Fashion Hate: Death to the Seventies

Its pretty hard to miss the fringed details and terracotta colours that are swamping the high street at the moment. The Seventies is back with a vengeance! Unflattering shapes and silhouettes are everywhere; from the designers to the big high street names.

Its expected that the Bohemian style comes back time and times again for the festival season; but doesn't anyone else think its getting old? How many times can we reinvent the Fringed Suede Duffle Bag or Indigo Denim. I guess I'm looking for something new and fresh for AW15, a transition. Instead of sliding from Boho summers to 70's winter.

Its pretty ironic; the 'free hippy loving' style use to be my thing a year back. With sheep shearling gilets and a floppy felt fedoras. But I feel fashion is ever changing and self-reinvention is key.

Hate list

• Gross dark oranges and tans. Not sharp, just shit.
• Seventies is not rain proof! Suede shoes: ruined, miscoloured, soggy feet. Flared jeans and jumpsuits: constantly wet around the ankles.
• Floppy hats: yes quite luxe and glam BUT the wind is your biggest enemy and the hat is pretty much the same as blinkers for a horse! (Past experience: I nearly got ran over as I didn't see the car because of THE STUPID HAT)
• Don't even get me started about florals. Florals; wishy washy patterns that look repulsive alone and even worst clashed.
• The smell of vintage garments. Hello loft insulation.
• What figure? Okay, so any boyish figure is going to pull of this silhouette like a dream.  However, a top or bottom heavy figure or a hourglass is just going to be swamped in these clothes. We work out so hard to get this amazing figure and we are hiding it in a cape? ... It reallt doesn't make sense to me

Don't get my wrong sometimes this look can be effortless and chic; Alexa Chung is the ultimiate boho babe in my eyes. But 'Morecore' (a term I heard the other day for the opposite of 'Normcore') is not a thing; less is always more.

I guess this winter I wanted new materials and textures. The introduction of more 3D printing. The weather is always unpredictable in the UK so I'm looking for down coats and waterproof garments that are practical but chic for a strong look. I'm just sick of walking down Oxford street and each store is regurgitating each other. Its uninspiring.

The end. Enjoy.