the material aspects and their interaction...

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A pologies are in order for making you, the loyal follower and dear reader, wait this long. You will hear many laments of the shift happening in fashion regarding convention, the fashion calendar and structure. If it helps any, this blog has to adapt as well. Whereas the former plan was to post ...

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Nothing To Hide

T o be seen as we are, not as we appear...this seems to be a subtle undercurrent of a lament of modern times. We have grown exhausted from the games that the past political scenarios have unleashed, and as we unwind the deception from various channels of our lives, we find the underlying self is...

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Made To Be Measured

I t takes a very astute artist to work with the nuances of something such as material placement. Those unfamiliar with Japanese calligraphy might see a beautiful arrangement of strokes and sweeps to fill the page, but those who are more intimately knowledgeable with the art actually understand w...

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Stoically Languid

W hen one is young, fashion holds promise. Before the internet....oh, let's say anything up to the 80s...one had to go through and keep a personal archive of a lot of publications. But fashion was also simpler, and there were fewer trend themes to keep track of, and fewer designers to refer to. ...

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