“Social media has had a huge impact [on this]," says street style photographer Dvora, who has shot regularly for
party.biz. "Globalization leaves for less individualism." And that's an astute observation. Full looks (a whole outfit direct from the runway), once reserved only for the pages of magazines, are now a mode of
michael kors wristwatches‘street style.' How many street style images do you see on your social media feed
that depict not only the same type of outfit (either polished, put-together, and pristine, or loud and overly-layered) but the same stance, the same face, the same...everything?
So much so that you can now go on the likes of ASOS to find its favorite “stealable” outfits from “The Best Street-Style Looks of 2023.” You can visit a
fashion website (including our own!) and see any number of articles showing you where to buy particular pieces. Since when could street style — supposedly
underpinned and defined by a celebration of personal and individual style cultivation — become generic enough that it fits into so many trend boxes?
“As print circulations have gone down, that is when the change has come in,” says Phillip Bodenham, director of PR agency Spring London. It was circa 2013 that
there seemed to be a boom in the phenomenon. In a piece for The New York Times entitled “The
Circus of Fashion," renowned fashion critic Suzy Menkes described the peacocking happening outside shows. What was once a closed-off fashion arena for insiders, members of the press, and buyers, suddenly opened up. It was in the
wake of a digital media revolution and the cult of self. Street style, thanks to the likes of The Sartorialist and Tommy Ton, had taken off, and the idea of
real-life clothes, whether they were or not, reached peak dressing. Everyone knew who Anna Dello Russo was not
necessarily because of what she did but because of what she wore — feathers and ball gowns — anywhere, anytime.
Source:
refinery29