Tendencies for Autumn Winter 2015-16

What are the key words of the A/W 2015-2016 ? Black, white, graphical, punk, gothic… tendencies inspired by the woman of today. Discover the deciphering of the tendencies noticed on the catwalks.

Christine Margossian

It seems that black and… monochrome black, prerogative of the singer Marylin Manson and the creator Alexander Wang, will be unavoidable this winter. The tinted fabrics of that colour are leather, wool clothes with turtlenecks and nails, gothic ambiance. An opportunity to get the references of the punk years and the nineties back out. Another icon ? Anjelica Huston in Morticia Addams… the return of the gothic fashion surprises but is an eternal fashion renewal. In the nineties, the brand Comme des Garçons gave the ton with its dark ambiances but it was the couturier Rick Owens who glorified the gothic tendency in the city tendency of the years 2000.

Another detail coming back at the same time, the vinyl ! It becomes the sexy fabric which dresses the silhouette of an ambiguous femininity ! For that, you need some pieces to find in Topshop Unique or Julien Macdonald.

The reappropriation of that anti-culture by fashion designed for the great public crushes the whole message. If we focus on the gothic look, we can say there is an esthetical idealization; the person becomes a full place for artistic research. Which is highlighted in that vision is often at odds with the society models. Everything is thought out : Whether regarding hairdressing, makeup, accessories. The disciple becomes a piece of art and affirms a libertarian and anticapitalist spirit. The irony of our society wants the misappropriation of the movement to become indeed an illustration of capitalism with the collection of the rapper Kanye West for Adidas…but if we continue with shoes, the winter stars, that we struggle to put away in our cupboard, will definitely be the knee boots ! Scandalous and sexy, they will be more feminine than the first sneakers created by the singer.