Due to a rainy day in New York, yesterday I took the subway instead of riding my bicycle. While it’s not as much fun as riding a bicycle, taking the subway is instructive because I walk past a ton of major clothing retailers to get to the entrance of the Herald Square subway station.
The windows of the Gap, Banana Republic, Zara, Express, Aldo, Forever 21and H&M, to name a few, give me a nice overview of current mass market fashion trends. My walk yesterday alerted me to the market saturation of one fashion trend from the 2008 spring shows: zebra prints.
I was walking home when passed I passed Express and thought, “nice zebra print.” Then, a couple of stores later, I passed Banana Republic and was like, “whoa…another zebra print.”
My choice between the two? The Express. I like the white belt as an accessory and I feel the pattern better captures the 1980s influences in fashion right now.
Comments
hellx, it is great having you as my connection to the outside world. This is the stuff I would never know about in my isolated television- and mall-less pregnant existence(although I'll admit to watching fashion while in Italy and noticing large, bright fake leather bags and blue-rimmed glasses as being up and coming).
Posted by: plantnerd | June 12, 2009 9:04 AM