Crashing into the teens with Lady Gaga in a meat
dress and sliding out of the decade with influencer Kerwin Frost in a
Moncler snowsuit -- the last 10 years in fashion have been anything but
boring.
We have the rise of social media to thank for that. The line between street style and high fashion all but disappeared, with social media influencers launching trends, and fashion shows becoming Instagrammable moments.
There have also been societal shifts, with a profound move towards inclusivity in the fashion industry.
Now, at the dawn of the 20s, let's take a moment to revel in the peak fashion moments of the last decade.
Post-Soviet
The post-Soviet aesthetic played with village discoteque kitsch, mobster power suiting and knock-off sportswear scrawled with Cyrillic logos.
Since Gvasalia was appointed creative director at Balenciaga in 2015, and alongside Russian label founder Gosha Rubchinskiy, his influence on haute streetwear has been seen everywhere from Off-White to Topshop, and spotted on celebrities from Kanye West and Rihanna to Whoopi Goldberg and Celine Dion -- who famously wore the label's bootleg-inspired oversized "Titanic" hoodie.
We have the rise of social media to thank for that. The line between street style and high fashion all but disappeared, with social media influencers launching trends, and fashion shows becoming Instagrammable moments.
There have also been societal shifts, with a profound move towards inclusivity in the fashion industry.
Now, at the dawn of the 20s, let's take a moment to revel in the peak fashion moments of the last decade.
Post-Soviet
The post-Soviet aesthetic played with village discoteque kitsch, mobster power suiting and knock-off sportswear scrawled with Cyrillic logos.
Since Gvasalia was appointed creative director at Balenciaga in 2015, and alongside Russian label founder Gosha Rubchinskiy, his influence on haute streetwear has been seen everywhere from Off-White to Topshop, and spotted on celebrities from Kanye West and Rihanna to Whoopi Goldberg and Celine Dion -- who famously wore the label's bootleg-inspired oversized "Titanic" hoodie.
Maximalism
When Alessandro Michele took over at Gucci in 2015 -- via Fendi, Tom Ford and Richard Ginori, a Gucci-owned porcelain brand -- he threw out the brand's glamorous Milanese rulebook and introduced a joyful mash-up of eras and muses.
This eccentric, maximalist approach exuded an anything-goes, more-is-more energy and instantly saw both men and women reach for pussy-bow blouses, clashing prints, fur-lined loafers and geek-chic glasses, often all at once.
Channel the glam rock of Elton John today and the Harlem hip hop swagger of Dapper Dan tomorrow? Sure. Be a baseball player from the waist up and a Greek goddess from the waist down? Go for your life.
Chunky, puffy, boaty sneakers
Like it or not, fat trainers conquered all. French fashion designer Isabel Marant's Willow Wedge sneakers started the craze in 2012, which led to puffed-up must-haves such as the three-soled Balenciaga Triple S, the raver-ready Raf Simons x Adidas Ozweego, the sock cum sneaker Yeezy Boost 350, and the truly goofy Reebok InstaPump Fury.
Even Buffalos made a comeback, as did the Spice Girls (not coincidentally). The girl group originally put these towering beasts on the grid in in the mid 1990s. Fast forward to 2018 and Comme des Garçons had collaborated with the brand.
