Don’t kiss your leggings good bye just yet—spandexed gams are still promising to be haute for Fall 2009. While the plain black variety will still keep you looking like you’re in the sartorial know, sprucing them up with a little bit of glitter or wild and daring patterns will lend you that fresher spin to help you strut into a crisp new season.
Designers who featured leggings for Fall 2009 include Marc Jacobs with the space gladiator look, Alexander Wang (the cropped black pair), Doo.Ri (the lacy, glitter tights), Diane von Furstenberg (paired with an animalicious caveman sweater), Alexander McQueen and Fendi’s leather leggings, Gucci’s charcoal disco leggings, Nina Ricci in aubergine spandex, black Maison Martin Margiela paired with what looks like Big Bird’s feathers in an oil spill, and Max Azria who paired black leggings, black leather gloves and a black turtle neck to make a conservative white dress a lot more edgy.
Gamtastic Spandex
Leggings Help You Fall into Autumn Fashion With Ease and Flair
Trend Themes
1. Patterned Leggings - The trend of sprucing up leggings with wild and daring patterns presents an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the fashion industry.
2. Glitter Leggings - The trend of adding glitter to leggings presents an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the fashion industry.
3. Leather Leggings - The trend of incorporating leather into leggings presents an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the fashion industry.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion - The fashion industry can capitalize on the trend of innovative leggings designs and materials to attract trendy consumers.
2. Textile Manufacturing - The textile manufacturing industry can invest in researching new materials and technologies to meet the demand for patterned, glitter, and leather leggings.
3. Retail - Retailers can take advantage of the trend of unique and eye-catching leggings designs to create in-store displays that attract customers.