Something on Fashion

Looks and Streets

Human expressions, emotions and everything other thing in between, have this one common place where they all come so alive and also so detectable. Also taking the shape of these qualities, this one place is your street.

Streets have a classic way of robbing-off from who we are -which is very well expressed from our daily appearances. From the quiet ones we walk down every morning -to get to the office, get a quick fix, or just for a pleasure walk- to the busy counterparts filled with men and women “always-on-the-go”, the moods or expressions we wear out goes on to give our different streets distinctive looks.

 On a more glam note, the individual fashion and style of different people also has a huge take on the street, creating street fashion for different cities.  More than the runways, fashion comes more alive on the streets, as people have the extra chance at becoming more expressive with their style.

More fascinating is the evolution associated with this; thus changing the looks of our streets with every new trend.  Consequently, today we happen to have all sorts of eye-catching, (and in all innovation) stylistic approach to dressing up-which I must say have come a mighty long way. From well thought-out comebacks to edgy current styles, it seems that more folks are taking on fashion than any other course (well, that is on the side!)

Looking back, it is very observable that the ever-changing fashion and style of people has always contributed in sharpening out a look for the streets we walk on. For a fact, the street takes the shape of the people’s dress-sense and changes with new trends. 

For example, the 60’s in its appreciation of the colour wheel began a colourful trend in dressing and that period -way into the mid-80’s- saw a wide array of colours come alive on people’s outfit. This trend cut across the young and the old alike in that age and their street did follow suit… (Remember colourful track suits and so on).

As a result of come-back thoughts, that same colourful trend has made it back into today’s fashion but in a rather more brilliant way. Compared to what the past-times had, today’s colourful styles have better mixed colour palette toned down with proper complimentary colours. And this has left a fresher and colourful look on the streets of our time, though less colourful than the full “rainbow display” the ones of the 60’s and 80’s. But then, there’s a bible saying that goes, “the end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof”. Nonetheless, this pretty much thrills me the way it all plays out.

One other profound aspect of distinct street fashion is in its uniqueness with every different city. Personally, I have observed that the fashion and style of a particular people is the first and most vivid expression I get whenever I’m in a new city. This is very different for every new city and thus creates the aura and presence the streets give out. For example, you don’t feel as much as though you’re walking on Fifth Avenue, New York while strolling down one of London’s high streets. This is hugely because of the different fashion and style. This is also the same in Lagos, Paris, Milan or anywhere else in the world.

To end my observation, it will be a worthy cause to recognize the laudable efforts of some fashionistas who have left a timeless look on their streets through incorporating styles of different cities and different fashion ages.

Photo Credit: freshwallstreet.com