I’m a true “Ëœ80s girl at heart and I openly confess that I was pumped when leggings came back in style. Much to my surprise, the trend, along with off-the-shoulder and billowy tees, have lasted through the seasons and may just have broken into the mainstream for good.
Fast-forward to the cusp of the 90s when hypercolor was in for a hot second and you’ll hear me laugh out loud. This was a trend I believed could never resurface. Like acid wash jeans and pleats, there are some things you just don’t revisit. But, dear God, neon is back.
The color-changing clothes have made quite a splash already – L.A.-based Anzevino and Florence seem to have started the commotion, followed by British designer Henry Holland, who was inspired by the “Ëœ90s Vogue shoot with Stephanie Seymour and Axl Rose. Then American Apparel (an obvious choice for jumping on the hypercolor bandwagon) and Puma caught on (do you really want your sweaty feet changing the color of your shoes?).
So how exactly does it work? Heat sensitive pigment is used to dye the fabric (my eco-sensitive skin is crawling at the thought of how un-green this is), which will respond by changing color with different degrees of warmth. Anything from your hand to your dryer and iron will wreck color havoc on your clothes.
In further news, Teen Vogue aims to misdirect young girls’ lives forever by presenting them with the apparent "fashion crisis" of OMG how do I wear neon. I could have answered that: you don’t.
A splash of lime here, a dash of orange there – I’m all for it. Hot pink and electric blue look amazing on some women. But if I see so much as one neon yellow fanny pack, someone is getting blogged. Maybe it’s all that “Ëœ80s in me, but I assure you that I’ll never warm to this re-trend.
Image credits:
Shoes, all, Barneys
Bags, all, Barneys
Necklace, Styleteria
Watch, Saks
Runway models, Style.com, Marcio Madeira