Wednesday, August 27, 2008

The Fashion Cycle…

I sometimes get confused with fashion and the different hemispheres – are we inspiring you or are you inspiring us?

The reason I say this is because technically New Zealand is ahead of everyone one else time wise – we are the first to see the new day, the new winter, spring and summer. Yet I find myself longing for the cute little floral skirts and bright colours I’ve been seeing on some of my favourite Northern hemisphere bloggers in their summer passing and I’m now starting to see them longing for the cool winter layers and ruffles that we have been experiencing over here for the past few months.

It makes sense for us to be leading the way with fashion considering we experience everything first yet the florals and bright colours of our northern hemisphere friends are finding their way into our shops and summer looks. Is it just one big fashion cycle? They do obviously exist, everything exists in cycles but who decides what comes next in the cycle?


2 comments:

Amelia said...

I've wondered about that, too, with the hemispheres and all. I think you could make the case either way--for both being ahead and behind. Cute skirt.

Louise said...

Your musings are a lot of things I reflect about a lot, when it comes to style and blogging. It's a total drag feeling like we're behind the rest of the world, and I wonder if our winter collections incorporate some summer elements for that reason? There has been a surprising amount of floral throughout this past winter. Hmm??