subject: In Vogue Footwear [print this page] Summer styles call for something a little more extraordinary than you would usually wear and the warm weather gives you the perfect opportunity to experiment with some bold colours and designs. Indeed, summer is a brilliant time to reassess what you have In your wardrobe and turn over a new style leaf "" taking the opportunity to play about with your ensembles whilst the warm weather gives you the opportunity to use a variety of shapes, textures and cuts. The past few years in particular has seen rich collaboration and synergy of design ideas coming from all parts of the globe. Bold colours and block prints form the Orient are especially in vogue at the moment and many young designers are having fun looking at the way in which they interact.
The most recent trends are all about standing out from the crowd and doing something which treads the thin line between eccentric and acceptable. Vivienne Westwood shoes are very much back in vogue and the iconic use of colour from this quintessentially risqu designer are emblematic of the wider trend for outr designs and colours. Unlike some of her more staid contemporaries who have gradually evolved their style aesthetic to fit their age, Vivienne Westwood shoes remain at the forefront of edgy young style, despite the great designer"s age. Employing architectural shapes and sweeping curves, Vivienne Westwood shoes are the apotheosis of the trendsetting style that defined London in the sixties and seventies.
Modern aesthetics are less about toeing the line and more about creative collaboration that seeks to find inspiration in the arcane and esoteric. Trend watchers now spend hours searching for the latest historical or abstruse styles, ideas and cultural inspirations. It is perhaps for this reason that we"re currently seeing a lot of Asian inspired pieces. Indeed, this culture is itself a palimpsest of older traditions and the modern Asia of Manga, super consumption and electronics has appropriated more classical traditions in an attempt to define itself on the world stage This interesting phenomenon has been repeated throughout the West, where countries such as the UK and America have reached back into their golden age past to revive long dead styles that sit in a liminal state between kitsch and conservative.
If you"re looking for inspiration, the best place to take the pulse of the fashion world is through the range of blogs and style sites that have sprung up along with the global ubiquity of the internet. These make it a lot easier to understand exactly where we in the style stakes and where we"re going.
