The 28th consecutive season of outsider Vancouver Fashion Week only just finished and six key trends appeared from what is considered one of the world’s top gateway fashion weeks.
Our very own Monarchs Prince William and Kate Middleton were in the host city during VFW, obvs they didn’t attend the shows, however the FROW was notably celeb packed, cementing VFW as a fashion fringe event to pay close attention to.
Silver appeared in several collections with Alex S. Yu, Evan Clayton, JKline and Maryam Niyazi all giving SS17 a silver spin on dresses, jackets and separates.
We al know that the 90s were the best era for both fashion and music and that trend shows no sign of abating, 90s rave influenced a handful of collections including Angus Chiang, Balaclava, Lillz Killz and Naovoe. Acid colours, playful shapes and attitude in abundance moved this trend from the fringe to the frow.
Texture clashing was prevalent across multiple designer shows – plastic pailettes, leather, metal, faux fur and cotton was combined, layered, juxtaposed and manipulated to create awesome contemporary looks. With Alex S. Yu, Clio Page, HUY-HUY and Moon Choi leading the charge.
Simplicity came in the form of purest white – swing dresses, shirts and daywear gave a nod to purity. With Vestige Story, TKC Design, GH by German Hernandez and Zi Xia leading the pack on all things pure and simple.
Pale pink was elevated from girly to focal and ended up in an array of collections as an accent colour or focal hue. Alogon, INSOMNIA, Angus Chiang and JKline pinked up their palettes to perfection and remember the golden rule, on Wednesdays, we wear pink….
Ruffles, if ever a trend was created with Lawrence llewelyn-Bowen, this is it. Solid hues, patterns and a deconstructed shirt saw ruffles taking centre stage and not small, understated ruffles, these were super sized and in your face, made to be seen ruffles. Hannah Vanderveen, Moon Choi, Alex S. Yu and Nuska added one of fashion’s oldest embellishments to their spring/summer collections.
With another Fashion Month over we’ve been moderately treated to a variety of new trends and even in some cases a new way of buying. With a relatively underwhelming start to show season (mentioning no names NYFW), London came through with the lift we needed. After Scout, MFW and PFW, Vancouver has given us a whole host of micro trends to play with and I might not even wait until spring to get started…
Pixie xo