Near the end of August, my best friend and I were running along the streets of trendy downtown San Francisco when a window display made me do a double take. In the large, glossy display of Hermès were mannequins decked out in something that could easily have come from my grandmother’s closet! Two piece suits, silky, with repeating patterns from head to toe.
I quickly pointed it out to my friend, and she agreed. Not only were they a rather monotonous repeating box pattern, but they were also brown and yellow in color. These high-end clothes not only looked Asian, they looked like the hideous matching outfits we had been taught were unfashionable. As we continued down the street, again and again, more of these seemingly Asian influenced clothes appeared whether it was the decadent silk and embroidery (reminiscent of the Chinese Qipao) or black leather kimonos (indicative of the Japanese samurai and ninjas). The crazy thing is this wasn’t just one designer, but many!
I couldn’t quite get this obvious Asian influence out of my head, even though whenever I skimmed the handful of fashion blogs I never heard a peep about these fall trends. Well, this winter, I decided to investigate and found the Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 trends on Style.com, where my theory was confirmed. Check out the Fall 2012 trends and you will quickly see under the trends “Brocade Brigade,” “Matching Order,” and “Year of the Dragon” keen Asian influences. Under the Spring 2013 trends, it’s a little more obvious, with the trend title “Asia Society.”
While many might shrug at the sudden high fashion adoption of traditional Asian styles, it should be taken as a positive sign. After all, fashion dictates taste, and apparently Asian is in. Maybe it’s time to bust out some of your mother’s or grandmother’s abandoned wardrobe and take your pick!
接近八月末的时候，我和我最好的朋友跑在旧金山市区的街道上时，一个路边的窗口不禁让我驻足多看了几眼。在那最适合展现爱马仕的大型充满光泽的衣橱里，放置的竟然都是那些姥姥辈衣橱里容易找到的衣服！两件丝质外套，带着从头到脚的纹路。我迅速的向我的朋友指出了我的发现，她也非常赞同。不仅仅因为这单调重复的盒子图案，更因为那或棕或黄的颜色。这些高端的服装不仅仅带有亚洲的色彩，更是一种隐藏的标识，一种让我们看起来很不时尚的标识。因为当我们沿着街走下去的时候，一次又一次我们发现这些亚洲元素的衣服出现在我们眼前，无论是那种颓废调的丝绸，还是刺绣（让人想起了中国的旗袍）或者是黑色的皮革和服（代表日本的武士和忍者）。疯狂的是，这种设计不止一件，而是很多很多！
我尚不能从亚洲风对我的影响中回过神来。尽管我有在关注大量的时尚博客，但上面都没有看到关于秋天流行这个的信息。好吧，在这个冬天我去style.com(时尚网)调查2012年秋季和2013年春季的流行趋势的时候，亚洲风流行已经成为了事实。“绣花设计”“相衬纹路”“龙年主题”都印证了亚洲元素在今年很流行。在2013年春天，跟随着“亚洲社会”的风潮，这种流行会更加明显。
虽然很多人会对突如其来的亚洲流行感觉到震惊，但是这应该还是被视为一种正面的迹象。毕竟，时尚代表着品味，显然现在亚洲风格正流行。也许现在就是去你的妈妈或者祖母的废弃衣橱里挑选一二的时候，也许就有很多充满亚洲时尚的衣服呢！