The World of Calvin Klein, Spring 2014
Gray is one of the most versatile colors in a wardrobe as it pairs well with just about any other color in the spectrum. This creates a massive supply of gray pieces of clothing in everyday culture. What I want to narrow in on is how often and how well designers and consumers wear more than one gray piece at a time in an outfit, and how well they pair different shades of gray within one outfit. My study will focus primarily on menswear. This will include all styles ranging from T-shirts to suits to blazers to jeans. I will also explore this trend’s relevancy in high fashion and mass fashion. My initial prediction for the gray-on-gray trend, which I believe to be in the introduction stage currently, is that it will move slowly for the next year before arriving in the rise stage of the fashion cycle. My reasoning for this is that black-on-black is currently in the decline stage for menswear, and blue-on-blue is in the acceleration stage at this point for menswear. I believe that blue-on-blue will arrive at the decline stage before gray-on-gray will become accepted in the culmination stages of the fashion cycle.
Gray is an easy color to wear for just about every skin tone, which I believe will make the gray-on-gray trend an easy one for men to pick up on when its time comes. The more difficult part of wearing gray-on-gray is differentiating the correct shades of gray enough to make it look like you know what you are doing, and to make it look like you did it on purpose. I believe that because the color gray is so friendly for most skin tones, it will have its moment in society, but I believe it will come with pops of color with either accessories or shoes.
Gray is an easy color to wear for just about every skin tone, which I believe will make the gray-on-gray trend an easy one for men to pick up on when its time comes. The more difficult part of wearing gray-on-gray is differentiating the correct shades of gray enough to make it look like you know what you are doing, and to make it look like you did it on purpose. I believe that because the color gray is so friendly for most skin tones, it will have its moment in society, but I believe it will come with pops of color with either accessories or shoes.
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