What exactly is the "Vapor" clothing style? What does it look like?

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Mentioned steam wave instant word can think of some of the brands are also listed the mind: such as CAV EMPT, PALACE, RANDOMEVENT and so on. The design of steam wave applied to clothing is retro and full of fun, and it is no longer the so-called non-mainstream in everyone's perception! Dior 2019 early autumn men's clothing, not only has the future mechanical sense of cyberpunk, but also incorporates the psychedelic of steam wave Laser metal gradient element.

Let's first understand: the source of the "vapor wave" style. The "Vapor Wave" style originated from some electronic dance music in early 2010, integrating retro cultural design, entertainment technology, consumer culture and advertising from the 1980s to the 1990s. In the past 1-2 years, the "vapor wave" style has swept the Moments of Friends, INS, and even major e-commerce platform advertisements.

What exactly is a vapor wave?

Steam wave (Vaporwave) is a rise in the musical genres and art movements in early 2010, it is an electronic music genres, but a reconstituted 80s music.

The definition of steam wave is very general, it involves music, pictures, text, filters. Therefore, in order to explain the steam wave, it must be taken with the image, text and music.

Steam wave music

The most mainstream steam wave has to be music. Many people say: Steam wave music sounds like a feeling of moisture in the ears.

Vaporwave music is mostly electronic dance music composed in recent years, but the main melody of most songs comes from Japanese dance music in the 90s, which makes Vaporwave itself have a strong retro flavor. It creates a particularly comfortable and lazy feeling.

Here I will put a few of my personal favorites, so that you can listen to them.

If you also like to search for "vaporwave" directly, there will be a lot of steamwave style playlists and songs.

Because of the retro style of the song, this has also formed an unwritten rule for steam wave song reviews. The text should be in traditional Chinese and "each word should be separated by a space."

Getter "Head Splitter" (Vapor Wave Retro Wave)

Vaporwave emerged as a music genre and art movement after the millennium . As a young art style, it has the characteristics of modern art as it should be: illusion, collage, disorder . Now let's chat steam wave style clothing design.

Wherein a steam wave style - a common element laser ' , can also be called Holographic (holographic gradient). Unlike metallic colors, it is not a single color. It will have different color transitions at different angles under the sun. It looks very three-dimensional and makes you absolutely unable to remove your eyes.

On the high-definition show of Maison Margiela 2018ss, the staff turned off most of the lights in the show before the show, so the guests could see that the clothes became a holographic gradient effect under the flash . Maison Margiela2018 spring and summer haute couture series is like an interstellar journey to the future.

Maison Margiela 2018ss

Balmain fall 2018 uses holographic PVC and holographic sequins, metal finishes, sequin grooves, and shiny black PVC sheets with prismatic colors to retain the soft movement and their surface has a synthetic luster. The terry look of neon fringe and the holographic raffia fringe dress enhance the reflective effect. Such a large number of holographic gradient fabrics look like a moving vapor wave.

Balmain Fall 2018 Runway Details

Guochao Li Ning also got on the car, interweaving reality with virtuality. The LI-NING x XLARGE co-branded series traveled through 1990, witnessing the pure fetters between human beings and the Internet! LI-NING x XLARGE went the other way, with a sense of mystery The name uses computer elements and other retro technology styles as the basis of the pattern, such as the theme Icon that combines the initials of LI-NING and XLARGE, or is sampled from some elements in the representative symbols of the Internet.

The J.Galliano2018 autumn and winter series continues the design fabric elements of spring and summer, mixing and deconstructing tooling with dramatic silhouettes and metal fabrics with transparent texture , presenting a unique visual perception. The holographic color combined with the style of the sports jacket makes it look full of vitality.

In this kind of steam wave world, there are endless sodas, endless dis, endless games, silly naivety and happiness, and the familiar Windows desktop... brings us back to the past and into reality. .

Steamwave Girl Hong Kong 3D Artist Ruby Gloom

Ruby Gloom, a Hong Kong weird girl who always lives in the "future". Enter her instagram and Facebook, a steamy girl's paradise is calling you. Not only can you click on the 360° video and wander around in a virtual pink and purple boudoir, you can also see fashionable girls like Barbie , wearing different costumes, posing in front of the mirror, or running under the Hong Kong-style neon lights.

In 2014, she was dissatisfied with being a fashion blogger, so she started her own business and founded the fashion brand WeeGirlsClub. She said that it is difficult to generalize her design style. Perhaps it is a combination of the Cyber ​​grunge elements of the western subculture in the 90s, Internet culture, and traditional Chinese style, and it is also influenced by the Japanese kawaii culture.

Ruby Gloom 3D work: Tokyo Girl

The steam wave feels like a state of laziness, retro, and individuality, but if you copy it, even people you like may not dare to wear all these elements directly on your body, so you should filter the elements appropriately and expand certain elements. Use it in clothing instead of copying it. While maintaining the wearability of the clothing, the profile can be slightly exaggerated. The steam wave of 2019 is still blowing, and the random matching and chaotic color collision make people dizzy, as if dreaming on the street, there is an illusion of living in the neon of the 80s and 90s.

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In addition to the "steamwave" style, the Z era is also chasing the "cyberpunk" style, as well as the "steampunk" style. The concept of "cyberpunk" was first born in sci-fi literature. "Cyberpunk" reflects the dystopian future society after the highly developed technology. It is difficult for us to feel the warmth in the sci-fi world of cyberpunk. , It is a kind of utopian desire of mankind for the future direction of science and technology, and it is a terror expression of future science and technology. Regarding "Vapor" and "Cyberpunk", if you have any thoughts, you can leave a message with the editor, we can write your favorite style design in the next issue !

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