Apparel Online India Magazine May 1st Issue 2018 | Page 30

DIRECTIONS BY
FALL
2018
TECHNIQUES
T
here’s a palpably nostalgic tone set
at the Fall/Winter 2018 collections
wherein designers are, continuing a
long running love affair with 1970s kitsch
influences and thrift shop trinkets.
The prevalent hype surrounding streetwear
and outerwear is also keenly taken into
consideration as designers and high fashion
brands seek to appease the dominant
millennial and Gen Z clientele.
Fashion houses are taking their cues from
an eclectic mix of eras and movies that
surpass cultures and traditions; and instead of
resulting in a big chaos, the upshot is in fact
just the opposite.
Floral embroideries make a comeback but not
in the dainty, romantic way you would expect.
This season, they take on a more folkloric
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tone and present themselves as understated
muted versions of their counterparts. Floral
swirls also make their way into 3D appliqué
placements that make use of heretical laces
and ribbons.
On the surface front, wide explorations of
washes are undertaken over denims ranging
from worn out effects to deeper indigo dips.
A sense of reckless abandon, reflective of the
current overall societal and cultural mood
translates itself via an array of shredding
and fraying techniques over shirts, jeans and
denim jackets.
All this and more, as FFT takes on the recently
concluded menswear and womenswear
showcases to reveal the key techniques
that would be in focus for the approaching
frostier months.