Style is Dead

Style Seems to Be Lost

Our current world is fast-paced. We are evolving so fast our taste has become bland. Dare I say it's the phase of the century currently? Today I look through the streets, social media, and fashion brands, and they all feel the same. It is soulless, less artistic, visionless, and uncharismatic. Style seems to be lost in what we call fashion these days, and truly nobody is trying to peek outside the box. We are so boxed up with what is trending that innovation seems to be a lost art. It's truly fascinating what the last years have been.

The Virgil Effect

Virgil Abloh (God rest his soul) might have been the greatest innovator of our time but also the biggest problem with the current creative space. Virgil dared and succeeded and in that vein created a portal of never-ending birth of low-effort artistry. You see, our creative mind has been boxed up in what is trending, what is selling, and content creation. A logo on a shirt, a gun to the waist, and you are $500 or more richer. Everybody wants to tell a story, have a story, be a creator, and be different, and that's exactly where the problem lies. There's nothing real anymore, just lies and low-taste fashion choices called "style".

Style Needs a Rebirth

AI is the death of style. Machines are not creative; humans are. The birth of AI has further degraded the problem of style we have. The last true innovator we had was Kanye West. He peeked and created Yeezy, and that was where fashion peaked. It's the summit we currently can go beyond. Any new "innovative" fashion product is a regurgitation of the Yeezy.

The thing is, people always feel like they are different or special, but you are not if you're playing it safe and not daring to break free. We are all slaves to the box. Too many of us are doing the same thing over and over again and truly killing style. Style is dying. It needs a fresh look, a rebirth from a creative mind.

Over the 5 years of creating clothes, I often seem to be lost in my need to make what people like and not what I want. I often say to myself, 'I am free to do whatever I want,' but deep within me I know it's a lie. I cannot innovate by caring. I have to dare the world and make it bow to me.

The real price to pay for change at the end is my soul.