If what you wear is a statement, this aims to observe a dialogue. It is to serve as a record of the message one intends to convey through dress, and that message as it is perceived by others. Here the duality of rugged and street, sexy and slutty, chic and sheepish is examined.
This study also attempts to journal the idiosyncrasies of fashion movements as they transition into either monuments or relics. The evolution of jeans from work pants made from tent canvas to the ubiquitous display of ($200 a pop) hip they are today. The journey of sneakers from gyms and courts to never worn, limited edition collector’s items. Who started putting pennies in loafers? Wearing baseball caps backwards?
There is wearing an article, or there is rockin’ it. And then there is Origin of Style simply trying to capture glimpses of both.
Style began way before clothes were labeled and humans became branded. Before we paid for advertisers to pay magazines to tell us what we must have. Hopefully this will serve as a reminder that style’s origin can be found where it still lies today, in you. -fs
