DRESSING UP THE 2000's
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London’s street style has a long and storied history associated with the marginalized and crooks. It was only around early 2000 that people began to identify the trend as a movement. It began in the outskirts as a style that meant young, rebellious, and antiestablishment. At first, it meant going against the trend. Today, it is the trend.
Behind the beginnings of trends are institutions that helped make the style more accessible. Spitafields Market, Brick Lane and the Old Camden Market made this fashion clothing style more public, although still limited to a small sector of society. Their ethos possessed the edge that comes with crooks making money by any means necessary, while channelling the lux that comes with quality garments. Valuing Culture and Nostalgia London is a multi-cultural city. It is a colourful avenue pulling together different cultures, from India to South America, from Africa to Asia. With their culture
come
their
values,
their
philosophies, and their clothes. It is this variety and promise of intertextuality that lent the vibrance and essence street fashion holds today. It wasn’t just this tapestry of cultural differences that made the fashion of the century colourful. It also witnessed a reincarnation
of
all
previous
styles,
whether it was from the art industry, music or cinema. Street style is many things at once. It was the love child of Pop Culture and Rock and Roll. It was a precarious
negotiation
between
the
pathos of the Punk subculture and the power of High-end.
Finding Identity All at Once Signature
streetwear
from
the
2000s is different. The 80s was punk hairdos and torn clothes, 90s had Sex and The City. 2000s is all these things at once, a combination and association of every trend that saw their peak
and
witnessed
their
demise.
Londoners rock all styles. Whether it’s a yellow disco t-shirt paired with a leather jacket, or a sweatshirt reminiscent of the Flower Power worn with white sneakers. Pop, Punk and Goth are ancient history. The streetwear of this decade is a fashion warehouse of all the styles that have come and gone. You can walk in drab and walk out part Beatnik, part Indie, part Goth, part Grunge. The trend of the street style is the freedom of choice and the liberty of being who you really are.
RESOURCES: http://www.5pointz.co.uk/mens-brands/crooks-castles/t-shirts http://www.slideshare.net/murphydi/100-years-of-fashion http://timerime.com/en/event/1267424/The+Street+Fashion+of+the+2000s/