After the Spring-Summer 2007 fashion weeks ended it was clear that the fashion world was opting for only one thing: the future. The majority of the collections purposed to achieve a fashion forward statement. Be it in the clothes, the accessoiries, their casting, the make-up, you name it, the key word was future. Blown away with geometrical shapes, new fabrics, space armor and out of this world beauties, the fashion lover had to take some rest after the season ended to digest it all. To some up what I feel are the strongest elements of that futuristic fashion that awaits us, here's a small line-up in no particular order.
As far as I am concerned it all started in July, when John Galliano presented us his armored warrior queens for the Fall-Winter 2006-2007 Dior couture collection. As he posed in a space-suit with four of his out-of-this-planet goddesses the chain of events was set in motion. Armor, space, geometrical shapes and the future were the sources to draw inspiration from. And so it happened!
In a dazzling presentation, Hussein Chalayan showed us that technique is also the future in fashion. With hidden wires and motors he presented dresses that changed shape at the spot! With a ticking clock for music, the spectators were amazed when this dress above flipped open, changed pattern and created a superbly futuristic look. In the last look of the show an even more unimaginable event took place as model Leah de Wavrin entered the stage in a beautiful white chiffon dress. Second later the dress was swallowed up by her hat and Leah was buttnaked. How's that for a fashion moment?
Alber Elbaz was most fashion forward when it comes to fabrics. For the house of Lanvin, he let models parade down the runway in technofabrics such as silicone, parachute and vinyl. No good old chiffon or cotton this time. The statement here was to make way for a new generation of fabrics in a new generation of fashion to project fashion forwards like it has never happened before.
Perfectly in line with a desire towards the future is the interstellar beauty of Dutch model Iekeliene Stange. Her never seen before bone structure, cool attitude and amazing photogenic abillity her success screams for a new trend in models. Gone are the aliens and bugs, enter the strong, unique, futuristic models of today and tomorrow.
In a show of extremes the man of extremes Garreth Pugh made men and women transcend into each other, creating a sexless, androginous hodgepodge of geometrical shapes, Star Warsian fabrics and a new silhouette. This collection might be one of extremes, but it is the biggest mirror you can imagine to reflect the desire in fashion to move on from a past full of war and misery into a future with new exciting things.
The icing on the cake, the king of futurism: meet the C3PO's come to life by Nicholas Ghesquire for Balenciaga. Drawing his inspiration from the movie Tron and obviously the above mentioned couture collection, this collection had nothing fashion backwards about it. Only forwards. New shapes in jackets, techniques in dresses, amazing armored legs and tanky shoes were the clear message here. It is time to move on already!
