Yesterday, florals were all the rage but today’s all about leopard print. The print was seen on oversized bags, logo-sweatshirts, added layers and the trend was rounded out with a literal tiger face on Andrea Beechey’s clutch.
The finish line of World MasterCard Fashion Week Fall 2013 may officially be tonight but our street style photos stop here (sad face). To finish it off, our photographer Stefania Yarhi worked her magic (as per usual) to bring us some stellar shots of graphics, bold patterns and even a 90210 star!
Playing around with a different pattern was Elayne Teixeira-Millar, who layered black and white stripes under a graphic T-shirt with a Kendrick Lamar reference and another attendee wore striped disco pants while taking a seriously large step. Graphics were also prominent on that redheaded model Elise Gatschene, who was spotted in a truly amazing Budweiser sweater (that we really wish we owned it) and another gal with perfect eyeliner’s hat told us she “aint no wifey.” All these girls were definitely sending a message loud and clear with their looks on day four.
Leather continued to be a fan favourite with show goers and we saw Canadian actress and star of the just-cancelled 90210 reboot, Jessica Lowndes, in a leather-sleeved dress and a perfect red lip. Outside, we saw a mint green twist on the ever-classic leather moto jacket and a bright yellow clutch. Who says leather should only come in black?
In today’s society people in rich countries are linked to people in poor countries through the commoditisation and consumption of what can be called fashion. In one area of the globe people are working long hours to produce things that people in another part of the globe are anxious to consume. The chain of production and consumption of Nike shoes is an example of this. The Nike shoes are produced in Taiwan and consumed in North America. In the production end there is the nation building a hard working ideology that leads people to produce and entices people to consume with a vast amount of goods for the offering. Commodities are no longer just utilitarian but are fashionable, be they running shoes or sweat suits.
The fashion industry has long been one of the largest employers in the United States, and it remains so in the 21st century. However, employment declined considerably as production increasingly moved overseas, especially to China. Because data on the fashion industry typically are reported for national economies and expressed in terms of the industry’s many separate sectors, aggregate figures for world production of textiles and clothing are difficult to obtain. However, by any measure, the industry accounts for a significant share of world economic output.
