As Afterpay’s Australian Fashion Week came to a close, the fashion shows provided a glimpse into a variety of fashion choices.
The event, held in multi-arts centre, Carriageworks in Redfern, highlighted the statement outfits which are outlining the current fashion trends from famous Australian fashion designers.
The show’s designs were slightly lacklustre as repetitive patterns and styles being seen in more than one occasion: sheer and monochrome pink outfits were repeated again.
However, interestingly, a consistent number of minimal outfits were present on the runway with black, white, and grey as the staple colour palette.
The outfits may be hinting at luxury fashion’s less-is-more approach which focuses on creating a subtle yet timeless ensemble.
Demonstrating how luxury brands are beginning to appeal to consumers who wish to create a capsule wardrobe.
Specifically designing clothes to create a seamless outfit where everything is designed to compliment each other.
It is noteworthy to highlight the impact sustainability has on the fashion’s use of colour on their runway outfits.
The ‘less-is-more’ approach may also be attributing to the use of subtle brand names.
While money talks, wealth whispers takes on a new form through brand signatures becoming diluted.
However, the individual’s luxury fashion demand is projected to rise to $369.8 billion by 2030, fortifying the luxury fashion industry.
Furthermore, with the UK’s economy slowly recovering from the pandemic, there has been a slow shift in consumer behaviour as with individuals aiming to reduce their expenditures on hedonistic purchases, their wardrobe staples must be multidimensional.
If COVID-19 has taught us anything, workplace attitudes are becoming less rigid to wardrobe uniforms, allowing creative expression and overall increased employee satisfaction rates.
It has also taught us about the idea of multidimensional outfits, where small changes seamlessly transition your professional office attires to relaxed and casual environments, effortlessly blending versatility, and simplicity.
This is seen with the rise of high heeled boots which, depending on your work environment, are becoming a wardrobe workplace staple; High heeled boots were consistently seen across 18/40, almost half of Elle’s Australia ‘Best Street Style’ looks.
As Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe stated, “the devil’s in the details,” which is especially true for Australian Fashion Week, the accessories shone through in Australian’s streetwear outfits with the bags, sunglasses, and bags.
The beauty of accessories is its deceptively imperative nature to turn a simplistic, dreary outfit and make it eye-catching.
Finally, Australian’s Fashion Week appears to have had a mixed reaction from the public, with a mixture of prior fashion trends to a surge of innovative ones.
The outfits did inspire the public to place the power of individualism into their own hands and develop their own personal style.