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Defining A Suave Style

There are some people perusing the fashion catwalks who have made efforts to improve their standing in the community by wearing designer names. Clothing inspiration tends to come from other sources.

There are many times where I have seen a youngster wear something more grown up. Like the hype created during Wimbledon fortnight, when every youngster has the ambition to be the next champion player so they put on the tennis whites

Magazine images are influencing people, for example, when Kanye West dressed in vintage preppy wear, we want to emulate him, by purchasing designer checked shirts, preppy jacket, and skinny tie. The music culture has been the biggest influence on fashion.

The theory should apply to the fashion designs on the catwalks, as the styles are so unique but often too inaccessible. The design is there to provoke discussion and debate, and contrary to the music  culture of wearing the styles of the singers, models rarely are seen as fashion idols. Designers are credited with their creations though rarely in magazine centrefolds.

Looking on television we can see many people getting into the habit of wearing the clothing worn by celebrities, it is interesting that these styles are influencing younger fashion followers. Idolising a tv personality is easier with online shopping, and giving back some vintage to street styles. Some clothing labels have maintained a particular fashion look throughout the years dependent on the look coming back in fashion. They know  fashions are re-ignited every ten years. Imagine in the next decade, more kids currently at school will be dressing in blazers and Hampton chinos with some brogues.

The fashion world credits preppy fashions with having started brighter colours and bolder clothing. How often do we read about a music star seen wearing a casual shirt, and preppy sweater, the magazines are keen to pinpoint the design label and thereby credit them, not the model who first wore the outfit. Nor would they explore the origins of the look. The re-emergence of the casual shirt and loafer shoe wearing man is an established look and yet Kanye West would have you believe he started it!

About the Author

I am a fashion commentator with a deep interest in the more subtle changes in the fashion world.

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She has a gray stripe running down her back. Here are some names I was thinking of.

Smokey
Dusty
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