Spring / Summer 2024 Fashion

By: AnaCristina Lopez

This look from the Marine Serre collection offers a look into the patchwork trend, the up-and-coming trend that remixes together fabrics and patterns into one. Patchwork has been around for many decades, but it has received a revamp through the high fashion world that will have it rise in the fashion cycle. This trend will undoubtedly remain in the fashion cycle given the interest from consumers and designers to instill a slow fashion approach to style through upcycling. The themes emerging from patchwork are sustainability and the fusion of different ideas and styles into one piece. The rise in upcycling inspired the patchwork trend, as it gives designers the opportunity to give textile scraps a whole new life. This trend can be worn in any way by anyone, as the style ranges from all departments and aesthetics, it is just a matter of the specific look one is going for. The sustainability movement that gave rise to the upcycling phenomenon is when the patchwork trend came in, however, this trend had also been very popular in the 60s and 70s during the infamous hippy movement. This is a macro trend. It has already been accepted, now it will just continue to develop into newer styles such as this dress from the 2024 runway collection.

Showcased within the Louis Vuitton Men’s runway was the trend of pixelation pattern. This is a new trend in the fashion cycle, it is exciting to see what is going to come of it after the debut of this collection. The theme of this trend is the age of technology, the pattern of the clothes is pixelated the way it would be if the piece was to be zoomed in on a screen. The creative director of the trend, says it was inspired by Louis Vuitton's iconic Damier pattern and traditional camouflage print. This trend will be worn as street-style fashion. The target customer for the pixelated trend will be those who lean into more luxurious street-style clothing. The camouflage-style part of the trend is a military-inspired look, this began in the 60s and 70s when young Vietnam veterans began styling parts of their uniforms for everyday fashion. Its a macro trend turned micro trend, in the sense that they took camouflage, a style that is still worn to this day, and turned it into something that is much less versatile. I think this trend will have a fast acceptance but also a quick decline.

Kenzo Resort 2024

This is the monochromatic trend, which involves only wearing a single color, either in different hues or the same one from head to toe.

The trend has been popular in the fashion cycle for years and has only risen in popularity with time. The themes emerging from monochromatic outfits are versatility and simplicity. This trend can be incorporated in both casual and elegant looks. It can be worn as it is in the image, or for red-carpet events. More fashionable individuals will be wearing this, I believe the majority of the public might not find the appeal in it just yet.

This trend was coined by Coco Chanel in the 1920s. It was widely popular for women to sport one color from head to toe, even including their makeup. This is a macro trend. It is already accepted and wildly popular among A-lister fashionistas, and with time it will slowly be developed into something more common. This Kenzo runway look is the perfect example of how we will be seeing monochromatic fashion on the streets.

This look is composed of the camp trend which can be described as extravagant, provocative, and subversive. Camp is all about pushing the boundaries of fashion, recently we have seen that now more than ever so it is safe to say it is on the rise in the fashion cycle. This trend is a theme in itself, however, it is safe to say that a theme in camp fashion would be kitschy. This trend had been a part of performance culture amongst artists but the 2019 Met Gala is what made the “camp” more mainstream. The target customer for this trend is someone who is unafraid of fun and exaggerated looks, it is someone who is not afraid to step way outside of the box in terms of fashion. The social movements that can be accredited with introducing camp to American society are accredited to the gay community. Camp fashion was an integral part of gay culture, specifically during the pre-Stonewall era, so the early 1960s. This is a macro trend. Camp fashion has still not been completely accepted by the fashion industry, or by the public. However, with time I believe that it will become more common and more popular.