Knitty Gritty Trend Boards

Hayley Stewart

As you can see, designers have been inspired by the ‘homeless chic’ look. Over-sized coats, layering and a dark colour palette. Vivienne Westwood even sent a male model down the catwalk with a trolley filled with cardboards and newspaper.

Varde77’s Autumn/Winter collection 2009/10 named ‘Rubber Tramp’ also take inspiration from ‘tramp chic’. Looking at layering, heavier fabrics and a colour palette of darker, blander shades. Very practical for winter, especially with those hats and hoods!  

Hayley Stewart

Read about Cheng Guorong, a Chinese homeless man who has got lucky. His clothing style has become an inspiration for street style to others.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1295895/Rags-riches-movie-fame-homeless-man-Chinas-sexiest-tramp.html

The colour palette seen in these designer garments (as seen on WGSN) is similar to that of ‘The Road’. This film has been very relevant for designers to use as inspiration for up and coming trends.  

Hayley Stewart

Charlotte Sanderson’s knitwear (winter menswear collection, Nature vs Manmade) reminds me of the clothing in ‘The Road’. The darker shades knitted in with the lighter shades, making the garment look dirty. The elbow patches, as though the garment has been worn so much it’s been reinforced. This WGSN illustration reminds me of the colours Liza was wearing and the oversized, baggy layers of the ‘homeless’ chic style.    

Hayley Stewart

I wanted to find someone on the ‘street’ wearing knit-wear in the style of the film ‘The Road’. So I went to Southampton’s West Quay shopping centre to find the right look. I spotted Liza Jugolainen on her break from working at ‘Tie Rack’. She had the look I was searching for; the layers, the dull, washed out colour palette, the hooded knit, the boots, the ‘homeless’ chic look. Her outfit has been inspired by her favorite designers; the Vivienne Westwood boots.

The Road

Watch The Road official trailer on YouTube to get a feel for the atmosphere, colouring and clothing. It’s a dark film, and the colours, style and silhouette of the clothing portrays this. You can see styles on the street, taking inspiration from this film; grungy, baggy, oversized, multiple layering, holey and ripped clothing. Knits are a great way of creating these looks, as large knits can be bulky and loose, creating a great ‘I don’t care’, ‘just rolled out of bed’, fashionable style.

Knitty Gritty Trend Boards

Rebecca Saunders

Rebecca Saunders

Rebecca Saunders

Knitty Gritty Trend Boards

 

 Shanne O'Shea

Reference:  two top left and right images:- Goggle knit search

all other images: WGSN Original Artwork  

You will not get cold or bored this winter with CHUNKY knitted jumpers and cable knit designs, combined with this winter’s edgy ABANDONED KNIT style with OPENWORK details.

 Shanne O'Shea

Reference: all images: style.com 

The catwalk was covered in cable knit designs and openwork detail for this Autumn/Winter 2010. Designers such as Pringle of Scotland, Cushnie et Ochs and Marc Jacobs took full advantage to keep us warm this winter. To add a statement Jensen-Conroy, designers Wade Jensen and Moire Conroy’s recently launched their new brand, with their edgy tribal influenced knit wrapped necklaces.

 Shanne O'Shea

Name: Amelia Smith
Occupation: At college studying fashion and textiles.
Inspiration: Chunky cable knits.

Favourite Shop: Topshop

Reference: Shanne O’Shea Photography

For September’s street style, I snapped some pictures of people wondering around Southampton’s city centre wearing this winter’s biggest trend ‘KNITTY GRITTY’.
This outfit was my favourite.

Knitty Gritty Trend Boards

Sophie Doros

Sophie Doros

Sophie Doros

Brick Lane - Vintage Knits

Nokia 'Dot' Advert

Nokia set a guiness world record with this ad, it features 'Dot' a 9mm girl who wakes up to find her world collapsing around her. It was made by Ardman, the creators of Wallace & Gromit, and shot using the Nokia N8 phone and a microscope.The core idea of the campaign is 'It's not the technology, it's what you do with it'

Starsky & Hutch

Knitty Gritty

Grunk Trend Boards

Michaela Tegg

Michaela Tegg

Kate Franklin

Kate Franklin

Celebrity Influence

Mary Kate Olsen

Kate Moss

Proenza Schouler, Ready-To-Wear, Autumn/Winter 2010-2011

Proenza Schouler also showed a grunge meets punk collection at New York, with sexy bed head, thigh-high stockings, and towering buckled platform.

www.vogue.com

Preen, Ready-To-Wear, Autumn/Winter 2010-2011

The latest 2010 take on punk street fashion would seem to have taken influences from the Preen, Ready-To-Wear Autumn/Winter 2010-2011 collection. Preen showed terrific borrowed-from-the-boys tailored jackets, along with plenty of skin-baring pieces, including sternum keyholes, rib-showcasing cutouts, dresses that are so holey they appear to have been attacked by a swarm of ravenous moths and bra-exposing bustiers.

This avant-garde style has proliferated onto the high-street, resembling the ostentatious nature of the 1980’s punks; styled with similar 80’s hairstyles, Dr. Martins and other outlandish accessories.

 Topshop Caged Corset Top

Alexander Wang, Ready-To-Wear, Autumn/Winter 2010-2011

Alexander Wang bought classic nineties grunge back to the catwalk with his Ready-To-Wear Autumn/Winter 2010-2011 collection at New York Fashion Week, February 2010. The atmosphere was moody, the concrete floor slicked with water, while the tough, nineties grunge looking models made a furious comeback. Alexander Wang showed girls with kohl-rimmed eyes, morning-after-the-night-before hair and a fierce attitude. Gritty never looked so pretty.

www.vogue.co.uk

Gareth Pugh

Designer Gareth Pugh, has always championed this 'Grunk' style. He is said to be inspired by Britain’s extreme club scene.

Grunk Street Trend

Leather jackets and knits are key elements in this look as are slashes, rips, safety pins and studs to link with the traditional punk style of the Eighties. The style is often described as an anti-fashion.

 www.wgsn.com