For many women fashion style is about personal expression and many of us achieve stylish and classy looks without following trends and buying new wardrobe every season. If you are exhausted by fast pace of fashion but want to follow it, I have good news for you. Some designers started a movement of “slow fashion”. Zowie Broach of Boudicca says : “Fast fashion is nothing but a superficial cycle of rehashed ideas (…) True creatives forge a world of their own. A great designer’s work is instantly recognizable — this is ‘slow fashion”. More and more women are choosing to invest in beautifully crafted, seasonless pieces that can be worn whenever, because they’re built to last. Some designers have even scaled down to annual collections: the Lanvin jeans collection, designed in collaboration with Acne, will come out only once a year. Others are making seasonless pieces — Kostas Murkudis’s 96 Dresses is a permanent collection of just two dress styles in 96 colorways. Ann Demeulemeester says “You don’t need to change your wardrobe every few months, but that’s what fashion is trying to sell.”
The list of seasonless collections includes:
All Saints - Collections are inspired by vintage markets and are available all year round. The pieces can be worn in multiple ways — adapt from one season to the next.
Azzedine Alaïa - Each item is perfectly, sexily beautiful, superbly cut and crafted.
Didier Ludot - Vintage couture collector Didier Ludot updates his Petite Couture collection of 13 black cocktail dresses annually, though the silhouette and color — obviously — remain the same. By echoing the spirit and attention to detail of haute couture, these dresses stand a good chance of becoming future heirlooms.
Uniqlo - Fast and slow sit side by side at Japan’s answer to Gap. Many of its designs are available all year round, with subtle color updates each season. The designs are also increasingly unisex.
Sykes - Subtitled Beautiful Basics, Sykes collection features immaculate low-key separates, inspired by boyfriend dressing, in an easy palette of black, grey, cream, nude and antique gold.
American Apparel - Always has a permanent collection in store that features subtle design and color changes. The use of metallics and bold colors in its fashionable sports-casual wear ensures that the brand’s clothes are perpetually in the hands of the most cutting-edge stylists.
Ann Demeulemeester - The designer’s mott is: “My designs have to have a reason to be — they must look right for today and tomorrow.” .Demeulemeester’s clothes are dark, not depressing — skinny jeans, oversized coats and plenty of black, accented with jewel colors.
Goat - Jane Lewis (Goat’s founder) never designs for design’s sake. “I don’t like overdesign,” she says. Goat aims to provide the ultimate capsule wardrobe in muted tones, with a focus on simplicity, cut and luxury. “Less is more,” says Lewis.