For his Spring/Summer 2019 offering, Liam Hodges produces a fashionable collection that references the City of Lights. The offering is dubbed 'Slick Trash' and it is directly informed by the designer's trip to Las Vegas. The clothing itself is abundant in graphics, patterns and clever slogans. For example, Liam Hodges boasts texts that refer to The Goldfinch, which happens to be "another key inspiration." In addition, the Spring/Summer 2019 'Slick Trash' line up highlights the designer's ongoing FILA collaboration. The upcoming silhouette boasts an updated version of the Mindblower in new colorways.
The fashionable collection debuted at London Fashion Week: Men's and offered a multitude of concepts that border on "dystopia and hyperreality."
Photo Credits: Joe Harper
Las Vegas-Inspired Fashionable Collections
Liam Hodges Creates a Colorful and Busy Line for SS19
Trend Themes
1. Fashion-patterns Trend - There is an increasing trend towards using busy patterns and graphics in fashionable clothing lines, offering opportunities to create innovative pattern designs and collaborations with designers.
2. City-inspired Fashion Trend - Fashionable collections inspired by cities, like Liam Hodges' collection inspired by Las Vegas, are becoming more popular, creating opportunities for fashion designers to draw inspiration from different cities and cultures to create unique fashion lines.
3. Collaboration Trend - Collaborations between fashion designers and established brands like FILA are becoming more common, offering opportunities for new and innovative fashion designs and brand combinations.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion Industry - The fashion industry has the opportunity to take advantage of the fashion-patterns trend to offer new clothing designs that utilize busy patterns and graphics in unique ways.
2. Travel Industry - The travel industry can explore opportunities to collaborate with fashion designers to create city-inspired fashion lines that showcase different cultures and experiences.
3. Sportswear Industry - The sportswear industry can collaborate with fashion designers to create new and innovative designs like Liam Hodges' collaboration with FILA, offering opportunities to appeal to new markets and demographics.