Street Trends of the Past and Present

Street Trend influence 1
This street trend I have only seen in Brooklyn, Bronx and Harlem of New York. Many of the young teens men , wear this style. Styled with denim trousers, sagging, the shoe laces are tied into the trouser bottom front, and the back stays fitted to the shoe. I have ask, about this style and the feed back was keeping the trousers neat and clean “Not stepping on the back of the jeans”.



Street trend influence 2
The new street trend, is the custom sneaker designs, made with great detail. Created with fabric pant the artist creators to the customers imagination wants. The wild imagination comes from movies, cartoons, or everyday life. The cost of this custom hand made designers are from $150.00 to $500.00 .



Zoot Suits- late 1930-1940
After WWII Zoots Suits were popular in New York, Harlem. They became were worn by young gangs of African American, Mexican Americans and Italian Americans, particular in Los Angeles. The zoot suite was pant was high waisted, wide legged and tight cuffed at the bottom of the trousers. The coats were long mid thigh, with wide lapels and padded wide shoulders, often worn with a wide felt hats.

Stacy Adams has his own spin on the Zoot Suits, in 2008 his spring line of tailor looks, light pastel colors and straight lines set the new beginning of the zoot suit.

ZOOT SUITE





Teddy Boys mid 1950's
This Teddy boys tarted in 1950 in London when young men wore clothing inspired by Edwardian Period. King Edward VII appreciated and surround him self with woman of beauty therefore because of him he made it a hobbit to dress and party with style. Post war years income increased, and the young teens wore tailor made, shirt s known as “Mr. B” which was a high neck collar, white shirt with draped long knee length jacket, double breasted and made of wool. And narrow lapels, satin and many of pockets.

John Galliano spring 2009, captures the true style of the Teddy boys in his own way. The line represents the street trends in all its elements.

TEDDY BOYS






Mod late 1950s
First originated in London and spread to the U.S. This look went from street wear to main stream in a matter of moths. The term “mod” was describes fans of modern jazz music and opposed to traditional jazz. The teens and young adults used their disposable income to purchase the mod style clothing in London's first boutique, targeted to the youth. Mods were know as critical and self conscious, and known to use symbols as the Union flag for dress attrie. They wore,

As roland Mouret re-introduceds the Mod style in spring 2004, I have notice that the mod style has always been a street trend, which is usally seen in R&B and hip hop music videos. And Roland Mouret captures it in a soft quiet way.

Mod






Beatniks 1950's
The beatniks were a sociocultural movement of 1950's and 1960'sin England. A movement that lived a materialistic lifestyle of poetry leading into jazz. The name derived from New York, an author by the name of Jack Kerouac coined the name “Beat Generation” in 1948. Beatniks dressed in all black or oversize chunky long, sweaters along with huge owl collars, worn over slim or cigarette pants. The females often worn fitted pencil skirts or carpi pants with there hair pined up in a bun or a bob.

The year of the Beatniks is in season once again as BCBG's fall line hit the runway in 2006. The style of the chunky cow neck sweaters are here to stay.

Beatniks






Hippies 1960's to 1970's
The first group of Hippies were emerged in Europe 1896-1908. The word hippie is from the word “hipster” people who create their own communities as a sexual revolution and used various drugs, claiming to explore. The Hippies of mid 1960 and late 1970's were a movement that spiritually reached there audience though music festivals and contemporary sexual mores. Their style of clothing played a big part as well. Men wore: long hair, tie head bands, leather vests, and wide leg pants and boots; women wore micro minis, bell bottom jeans, halter tops, wide belts and leather sandals.

The style of the Hippies never went away, as we see here in Y & Kei spring 2008 collection. But this time with more bright and vibrant colors, tied in to a beach look as well.

HIPPIES





Disco late 1960's and early 1970's
From the late 1960's and early 1970's Disco was introduced to us from New York and Philly music and sound. Originated from the African American and Hispanic communities in the disco clubs. The music also came with the Disco dancing that became serious on the dance floor. The disco clothing became a big part of soon after, dressing to impress as they show off the lastes moves. The look started with shiny colors, spandes tops, hot pants, jump suits, leopard skin, and Lycra stretch pants known as disco pants.

Yohji Yamanmoto has studied that disco style an soften the suit fabric, in their spring 2008 collection. Noticing that they have formed that same suit style of 1970's and created a baggy look. Gearing toward the urban city nights.

Diso





Punk mid 1970's
An aggressive movement started in London mid 1970's called Punk. A range of 200 young people self proclaimed, “The anti-fashion urban youth street culture”, aligned with the music movement “PUNK ROCK”. This movement encompasses styles of fashion, dance, ideology, visual and literature. The lifestyle of unemployed and low income teens, designed to attract attention: animal print bum flaps, frayed edges of shirts, trousers, chains or safety pins held bits of fabric together. Spiked hairstyles and hair cuts and lets not forget body piercing were done in unusual parts of the body, such as nose, cheeks, lips, and eyebrows.

Luella for PUNK collection in spring 2009, has added some what of the Gothic look. Within this punk collection is a military style mix. As the zippers, chanes, patch like fabric and hairstyles play out the punk style trend. Luella altered looks, styles and fads from all over to create a new punk trend.

PUNK





Hip Hop late 1970's
Thirty-one years ago Hip-Hop's arrival in the streets of New York City in late 1970's. The correct term “Hip Hop” came from the African-American music culture called Bebop. When Hip Hop emerged so did the music, based around rhythmic beasts, rhymes and sounds by the Disc Jockeys. Inner city teenagers, found there new way to express themselves by dancing, and wild styles of dress: big tees shirts, bright colors, thick shoe laces, kangols hats, Nike and Adidas sweat suits. In 1983 Hip Hop became a culture when songs such as “Planet Rock” by Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force.

Sean Johns fall coll for 2009 included more denim, long tee shirts and outerwear. As for the women of hip hop, they have been represented as sexy simples baring it all. Hop hip and non hip hop designers pull ideas from urban street trends, to make it interesting.

Hip Hop