More Spring Fashions Coming From Drey
Information Courtesy of Megan Egglesden, Lockwood Product Manager, Commentary by Terra_Cide, HSM Editor
Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.
-Coco Chanel
I can remember when the pleated, rolled-tightly at the cuff look for women’s pants was at its zenith. It was the late 80s, early 90s, and I – a freshly-minted member of the (not-so) super-secret sect called female pre-pubescence – had the misfortune of having that look as my introduction to fashion as a form of self-expression. Bear in mind, this was a period in time where it was still perfectly acceptable to use an entire can of Aqua Net to make your hair defy gravity. It was gaudy and completely over the top, and with that mindset, I was woefully out of style.
Now I’m fully aware that fashion is cyclic. Just as I was entering high school, that aforementioned look was dying out, and in its place rose the grunge look, accentuated with a hippie aesthetic in my part of the world. This was a look that I could sort of go along with, and as a result, I can recall my mother remarking more than once that I was born in the wrong decade.
The circle, it appears, has come full turn once more.
It’s no secret the 80s are back in a big way. From the music to the fashion, it’s as if that enormous hairspray-cloud of CFCs released back then has finally descended and is messing with our brains Even the video games of that time are making an incredible comeback thanks to mobile phones and adults of my age and older longing for some 8-bit nostalgia. Even our virtual Home fashions have been – and for a few years now – direct throwbacks to that period of time.
The fashions linked to the Playground in Home are the most obvious of these, as that whole space is an homage to the 1980s. However, they’re the more of the “street” variety, and not exactly what the more classy (for the lack of a better word; after all, it was the 80s) individuals would wear.
This is where Drey’s latest fashions come in.
This week’s update has – especially for the ladies – filled that niche. Now if you want to dress for that 80s party taking place in Home, you don’t have to look like one of many “Material Girl”-era Madonnas, you can go as Saved by the Bell’s Jessie Spano instead.
From the PR announcement:
Drey dabble in celebrity-casual cool this week. Eye-catching colours give the paparazzi something to focus on, while simple lines and functional accessories help convey self-confident charisma. So if you feel like looking as if you just stepped out of a music video, pick up the latest Drey clothing range in the store.
Is that the daddy of the Demon War Horses in the background?
That’s all well and good, but here’s what’s been the big buzz of late with Drey – that horse.
You know which one I’m talking about. He (I’m presuming it’s a he) has made quite a few appearances in Drey’s PR imagery of late, and from the looks of the comments on Lockwood’s Facebook page, he’s generating quite a bit of buzz, as is the sunlit field that has been appearing as the setting for much of the photography of Drey’s spring line. Neither the horse or the field are available for purchase, but the horse is far more interesting. I mean, scenery is kind of necessary to make a fashion shoot work well, but that horse is certainly, well, it borders on non-sequitur. Could this be the father of Lockwood’s infamous DEMON WAR HORSES? Only Lockwood knows.
March 20th, 2012 by Terra_Cide | 2 comments
Terra _Cide is the former Community Manager for Lockwood Publishing and Editor Emeritus for HomeStation Magazine.
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Go Drey! Now if someone will just give us those long skirts that blend well we will be all set!
For a long time I thought it was a drey horse… as in a powerful workhorse. But it turns out that’s d-r-a-y, so I’m lost.