S ome of the examination of fashion comes from more anthropological aspects, such as the origin of trends and their parallels with events in current times that recall similar moods. Our choice is to recall and recapture those originating sentiments as we remind the current fashionistas we are again feeling the very things that triggered inspiration for the source of creativity. For example, the high hemlines in line with our moments of empowerment via sexuality.

Other aspects are more symbolic, such as volume or textile choice in relation to our emotional state. in these cases, it is the representation that we seek to identify with, and trends that succeed tap well into these understanding of sentiments. The structure in textiles that we continue to embraced coincides with more aggressive defensive aspects, or how volume in the cut of garments is in relation to our personal security levels.

Sometimes we feel the need to be in order, and in other times we embrace the feeling of being out of balance as we attempt to make sense ff the world. The artful aspects of asymmetry fight this desire for order and celebrate letting loose, in response to our recognition that the world seems out of control or that we feel so. In points within various decades, where we feel safe enough to accept this lack of control, the unbridled asymmetry is unleashed.

There is no particular decade where this was more prominent, for each decade allowed this swing between sensible symmetry and it's antithesis. We have tended to utilize it more in our century if that tells you something about our willingness to allow ourselves some release. That the 20s, 50s and particularly the 80s, a period of great change and self-awareness, was a source for much experimental design within this execution of expression tells us where we are leaning to now. 

Yes, there is economic uncertainty and global nervousness, yet financially things seem somewhat better in most places and as in past decades with similar cautious optimism woven through change we give ourselves permission to loosen boundaries. Sometimes we have to let loose to find our balance, particularly when we feel relatively safe to do so. The dichotomy of exploration and insecurity fits us well, even when swimming in oversize output.