I’ve had quite the
love - hate relationship with fashion throughout my life. As a self-professed preppy with a love for
European chicness and an admiration for modern global fashion I have quite a
difficult time trying to describe my particular sense of “style”. I am quite
the fashion lover at the current moment, but this has only been in recent
times. I, like many others went through the phase in middle school of shopping
at only certain stores, for I felt the risk of being socially isolated too
great. What I actually learned from literally just living is that you need to
wear what you want to feel comfortable, and to feel good about yourself. Who
cares what other people think of your ugly sweater, if you like it, go for it!
Make a statement!
So with my fairly newfound appreciation
for fashion and anything related to it, I was thrilled to learn I’d be in
London during London Fashion Week! I was lucky enough to find some free events
that I could attend to get the fashion week experience without having to pay a
fortune to go and see. I attended two events on the last Saturday of the event,
firstly I went to the International Fashion Showcase, an exhibition of
international designers from 24 countries who were presenting their creations within
the theme of ‘Fashion Utopias’. This whole theme was presented to display each
designer’s different version of Utopia. It was really inspiring to see each of
the designs, and how although the clothing was literally almost unwearable for
everyday life, it was based around interpretation of the word utopia for each
of the designers and how many different ways utopia could actually be defined. Here
are some pictures I took of different things featured in the exhibit!
Next I attended a pop
up event hosted by Fashion’s Finest, a fashion site that curates all the top
fashion blogs, and news around the world. This was a chance to get to speak
with independent local designers. This was really interesting because in
addition to clothing and accessories there were also some new beauty products and
services being featured. I unfortunately did not take any pictures during this
event, because it was quite small, but it was a very good opportunity to meet
some new people in the industry!
One thing I’d really like to use
this post to highlight is this; ALWAYS take advantage of free events. They are
a fantastic way to meet new people, (related to last week, yes indeed, I
attended these by myself) especially if you go all on your own. You also learn a
lot, so even if you think it will be uninteresting, IT WAS FREE so no loss no
gain if you actually end up not enjoying it. A tad disappointing that my main
statement for this post ended up not even being related to fashion at all, but
I felt it did tie in nicely with something I have truly learned and taken
advantage of while I have been here.
Lastly here are the links to the
International Fashion Showcase, if you’re interested, and Fashion’s Finest if
you’d like to keep up with top fashion news!
Cheers! xoxo
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