Trend Analysed

Using www.wordle.net, the Amish Couture blogposts have been reviewed and this is the outcome of text analysis:

Lifestyle

The Amish Couture lifestyle will be completely back to basics. They will live just outside of cities in the suburbs on home built farms that are completely self sufficient, but they will be able to travel into towns and get supplies if needs be. The pictures below describe different elements from the subculture lifestyle.

Extravegant horse and carriages will be used for transportation within the Amish grounds.

Self sufficent vegatable gardens and farms will supply all food.

Music like Mumford & Sons will be popular amongst the community.

Modern non electrical items like push bikes will be used when the Amish Couture people travel into the destroyed cities.

Acoustic personal music will be popular among the community.

Amish Couture people will live in large abandoned buildings on the outskirts of towns.

Amish Couture communities will be made up of extended friends and families that have survived the EOTW WW3 ordeal.

Hair & Makeup

Hair:

The Amish Couture womens hair will be completely sleeked back and long. Praciticality dicatates hair off the face and the couture modern side will be mixed in with being able to show the full length of hair, juxtaposing the present day where Amish women have to tie their hair up. Hair will be completely natural in colour and not have anything chemical in it.

Mens hair will be left unkept ontop. Natural colours, curls and waves will be shown and with the men who have more practical jobs the sides and back will be shaved short, but if the mans job is less hands on it will be left untouched.

Makeup:

The makeup for Amish Couture will be very minimal and monochromatic with the colour white featuring heavily to represent the pure and basic way of life. For more extreme styles within the trend the element of sharp tailoring will be incorporated with sharp lines and shapes.

Femme

The Amish Couture fashion for men is very simple with monochrome colours and sharp tailoring. This trend style for women will adopt similar values. Amish society is very misogynistic in current society, but because of the rise of women's rights in the recent past years so the Amish Couture trend will be fairly androgynous. Women will still wear the long cotton skirts and dresses seen in Amish societies but they will also wear suits and the same dark colours as men.

Feature One: Monochrome Apparel

Womenswear will be fairly covering like how it is in current Amish society. The clothing will be at least knee length and will be in black and white tones to represent their simple life with easy workwear. The types of clothing won't be as important with the trend, but all will be long, varying from skirts, shirts, dresses and suits; all will involve and element of sharp tailoring.

Feature One: Footwear

Black brogues will be the main footwear style for trend for Amish Couture women. They are smart and fairly androgynous and represent workwear style. The Amish Couture subscribers will also adopt tassle/brogue style loafers.

Feature Three: Storage

The Amish Couture women will not have as many extravagant accessories as the men that subscribe to the trend. The main accessory they will have, other than the bonnets or hats, will be a satchel. It is again representative of practical work and its minimal monochrome aesthetic matches that of the Amish Couture woman. It is tailored and detailed like the rest of the assigned style.

Headwear

Headwear is a huge part of current Amish culture and this feature will not be changing. The current rule is that the bonnets for women cover their hair and help them work, and for men the hats are a mark of respect. The hats for the 2014 trend will be more statement pieces; even though the trend is based on the 'back to basics' living, however I am incorporating the 'couture' side with Amish culture.

Femme Bonnet:

The womens bonnet will be reworked in terms of material and tailored shape. The materials will be thicker and darker, the shape will be more defined and stylistic.

Homme Fedora:

The mens hat will be reworked in terms of dramatic shape. The materials will be firmer so that the hats keep their style longer.

Amish Couture: Hommes

The men and women that subscribe to this trend will be noticeably different from one another. The men of the amish culture today wear fairly plain clothing that is easy to work in, easy to clean and easy to make.

The style of the Amish men will primarily stay they same. The colours will be basic and the style will be sharp. However there will be a heavier focus on the basic, classic style.

Feature One: Tailoring

The men of the trend will dress fully in tailoring. Made to measure trousers and blazers with sharp shoulders and strong lines will be the centre piece of the trend. 

Feature Two: Couture

The 'Couture' side of the trend will be fairly subtle for the male members and be introduced using metallics and gem stones. This will mainly feature through accessories which draw inspiration from nature and the wilderness, reflecting the Amish 'back to basics' way of life, mixed with the new changed world.

Feature Three: The Beard


The current Amish men do not shave their beards and grow them as long as possible. Beards will heavily feature as a part of the Amish Couture Homme trend, however there will be a modern take on the Amish style. Instead of leaving the beards untrimmed and messy the Amish Couture men will use sharp lines and styles to match that of the sharp tailored suits. This will be a reflection of the 'back to basics' lifestyle, but basics meaning that of sharp lines and shapes, rather than mess and untidiness.