Apparently Streetwear Is More Than T-Shirts
More than tee shirts and Sting, the 60’s are back with a twist. I do love that stylesetters are reinventing the 60’s into something that works for today…that is of course how it should be…retro with a twist.I see that in home furnishings as well, taking something like baroque and creating it with a modern twist.
Like these painted foam chairs from the International Contemporary Furnishings Show in New York a couple of weeks ago, but the silhouette is decidedly Baroque. Besides calling it retro with a twist, I call it whimsical. Even the 60’s steetwear with a little bit gypsy has that touch of whimsy to it.Jamie Hayon’s (the darling of the design world right now) work has whimsy to it, so does Tord Boontje’s and Marcel Wanders.
I love it that men are also allowing themselves this type of expression. Once again, I feel hope. Whodathunk it? That a design revolution is coming about not in the form of rebellion but in the form of genuine creativity….humor and a style that is less about function (although function is a big part of it) than about being genuinely creative–Expressionist Design is also what I’ve heard it called but that doesn’t give it it’s due because the stuff that is being turned out right now just indicates a yearning, a clear shift to the creative side from the tech turned hard edge industrial turned innovative.
Just in the knick of time, I was beginning to not be able to breathe from all of the regurgitated designs flooding the market for years now since the new millenium began. It’s like we’ve found our footing in this time, which is now the future. Thank God we are not robots!
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