When you travel to Dalston, a modern and multi-cultural area, located in the eye of Hackney, you will be surrounded by people of different cultures and different trends. That is what makes this area perfect for trend spotting. “Dalston is packed with fun nights out, affordable meals and unique bargain buys” (TimeOut London, 2017).
The looks we spotted were all different, however they still had ties to each other. Our first participant was rocking a pair of printed loose-fitted wide-leg trousers (fig 1). Whereas our second participant was spotted wearing a big oversized puffer jacket (fig 2). As we can see a lot of people follow in the trend that is oversized clothing. It was especially shown during February’s NYFW Street Style documented on Vogue UK (fig 3) as seen below.
Our next participants, on the other hand, had a completely different style to the others. As seen, she was wearing a black wool coat (fig 4), that never goes out of style as seen in Harper’s Bazaar’s 15 best coats of 2017 (fig 5, 6), with a pair of black heels and a pink shoulder bag.
Contrary to that, our last participants did not follow a particular style. One, paired a plaid shirt with a denim dungaree dress and a pink rain coat (fig 7), whilst the other paired a grey skirt with trainers and a striped oversized jumper and a camo bag (fig 8).
What I have learnt from this is that when going trend spotting there is so much to look for. It can be brand new innovating trends, old trends like the 80s pouf skirt that could potentially come back or the timeless fashion trends that never go out of style, as for example animal prints. Looking at how our participants tie together; their styles consist of a mix of new and old trends.
References
Movebubble (N.d) Dalston London guide [Online] Available from: <https://www.movebubble.com/2014/04/the-official-guide-to-dalston/> [Accessed 20. November 2017]
TimeOut London (2017) Dalston area guide [Online] Available from: <https://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/dalston-area-guide> [Accessed 20. November 2017]
Figure 1 – Maticiuc, N (2017) Wide-leg trousers [Personal photograph] Retrieved 26. October 2017, Dalston, London.
Figure 2 – Maticiuc, N (2017) Oversized puffer jacket [Personal photograph] Retrieved 26. October 2017, Dalston, London.
Figure 3 – Vogue UK (2017) NYFW Street Style Trends. [Photograph] Retrieved from: <http://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/nyfw-street-style-trends> (Accessed 14 December 2017)
Figure 4 – Maticiuc, N (2017) Black loose-fitted coat [Personal photograph] Retrieved 26. October 2017, Dalston, London.
Figure 5 – Harper’s Bazaar (2017) Winter coats: Our 20 favourites to invest in now. [Photograph] Retrieved from: <http://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/what-to-wear/news/g32335/best-fall-winter-coats/?slide=7> (Accessed 14 December 2017)
Figure 6 – Harper’s Bazaar (2017) Winter coats: Our 20 favourites to invest in now. [Photograph] Retrieved from: <http://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/what-to-wear/news/g32335/best-fall-winter-coats/?slide=13> (Accessed 14 December 2017)
Figure 7 – Maticiuc, N (2017) Dungaree dress with pink rain coat [Personal photograph] Retrieved 26. October 2017, Dalston, London.
Figure 8 – Maticiuc, N (2017) Striped jumper paired with skirt and accessories [Personal photograph] Retrieved 26. October 2017, Dalston, London.
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