There might have been dramatic advancements in the relationship between fashion and tech, but designers seem to be moving towards something a little more Y2K.
— a 60s, space age architectural wonder that has recently been repurposed as a luxury hotel — Nicolas Ghesquière debuted a series of bags that were embedded with OLED screens lit up with imaginary, futuristic cityscapes.
In 2019, the worlds of fashion and tech have never been more intertwined. With advances in the field of wearable tech, you’ll find plenty of people sporting Fitbits or Hermès-designed Apple Watches; Amazon is trialling virtual mirrors that allow you try on outfits from the comfort of your own home; 3D-printed garments have hit the runway by designers from Iris van Herpen to Chanel couture. There are more possibilities than ever before to embrace and develop a vision of fashion’s future.
As with so many trends dominating the fashion landscape, the origin comes most likely from Demna Gvasalia. The winking irony of internet culture is part of Demna’s DNA, whether that’s knowing pop cultural references to everything from DHL to James Cameron’sor his instincts for cherry-picking from various style cultures and sticking them in a blender, with all the curation of an Instagram feed and the chaotic virality of meme culture.
But while there are plenty of examples of designers operating within this aesthetic, what’s arguably harder to come by is an explanation why. Perhaps the appeal of the Y2K aesthetic lies in the utopian promises it offered: of the internet as a new frontier that offered a freedom of creative expression, a new peer-to-peer model of exchanging information, and the chat room’s possibilities of connecting you with like-minded people all across the globe.
Then there’s the possibility that it was simply a style culture we simply underestimated. The revival by
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