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Fashion: A slanted view into 2020
Instead of a general overview like the past few years, I’m focusing on a few topics this year. Thus a slanted view.
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Going green: Models showcase Sejauh Mata Memandang’s Daur collection at Jakarta Fashion Week in October. (Courtesy of Magnifique Indonesia/-)
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oward the end of the year, many people wonder what the next trends are. It used to be quite clear-cut and "commandeered" by Paris, Milan, London and New York. Thanks to globalization and the information revolution, fashion has evolved to the point that now a trend can be what a particular designer or paying customer says it is.
Yet some lines can be connected, so let's have a look.
Despite the recent streetwear trend and Suits having aired its final episode, suits will be highlighted next year. Deconstructed, in prints, and likely to be paired up with '70s-style wide-collared chemises. Indonesian designers Ai Syarif and Wilsen Willim are offering some sharp suits worth checking for next spring.
One print that will keep making headway is polka dot. There is a reason this month's Uniqlo x Marimekko winter collaboration sold much faster than its summer 2018 capsule collection – people were ready to go full dotty. At this year's Jakarta Fashion Week (JFW), Alex(a)lexa clashed polka dot with brushstroke pattern
Neon colors may prevail, as daring as yellow and green. SeanSheila’s electric tosca green cargo pants aren't for the fainthearted, yet mustard and marigold hues by Toton Januar, Jii by Gloria and MajorMinor would flatter most skin tones.
Boho fringes also resurfaced on international runways, with Novita Yunus here tweaking the fringes into large artful patches for her NY label's Tundra collection.
