Baby baby baby

The final note worthy story in the newspaper was about Kate Middleton's pregnancy.

2012 was definitely the year for Britain, with the Jubilee Olympics and the announcing of Kates pregnancy.

With all the success of keep calm and carry on merchandise sparked by The Kings Speech there's no doubt the royal baby will have a direct influence on British and potentially global childrenswear, in particular mothers buying baby clothes from the same brands Kate will be dressing her little one in.

Multi cultural street style

The next stories we looked at were to do with culture and tourism.


One article was looking at the young immigrants in Britain and their journeys growing up in the city of London.

I definitely think multiculturalism has a huge effect on fashion. So many different cultures have different customs and ways of dressing that will definitely have an effect on street style dependant on where you are.


Here are a few images from my Pinterest to display the kind of street style different cultures have brought to London

Bantu knots - Traditional African hairstyle

Hijabistas

African Prints

South American prints

Another headline was about Stelios, founder of Easyjet, intending on opening budget hotels in Africa. This would mean the kind of exotic holidays that were once only available to those with deep pockets will now be available to budget travellers who will most likely bring fashion and culture of these African countries home with them.

Green Day

Green energy developments were being discussed in the Independent. I believe it could influence fashion design and the way clothes are manufactured. With the climate constantly changing due to environmental damage there could be a rise in eco-friendly clothing brands and a decrease in the demand for fast fashion due to its wastefulness.

Cyprus Crisis and how it will affect the fashion industry

In todays lessons we were going through broadsheet newspapers looking at news stories that stood out to us that we thought could effect society enough to make an impact on fashion.

The first story that caught my attention was about the debt crisis in Cyprus.

The article explained that Cyprus' economy was unstable and the European Central Bank (ECB) was threatening to pull out of being involved with Cyprus altogether leaving it to sort out its own debt.

This is a drastic measure and if they did go forward with it, it could have a knock on effect on Britain. Britain has a large amount of debt and if it was to get as bad as Cyprus nothing would be stopping the ECB from pulling out from Britain as well, leaving the economy shattered. This would affect the retail industry amongst every other industry. The middle market retailers would be affected most as they are always the ones who suffer in recessions and times of austerity.

Brick Lane Street Style

Brick Lane Street Style

 

 

Italian girls.

 

 

Age 22 // 23

Trend followers: Yes // Yes

Occupation: H&M sales advisor // Waitress and make up artist

Favourite fashion items: Leggings and oversized jumpers // Jeans

Phone: HTC // Samsung

Recently visited restaurant: Wasabi // Misado 

Favourite music: 50's // Rock & Roll

Fashion icon: Audrey Hepburn // NA

From: Italy // Italy

Favourite place in London: Brick Lane // Portobello

Turban girl.

 

Age: 25

Trend follower: Not really

Occupation: Accountant

Style: Masculine. Not feminine at all

Phone: iPhone

Recently visited restaurant: Local restaurant in Liverpool

Favourite music: Everything

Bag contents: Fags

Fashion icon: Rihanna and Rita Ora

From: Liverpool

Favourite area in London: Camden

Blonde girl.

 

Age: 19

Trend follower: Yes

Occupation: Looking for work, wants to work in fashion or a pub

Phone: iPhone

Favourite music: Everything. 60's. Bowie. Gaga. Amy Winehouse.

Bag contents: Phone, book cigarettes.

Fashion icon: Lady Gaga

From: German

Favourite areas in London: Brick Lane & Camden

Hipster guy. 

 

Age: 31

Trend follower: No

Occupation: Artist and musician

Favourite clothing item: Jeans

Phone: iPhone

Favourite music: Folk and Indie

Fashion icon: Doesn't have one.

From: Romford

Favourite place in London: Brick Lane.

Kings Road Street Style

Kings Road Street Style

Cambridge.

 

Age: 24
Trend follower: Not really
Favourite magazine: GQ
Occupation: Law student
Style: Preppy
Phone: iPhone
Recently visited restaurant: Cafe Boheme
Favourite music: Indie
Fashion Icon: "Jude Law, like 10 years ago"
From: Cambridge

Red scarf.

Trend follower: No
Occupation: Financial Advisor
Phone: iPhone
Recently visited restaurant: Coat
Favourite music: Depends on mood. Classical or modern.
From: Bulgaria
Favourite area in London: Greenwich




South America.

 

Age: 50+
Trend follower: No, just wears whatever his wife gets him.
Occupation: Painter decorator.
Phone: Nokia
Recently visited restaurant: Wagamama
Favourite music: RnB
From: South America
Favourite area in London: South London.




Woman catching her bus

Teenage girls.

 

Trend follower: Yes. Following fashion week. // Yes
Occupation: Boarding school students
Style: Preppy // Vintage and modern
Favourite fashion item: Blazer // Leggings and jumper
Recently visited restaurant: Duke of Yorks in Kent
Favourite music: Top 40 // Everything but heavy metal
Bag contents: Everything. Chewing gum, lipgloss, phone, money // Phone and oyster
From: London // London
Favourite area in London: Bond Street and Oxford Street // Central London




Brit Pop Princess look alike

 

Age: 21-25
Trend follower: Yes
Following fashion week: Not as much as she should be
Occupation: Web Visual Merchandiser
Style: Girly and comfy
Phone: iPhone
Recently visited restaurant: Italian in Battersea
Favourite music: Classical and RnB. A mixture.
From: Chelsea
Favourite area in London: Dulwich.




Scottish woman

 

Age: 21-35
Trend follower: Yes. Mainly for work
Occupation: Editor
Style: Chameleon. Used to be vintage but feels shes too old for it now
Favourite fashion item: Old tshirts
Phone: iPhone
Recently visited restaurant: Buona Sera, Chelsea
Favourite music: Everything. The weirder the better
Bag contents: Phone, lipstick, money, cards
From: Scotland
Favourite area in London: Balham




Teenage boys.

 

 

Age: 16
Trend follower: Yes, via internet.
Occupation: Students
Phone: iPhone // HTC
Recently visited restaurant: McDonalds
Favourite music: RnB, Chris Brown
From: Nigeria // Germany
Favourite area in London: Croydon




Older lady

 

Trend follower: No
Occupation: Retired
Phone: Nokia
Recently visited restaurant: Chelsea, British food.
Favourite music: Opera, ballet, classical
Bag contents: Purse, handkerchief, lipstick, mirror.

MIC's Proudlock!

 

Age: 26
Trend follower: Yes
Favourite magazine: GQ
Occupation: Owns clothing company (Serge De Nimes)
Style: Urban. Mix of 90s and vintage
Phone: iPhone
Recently visited restaurant: Yuacha
Favourite music: Hip hop
Fashion icon: Johnny Depp
From: London




Male models

Trend followers: Yes
Occupation: Models
Style: Suited and booted // Casual
Phone: iPhone
Recently visited restaurant: Maxwell Bar
Favourite music: Old school RnB // House
From: Glasgow
Favourite are in London: Chelsea so far




Floppy hair

 

Age: 25
Trend follower: No
Occupation: Florist
Phone: Sony
Recently visited restaurant: Spaghetti Train
Favourite music: Anything
From: Surrey
Favourite area in London: Chelsea