Street Style: Fall Preview

“Street Style” or “Street Fashion” is a fashion movement that originated from the grassroots, or simply put, clothes that people where when going about their daily business. The big names in fashion have caught on to this movement at about the same time the Internet or the “blogger” age came into popularity. 

Street Style generally pertains to youth culture and subcultures, and the outfits they would where in a world famous, fashion-forward cosmopolitan city such as New York, Tokyo, or London.  For example, modern Japanese street fashion has its roots in the 19^th century, the dawn of Japan’s end to isolationism, resulting to opening its doors to Western nations. This allowed for cultural assimilation, and in terms of clothing, the Japanese began fusing current trends with traditional attires.

“Urban fashion”, on the other hand, owes its emergence to rising popularity of “Hip hop”. We can credit the African American youth scene dating back to the 1970’s, in most major cities in the United States, for contributing elements to this form of fashion expression. From sneakers to the “bling” generation, this fashion style encroaches a worldwide audience, crossing ethnic borders and established lines of clothing.

The list goes on. Surf culture, hippie culture, haute couturefashion, and many more; all represent this global fashion phenomenon. Big label brands and small “do-it-yourself” brands are all into this scene. With the rise of social media, smartphones, and Wi-Fi, it will be interesting to see what diverse changes “Street Style” will bring in the distant, and not-so-distant future.  

Jewelry & Bags 

Palamuti by PJ Valenciano 

House of Adorno 

Estrellas Manila by Marge Abas 

Haute Couture Clutch Bag by Paola Germar 

**Art Shirts by Player One 

Photography: Steve Calma 

Make-up: Nikki Ocean 

Models: 

Yuri Toyoda 

Katrina Martin 

Mina Kim  

Keeping it real. - PJV