Snake Valley

My god the styling for this Topshop collection is good.

Unfortunately I can't find a better word for what this is, so I'm going down the eclectic route. I could also use the word "ethereal" but pretentiousness isn't my thing no matter how good I am at it.

So lets start; the look-book is so much more stimulating then looking through the key pieces, it is really the styling that makes this what it is. The combination of leather and tie dye, granny squares with aztec prints and outer space with paisley somehow works and looks thrown together in a way that's so effortless, random yet clever.

Most of all this collection is clever, because the idea is not new at all. The majority of pieces are reminiscent of the 1970s or even past trends (remember the tie-dye trend, or the fringed trend?). Of course there is a tacky element to the pieces individually, but tacky is in right? And not necessarily a bad thing, it just plays with that idea of eclecticism. Also, I found that (although it is a new collection) the clothes look worn, used and loved. They look like they could be picked up from a second hand store and worn till they're ripped at the seams. It also looks like the clothes could have been picked up individually from somebody's worldly adventures. I only wish the look book could have been shot at in a desert in Arizona or in Machu Picchu, but the block colours work too I guess.

To describe my feelings about Snake Valley I could just type "Love" over and over again, I could also run onto the street singing and dancing.

References?

Easy Rider, Frida Khalo, David Bowie, Woodstock, Crochet, John Lennon, Nevada Desert, Nebulas, Mosaic, Dream Catcher.

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Also, I'm in love with this album.