COOL KID TIKI

In fashion, trends always come a full circle. For example the tropical trend started in the 1950's when people were intrigued by the Polynesian tiki culture and started building restaurants and clubs inspired by it. Eventually fashion also took inspiration, and throughout the years the trend evolved, becoming mod and boho, and finding its current form in many of todays resort collections. But, many times designers don't want to take this route, and only be inspired by one trend from back in the day. They want to make everything as current and interesting as possible, so its no surprise that tiki has also been an inspiration to a lot of street style and sports fashion lately.

So, today designers are mixing these two elements and making them work as a whole new trend. Who would've thought that something so bright, beachy, and even sometimes tacky could work in the cool kid streetwear environment. These tropical colorways and patterns like florals and tie dye, bring  newness to not only resort collections but also ready to wear collections. Designers like Moncler are bringing this trend to even ski inspired wear, which shows well how two completely different climates and their trends can come together as one. 

This trend is fairly new, and its been shown mostly in the most recent collections on the runway, so who knows if within the next few seasons it'll evolve to something even more extreme or interesting. Surely, designers know how to break the usual fashion "rules" and mix trends how they want to, and that's what after all, makes fashion interesting.