SO, it seems like every rapper, influencers, and fashionista's are rocking the so called "ugly shoe" trend. Be prepared to drop major bank on the most popular pair. I pray that this trend goes away as fast as the revival of the Birkenstocks came and went. And no, they are not so ugly, they're cute.
The top "ugly shoes" that are being hyped about are:
From Left To Right: Offset (1/3 Migos), Influencer Mookie Bandasak, Jared Leto
2017 was a big year for Gucci, and for the world of fashion itself. 2017 rappers, fashionistas, and influencers really merged the street brands like Off White, BAPE, Supreme, Fear of God, etc with high end brands like Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Versace, etc. For example, one of the hottest collabs of 2017 was Supreme X Louis Vuitton - with this collaboration it paved the way for the mix of street style and high end designers.
The fact that these street wear collabs are so exclusive (I mean look at Yeezy's and Supreme x Louis Vuitton) that you have to have a so called "plug" and even then still pay crazy amounts of resale prices. The fact that these items are so limited, creates even more of a demand. Everytime I drive by Supreme on Fairfax the lines a block long, same goes for any Fear of God or Yeezy release. It has become a culture of its own. The one's really embracing this are Hip Hop Stars like - Migos, A$AP Rocky, Gucci Mane, and Lil Yachty. On stage they are always rocking (or rather wrapping) Off White with the latest Gucci.
It will be interesting to see how this continues/ plays out in 2018!
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This NYFW and its crazy to see how the world of runway fashion has changed. Designers are making their fashion show, I feel, more about the atmosphere and extremity of it, then the actual clothes themselves. The two that stand out most to me that have gone a bit "extra" are Phillipp Plein and Rihanna. Phillipp Plein always puts on a crazy theme runway show, that is more of a spectacle that anything. However, it is always jam packed with celebrities both on the runway and off. He is at the top of his game right now with 3 lables: Phillip Plein, Plein Sport, and Billionaires club along with dressing Mayweather for the fight.
Phillipp Plein has always been known to go over the top, with good reasoning, he explained to Fashionista.com: "...that he puts on such spectacles so that his independent namesake label can stand up against its more established luxury-brand competitors." For example, last year he showed in Milan right after Gucci, the year before that he showed after Chanel.
1. Phillipp Plein- For his Spring 2018 collection he "hosted" his show at 1OAK with basically a full blown concert to match featuring Future, Nicki Minaj, and Teyana Taylor (who gave a runway "walk" that can't be topped). He also had rappers like Rich the Kid, Swae Lee of Rae Srummerd, 21 Savage and Metro Boomin walking the runway for his mens collection
From left to right: 21 Savage, Rich the Kid, Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Future (with Phillip Plein)
Fashion wise, Vogue Runway didn't have the nicest review, and is also semi funny. "Plein showed women’s and men’s concurrently, under the theme “Good Gone Bad.” His recurrent logo was a ball-gagged and bonded Alice in Wonderland character (or was it Elsa from Frozen?). Some T-shirts read Plein Fairytale Crew. Was it a fairy tale? No. And cheaply glamorizing that logo and idea was icky, but some other pieces were brief flashes of, let’s say, decent dreams—the kind that flicker through the night quickly and might be hard to remember come morning, but still appeared all the same"
In my opinion, the mens shoes were sick, however the bondage them was a bit tacky and extra. The women's hair was done like ruponzel, which was probably influenced by Nicki Minaj as she is always wearing hair down to her knees. He did go out with a bang with Teyana Taylor's catwalk moment.
2. Fenty x Puma (Rihanna)- Rihanna moved her Fenty X Puma show back to New York, she had set up the runway as if you were dirt biking thru mountains as her collection was a bit X Games inspired.
Rihanna pull up game strong
And once again we are seeing some of the trends, fuschia color, trash/plastic bag type material, bra tops, and the cross shoulder fanny pack - which trend was brought back from brands like Goyard and Gucci.
3. Alexander Wang- Now, Aleander Wang did not have an over the top show, however he did have the top models wearing headbands bascially, that read, "Wangover", "Party Animal" "After After Party". At the same time he was keeping on trend with blazers, bra tops, and capes. At the end of the day, the show was played very safe but I still LOVE it.
Overall, it will be interesting if the European fashion houses do something similar.
