Spring has Sprung ❀

Whilst the weather would have us thinking we are still walking around in autumnal drizzle, the transition  from fall to spring is emerging and retailers are trying their best to help us look forward to days when you can slink out of the house without first bundling yourself down with coat, scarf, gloves, umbrella etc etc...

Oasis have succeeded in making their front of store visual merchandising stand out with a pop of fresh citrus tones and the romantically phrased message and hash-tag:

"No matter how long winter is...

spring is sure to follow" #meltintospring

Topshop on the other hand seems to be playing it safer with a focus on their jeans range - some might say, the perfect transitional item.

ASOS have released their SS14 trends:

Art School / Gap Yeah / Freaky Florals / Logomania / Fondant Fancies / So-Cal 

Evening Standard's Duluxe Fashion supplement supported the emergence of ASOS's 'Art School' trend with their own 'POP Goes the Easel' editorial:

JUST Twenties



The 2012 Fashion Translation:





ASOS: 21st Century Gatsby



Stylist Magazine


 
French Connection (Evening Standard newspaper):



Gucci, 'Stylist' Magazine



Gatsby on the catwalk

Ralph Lauren:

 Alberta Ferretti:

Etro:

Gucci:

John Galliano:

Marchessa:

 
The 20s influence

The catwalks were brimming with "deco details and Twenties silhouettes" (Lucy Hutchings) as a result of Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F.Scott Fitzgerald's classic The Great Gatsby coming to cinemas in December'12.



The Great Gatsby, 2012 remake








The Great Gatsby, 2012 remake

The affluent leisure class of The Great Gatsby was fully manifested on Ralph Lauren's S/S'12 catwalk collection. The show featured cloche hats, silky separates with watercolour florals in Easter pastels and the most glamorous of gowns.

Designers have utilised all-over beaded embellishment, decorative flapper dresses and a silky gloss aesthetic to evoke an image of 20s fashion: Gucci and Etro showed tasselled trims, Marchesa worked with lavish beading and Ralph Lauren created a froth of ostrich feathers.



The Evening Standard: The Artist


Some original 20s attire: