The Future of Fashion
“My predictions on the future of the world fashion industry
20 years from now.”
Essay Joris Rotsaert M2Ei
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So, according to an ancient prediction of the Maya’s, the world is going down in 2012. But best case scenario: we will still be here 20 years from now, how will that world look like, How will fashion look like in 20 years from now? In my opinion the future of fashion and the earth in general will be more efficient, greener, socially better and will have an entire new mindset on how we look at and consume fashion.
How will this fashion look like in 20 years from now? People who say: fashion is death, are just doom-thinkers. I do feel we are now at the end of an era where we are lost in fashion. There has to come a change soon because there is too much mediocrity and too many fashion brands in general. Also the big fashion shows to just give a face to a brand will disappear. Most of these catwalk pieces are nice to look at but absolutely unnecessary, unwearable and so they end up eventually being waste. In the last 50 years, I feel like we always looked back in history for sources of inspiration. I don’t see a future for this continuously returning source of inspiration. I believe we will start looking forward and stop taking inspiration from things that are gone.
Also, I feel that the need for wanting something exclusive will grow even more. Nowadays wanting something exclusive is more for the higher market, but I truly believe that in 20 years from now, every person will be able to customize and maybe even design their own clothes. Because we have to be more sustainable with our clothes, we have to wear them longer, and without passing trends, which means the clothes have to represent the persons personality even more. I think the fashion will take more inspiration from nature. First of all through the rise of 3D printing which will also play with the whole need for
20 years from now.”
Essay Joris Rotsaert M2Ei
___________________________________________________________________
So, according to an ancient prediction of the Maya’s, the world is going down in 2012. But best case scenario: we will still be here 20 years from now, how will that world look like, How will fashion look like in 20 years from now? In my opinion the future of fashion and the earth in general will be more efficient, greener, socially better and will have an entire new mindset on how we look at and consume fashion.
How will this fashion look like in 20 years from now? People who say: fashion is death, are just doom-thinkers. I do feel we are now at the end of an era where we are lost in fashion. There has to come a change soon because there is too much mediocrity and too many fashion brands in general. Also the big fashion shows to just give a face to a brand will disappear. Most of these catwalk pieces are nice to look at but absolutely unnecessary, unwearable and so they end up eventually being waste. In the last 50 years, I feel like we always looked back in history for sources of inspiration. I don’t see a future for this continuously returning source of inspiration. I believe we will start looking forward and stop taking inspiration from things that are gone.
Also, I feel that the need for wanting something exclusive will grow even more. Nowadays wanting something exclusive is more for the higher market, but I truly believe that in 20 years from now, every person will be able to customize and maybe even design their own clothes. Because we have to be more sustainable with our clothes, we have to wear them longer, and without passing trends, which means the clothes have to represent the persons personality even more. I think the fashion will take more inspiration from nature. First of all through the rise of 3D printing which will also play with the whole need for