Futuristic Fashions For Fall 2018

With all of the Spring/Summer 2019 shows hitting the runway, I think we all tend to forget about the season we’re actually living through right now… Fall. It took me a while to even dredge up the Fall/Winter 2018 shows from the trenches of my memory, but I’ve browsed through a few shows and articles as a little refresher, so let’s get started! 

While one of the biggest trends for Fall was definitely rustic/pioneer-inspired western prints, chunky knits and patchwork, another prevailing trend was almost exactly the opposite. Designers brought their take on future fashions to life by using hard, plastic materials, neon colors, iridescent shimmer, all-over metallics and innovative silhouettes. While I generally disapprove of neon outside of workout wear, I think it pairs well with the “futuristic” aesthetic because it brings to mind neon lights, which are, for some reason, very prevalent in futuristic sci-fi films.

How could you wear this trend out in the wild? Well, that’s the fun of it! Wearing this trend means attracting attention to yourself and forgoing anonymity. It means letting your layers of plastic and beading and paillettes twinkle and tinkle as you walk. It means resembling an oil slick, or becoming something alien. I think that’s why I was so intrigued by this trend, because it is so unlike anything anyone would normally wear, so it inherently ignites the imagination and requires us to forgo our former selves once we slip it on. And, in my opinion, this is the very essence of fashion. 

Check out some of my favorite looks from this trend below:

All photos from Vogue.com