The Universal Language Of Denim

Fashion trends have their inspirations, muses and origins. Designers have been known to pound the pavement to cure a little design-block and even shopping magazine Lucky has taken to the streets for styling tips from passers by. The way a bike messenger rolls his jeans to avoid the spokes could prompt you to roll your shirt sleeves differently, or maybe you'll experiment with a new shoe color because of the girl running for the train in the most amazing tights (yes, I can't stop thinking about that flash of marigold!). The streets are fashion's playground, and people share whether they like it or not! :)

Over the next few weeks, I will be posting images of people around the world...on the streets of their cities..doing what they do best; being themselves. No matter what country they're from, they are all fluent in denim! First stop on the style tour...New York City, USA.

Street style blogs such as The Sartorialist and Style Sightings are satisfying the people-watcher in all of us, but documenting street fashion is not a new thing. New York Magazine's fashion writer Amy Larocca and photographer Jake Chessum were teamed up in 2004 for the magazine's weekly feature/social experiment/style record known as the Look Book. New York Look Book: a gallery of street fashion is a compilation of 3 years in the making where the core of its theme is the idea that New York City is a giant-sized runway.

Next stop... Budapest, Hungary!

(images from The Sartorialist, Style Sightings and Refinery 29)

Posted by Clare A. on January 14, 2009 at 11:40 AM

Tags: denim street style, denim street trends, jeans, jeans around the world, lucky magazine, new york city style, new york magazine, NY denim style, NY denim trends, NY fashion trends, people watch, street style, street trends, style sightings, style watch, the sartorialist

Filed under: Fashion Trends, Men's Fashion, True Beauty, True Cool, Woman's Fashion

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