Listen up: Hairy is back in. And I am not talking about the pubic hair we are seeing in crotchvertising. I am talking about really hairy fashion designs, the kind that make you look like Big Bird. We’ve seen it on the runway of Louis Vuitton’s Spring 2009 RTW and it was worn by Madonna when she recently went to the Gucci UNICEF dinner.
Now the insanely hairy designs are being embraced by fashion magazines, as you can see in this editorial in the January 2009 issue of Flair magazine.
Photographer Jean-Francois Campos captured model Rachel Clark, who was styled by Natalie Brewster, in hairy avant-garde couture pieces.
I really hope this trends stays in high fashion magazines. If it goes mainstream, we’d be living on Sesame Street.
Big Bird-Inspired Hairy Fashion
Jean-Francois Campos Shoots Hair for Flair
Trend Themes
1. Hairy Fashion - Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Develop sustainable and eco-friendly materials that mimic hair texture for fashion designs.
2. Avant-garde Couture - Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Combine unconventional materials, such as hair, with technology to create futuristic couture garments.
3. Influencer Fashion - Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Collaborate with social media influencers to popularize and market hairy fashion designs.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion - Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Create a niche market for avant-garde and experimental fashion designs.
2. Textile - Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Experiment with new weaving techniques to incorporate hair-like textures into fabric.
3. Media and Publishing - Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Launch a specialized fashion magazine that focuses on unique and unconventional fashion trends.