Velvet Dress

4 Trends from Runway to Every Day

For the fall/winter 2009 runways, designers explored the combination of concepts as seen in previous seasons; re-examining texture, fabrication, and silhouette. Cristophe Decarnin of Balmain can easily be credited with the overwhelming trends of the season, due partially to his formulaic aesthetic (seen in both fall/winter 2008 and spring/summer 2009 collections) that proved to be financially successful during a time when the industry was feeling the strain of the global recession. That is not to say, however, that the evolution of this aesthetic as a whole was not furthered and in-fact reinterpreted wholly by other labels. The season yielded several other responses to the political climate (an undeniable factor in the design process, both financially and socially), referencing eras past from over-the-top 80s glitz, to structured 40s menswear. Though there were a good number of designers who opted out of the total re-envisioning of punk and goth extremes, the seasons muted ...
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