When
ever someone thinks of fashion, the first thought that comes to mind is New
York, France, Milan, Tokyo, I even think San Francisco get’s more acknowledgement
then Los Angeles when it comes down to
fashion, but why? It’s like the rest of the world just ignores Los Angeles or
doesn’t take us serious and I get it, because when one come’s to LA, we’re
dressed very relax and comfortable out here; someone put it best: Los Angeles
is an island on land. I know it sounds funny but what the person was saying is
that LA is SUPER casual in the way we dress; I’ve been to church out here and
seen people in Cargo shorts and flip-flops, it doesn’t bother me because the
main purpose of going to church is to praise the Lord, but anywhere else in the
country, that wouldn’t fly.
Part
of LA’s problem is climate; we’re kind of Mediterranean with a tiny sprinkle of
tropical. I say a tiny sprinkle because if you look at our location on the map,
which is 34 degrees south, we are at the beginning of low latitude’s; but what
keeps us from having a wet climate is a combination of our California current
which delivers polar ice cold water from Alaska down to the coast of lovely Los
Angeles, and our Mountain range that runs North-west/South-east has a bit to do
with that as well; having cold water temps keeps us protected from hurricanes
and humidity in the summer, and controls are temps in the winter. What does
this have to do with fashion? Location. When New York designers decide to drop
a fall/winter line, it looks amazing. If you took notice, all the fashion
capitals I mentioned up above share similar climates; I know SF and LA share
the same state but SF latitude is higher and the California current affects
them differently. SF is not as cold as NY but it gets chilly up there…my main
point was that the people of the city can follow the trend and other cities
with similar climates can follow that trend. So if a NY designer drops a new
winter line, there’s at least 6 cities that will follow, and not 6 small cities
either; I’m talking London, obviously Paris, Tokyo, Chicago, Hong Kong, San
Francisco; these cities will follow the trend.
Here’s
where you think LA would win: Spring/Summer clothing, our time to shine because
living in a climate with little rain and warm winter days, means we’ve
perfected the beach wear look and probably evolved it to something else; which
we did, yet we still get shunned because our summer wear is too casual. I’m a
big fan of hip-hop and came up in the era when New York dominated the scene;
the guys had style and I use to wear that style; but it was also 80 degrees and
wearing timberland boots when it’s 80 degrees doesn’t fly; I’m sure New York can
vouch for that since the East Coast gets humid in the summer; so they wore Air
force ones. Air force ones were WAY better on the feet in the summer then
Timberland boots; but you know what’s even better on the feet when it’s warm: some
Converse Chuck Taylors or Vans. (In my opinion)
In
the recent years, Los Angeles has been exploding with street Fashion like Odd
Future, Peas and Carrots international, The Hundreds, Dope, Phresh cru, Born x
Raised, Crooks & Castle, Undefeated, Diamond Supply, 10 Deep, Black Scale,
Huf, Acrylick, Akomplice, Hotel 1171, Slanted Truth culture, and many more are
starting to make noise out here in La La land…I don’t know, this whole article
could be wrong about a TON of things but I do know this, LA is a casual town
and every now and then we do like to dress when it gets a little cold which is rare, but for the most part, we
don’t really wear layers out here which hinders our fashion, so we accessorize
our fashion by making our t-shirts, jeans and etc more vibrant; this allows us
to still match colors with shoes, maybe
a hat or a light coat that were wearing if needed; doesn’t mean we can’t dress
out here, we’re casual by default. Feel free to share your opinion in the
comment section below, please be friendly about your response, I don’t want
this to become a messy thread, I want people to learn and grow, not have
stunted growth because of a closed mind; and if you want to school me on a few
things, go right ahead, we learn something new every day. Thank you for
stopping by “No Title” the random blog, I hope you enjoy and have a nice day.
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